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City coping with 434 missing persons

Katherine Martin April 30, 2011

The number of fatalities in the city of Tuscaloosa remains at 39 and the number of injuries at 1000 or more, Mayor Walt Maddox said Saturday night in a press conference at city hall. Currently, there...

Stillman, Shelton State plans differ from UA

CW Staff April 30, 2011

The University of Alabama’s neighboring colleges, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College, have released different plans for the remainder of their school years. Stillman has canceled classes...

‘This too shall pass’; Survivors reflect on past three days

William Evans April 30, 2011

“My house is broken,” 3-year-old Wyatt Miller told his grandmother Wednesday night after the tornado passed through. “I just cried when he told me,” Wilma Miller, 76, said. Three days after...

UA launches program to collect funds

Taylor Holland April 30, 2011

Yesterday, the University of Alabama launched a program to collect funds to support an emergency-assistance program for UA employees and students affected by last Wednesday’s storm. The program, called...

Students from other schools discuss coping with disasters

Patty Vaughan April 30, 2011

After the devastation that hit Tuscaloosa on April 27, The University of Alabama is not alone in reviving from a natural disaster.Universities such as Tulane, Loyola, San Diego, San Diego State and The...

Summer term to begin as scheduled

Stephen Walker April 30, 2011

The powerful storms that swept through Tuscaloosa on Wednesday left many students with questions and uncertainty about their University-related summer plans. University administration cleared up many...

Saban, Grant, athletes heavily involved in tornado relief efforts

Jason Galloway April 30, 2011

Many Alabama athletic coaches and players have spent the past three days helping in tornado relief efforts in Tuscaloosa. On top of speaking outside the Ferguson Center and on national television the...

FEMA on the ground in Alabama

Will Tucker April 30, 2011

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s first wave of responders is on the ground in areas across Alabama, according to FEMA spokesperson Tim Tyson. The second wave, Tyson said, is currently being...

Gas shortage scare receding, prices remain high

Jason Galloway April 30, 2011

Gas shortages are disappearing in Tuscaloosa just three days after a massive tornado hit the city. The Chevron station on Lurleen Wallace Boulevard, which was bombarded late Wednesday night being one...

Police: Ten deaths between ages 18 and 24

William Evans April 30, 2011

Ten of the 39 confirmed deaths have been verified as between the ages of 18 and 24, said Steven Anderson, TPD chief of police. The number of people missing has climbed to 570, said Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt...

Greeks organize relief efforts

Will Tucker April 30, 2011

The Delta Kappa Epsilon Psi Chapter on the University of Alabama campus began asking for frozen foods—anything that can be baked, heated, or cooked—from other fraternity houses and the community to...

Social work student killed Wednesday

Social work student killed Wednesday

Hannah Mask April 30, 2011

“Danielle Downs was my best friend, and closer to me than my own sister,” Debbie Graff, Downs’ friend of six years, said. Downs died after Wednesday’s tornado, and funeral arrangements are still...