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Bravo country music star comes to Tuscaloosa

Bravo country music star comes to Tuscaloosa

Taylor Holland October 10, 2011

When Karen Waldrup, a country musician and contestant on Bravo’s first season of Platinum Hit, came to Tuscaloosa to play the Heroes in the Storm concert at Bryant-Denny Stadium last July, she said she...

Departments aid affected professors, students

Amanda Sams May 12, 2011

After an EF-4 tornado struck Tuscaloosa on April 27 and displaced many students, professors, faculty and staff members at the University of Alabama, one of the foremost concerns was checking in with employees,...

UA students help coordinate volunteers

Victor Luckerson May 11, 2011

As volunteers continue to pour into Tuscaloosa from around the nation, the Volunteer Reception Center, located at McAbee Center off Veteran Memorial Parkway, is attempting to provide more structure to...

Maddox discusses water safety, missing persons

William Evans May 3, 2011

Tuscaloosa citizens do not have to boil their water anymore. The water and sewer department has fixed the tornado damage to East Tuscaloosa's water distribution infrastructure, and the boil water advisory...

Alberta one of communities hardest hit by tornado

Alberta one of communities hardest hit by tornado

Kelsey Stein April 30, 2011

Kirkland Enterprises on University Boulevard in Alberta opened in 1935 as just a filling station and a garage.   Eventually, it grew to include several auto repair businesses run by different family...

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...

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...

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...

Displaced professors coping with disaster

Amanda Sams April 29, 2011

Steve Miller, a professor in the school of library and information sciences, Phil Westbrook, the director of Blackburn Institute and Meredith Cummings, professor of journalism are among many University...

Maddox updates residents

Taylor Holland April 29, 2011

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said Friday has been, by far, the most difficult logistical day at the city.“I can’t put into words the amount of destruction,” Maddox said. “The tornado traveled along...

Bama Dining searching for 196 employees

Taylor Holland April 29, 2011

As of noon on Friday, 196 of the 446 Bama Dining employees were still unaccounted for following Wednesday’s tornado, said Pamela Jones, human resources manager with UA Dining Services.“Right now, we’re...