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The Iron Bowl is Saturday

Alabama will have to play without head football coach Nick Saban who has tested positive for the coronavirus.
November 28, 2020

Mercedes begins Alabama production of the GLS 600

Workers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz plant have produced a new model luxury SUV that the company calls the peak of SUV luxury. The first customer-ready Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 built in Alabama rolled off the assembly line at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International facility in Tuscaloosa County in late September. Mercedes said that the GLS represents a new … Continued
October 7, 2020

Teirdre Owens goes to work with Terri Sewell

Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, has hired Pickens County native Teirdre Owens in her Tuscaloosa office. “I would like to announce the hiring of Teirdre Owens as our new Tuscaloosa District office Constituent Service Representative & Outreach Coordinator,” Sewell said. Teirdre hails from Pickens County but has resided in Tuscaloosa County for almost 10 years. Owens … Continued
September 25, 2020

Shelby announces more than $15 million in grants for projects in Tuscaloosa, the Wiregrass region

Alabama Republican Sen. Richard Shelby on Thursday announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded two grants totaling more than $15 million for infrastructure projects and planning in Tuscaloosa and the Wiregrass region.  One Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant for $15 million is to be used to improve access to the Riverwalk … Continued
September 11, 2020

Every county in Alabama has lost people from COVID-19

There is a lot of diversity in Alabama. Not every community in Alabama looks the same, has the same level of education or makes the same amount money. There are urban counties, suburban counties, rural counties, counties experiencing rapid growth, and counties that have been declining in population for years. There are counties where people … Continued
September 3, 2020

University of Alabama reports more than a 1,000 cases of COVID-19

National news outlets including the Washington Post are reporting on the surge in coronavirus cases at the University of Alabama’s main campus at Tuscaloosa following the return of students. The 492 additional student cases raise the total number of student cases in the month of August to just over a thousand. On Friday, the University … Continued
August 31, 2020