Archives: March 2017

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MISSING MAN’S FAMILY MEETS LOGGERS WHO FOUND HUMAN REMAINS NEAR COALING

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If you’ve been working a job for 30 years, you might think you’ve seen every twist, turn, curve in the road and trick in the book. Johnny Kynard thought so too…until his logging crew discovered the human remains off Ed Stephens Road near Coaling on Tuesday, March 28, 2016. Hank is a five-year-old lab, boxer, hound

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TOWNSEND NISSAN HOSTS HOOP-A-THON

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On Friday, Townsend Nissan offered car buyers a chance to check their basketball shooting skills, get discounts on vehicles and help local charities at the same time. Their Midnight Madness Hoop-A-Thon ran 9 a.m. to midnight March 31. Car buyers had three chances to make a basket, and each basket netted the buyer $500 off the price

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INAUGURAL SASSAFRAS BEER FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE SATURDAY

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By WVUA 23 Web Writer Alexis Winborne This Saturday, April 1, marks the inaugural Sassafras Craft Beer Festival at Wilhagan’s from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets will be $40 at the door and $30 online, which will allow patrons unlimited beer and live music. All of the proceeds will go to Sassafras, a nonprofit

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HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIVES BACK WITH BACKPACKS

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Students and faculty of Holy Spirit Catholic School are partnering with the Tuscaloosa Backpack Coalition to give students the supplies they need to start a new school year on the right foot. Students from pre-school to 12th grade collected paper, pens, pencils, and folders to fill the backpacks. “I think it is really important for

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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA URGES STUDENTS NOT TO JUMP TRAIN TRACKS

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The University of Alabama is sending a clear message to students: Don’t climb through moving or stopped trains. Why are they even having to tell students that? The message came after video surfaced of several UA students doing just that. “My daughter crosses those tracks all the time,” said UA Parent Kori Losack. Losack’s daugher

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PHONE SCAMMERS TARGETING VICTIMS IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY

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“Sometimes there are letters, sometimes there are emails, sometimes there are telephone calls, it’s just really a variety of ways to contact people,” said TCSO Deputy Jessica McDaniel when mentioning the various communication platforms on which scams can occur. A popular phone scam that’s been surfacing in Tuscaloosa County begins with a phone call, where

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ALABAMA STUDENTS SLEEP OUT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

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By WVUA 23 Student Reporter Emily Moessner Wednesday night University of Alabama students began a sleep out to shut out human trafficking. TraffickingHope.org defines human trafficking as “any and all work or services that one is forced to perform involuntarily or under threat, coercion, abduction, fraud, deceit, deception, or abuse of power”. From 6 p.m. Wednesday

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MAJOR UPGRADES COMING TO LURLEEN WALLACE BOULEVARD IN TUSCALOOSA

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Lurleen Wallace Boulevard will soon be upgraded with a $24 million price tag. $17 million from the Alabama Department Of Transportation and just over $6 million from the City Of Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox says 140 thousand cars travel on Lurleen Wallace daily. “The pavement is in very bad condition, they going to replace

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AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING AFTER HOLT SHOOTING

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The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened this afternoon. The shooting happened in the 3900 block of 24th Street Northeast in Holt, and investigators said they do have a suspect they’re searching for. One person was shot, and another was grazed, but there’s no word on the extent of their injuries. This

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CITY WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT CRIBBS MILL CREEK SEWER SPILL

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Thanks to a sanitary sewer overflow, the city of Tuscaloosa is advising that residents should not enter or use the water in Cribbs Mill Creek from the 1300 block of 31st Street East to Third Avenue East at 32nd Place East. According to the city, the overflow was limited to 6,000 gallons. The warning is

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LAWMAKERS PROPOSE RIVAL PRISON BILL

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Two Alabama lawmakers are proposing a rival prison bill as an alternative to the governor’s construction plan to relieve overcrowding. The cornerstone of the proposal would pay sheriffs to house 1,500 state inmates in county jails. Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow, a Democrat from Red Bay, said Rep. Allen Farley, a Republican

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TUSCALOOSA’S MOST WANTED: MARCH 29, 2017

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TUSCALOOSA – The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department needs your help locating some of Tuscaloosa’s Most Wanted. Deandre Holley, 38, was last known to be living in the area of 27th Street in Tuscaloosa. He’s wanted on charges of making terrorist threats. Kayla Estes, 25, was last known to be living in the area of Sealy Drive in Cottondale.

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TUSCALOOSA POLICE RELEASE 2016 ANNUAL REPORT

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Over the past 10 years most crimes in Tuscaloosa have taken a nosedive, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department’s 2016 annual report. Among the top five major crimes in the city — burglaries, breaking and entering into cars, robberies, auto theft and murder — all but auto theft and murder dropped in number. Of those, burglaries

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REMEMBERING TOMMY LYNN HOBSON, JASPER HIGH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

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Friends and family of Tommy Lynn Hobson gathered Tuesday evening at Jasper High School, remembering the Jasper High assistant principal who was loved by many in the community. Hobson died earlier this month in a car wreck in Pulaski County, Arkansas. “I don’t know how long it will take us to fill the void,” said

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TUSCALOOSA POLICE INVESTIGATING SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND TUESDAY

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The Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit is investigating after a logging crew came across a human bone Tuesday afternoon. The bone was found in the area of Ed Stephens Road and Progress Drive in Cottondale. That location is near the Interstate 20/59 rest stop between Tuscaloosa and the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International plant. The Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide

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CITY COUNCIL ROUNDUP: CHECKERS APPROVED, LURLEEN WALLACE IMPROVEMENTS OK’D

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After hours of debate, the Tuscaloosa City Council on Tuesday voted on approving a new Checkers restaurant in West Tuscaloosa. The packed council meeting featured nearly a dozen residents from West Tuscaloosa pleading with the council to vote no for the proposed Checkers slotted for a location off Stillman Boulevard across the street from Stillman

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TUSCALOOSA COUNTY RESIDENTS CAN NOW SIGN UP FOR WEATHER ALERT SYSTEM

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Tuscaloosa County residents can now get alerts about the weather in a new way. The Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency is rolling out a new jointly funded mass notification system this week. The system, called TuscAlert, is the first county-wide weather alerting system, and any resident in Tuscaloosa County can sign up. The system is customizable and

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UPDATE: MAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY 69 WRECK TUESDAY IDENTIFIED

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A two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning claimed the life of a man from Smith Station. The crash happened near the 159 mile marker on Highway 69 North around 11:38 a.m. Colter Hamilton Richard, 45, was killed when his vehicle was struck by a box truck driven by Kenneth Earl Jones, 36, of Birmingham. Richard was pronounced

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JIM ‘N NICK’S HOSTING AUTISM AWARENESS NIGHT WEDNESDAY

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Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q in Tuscaloosa and and the Autism Society of Alabama are teaming up to raise awareness for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Part of Wednesday’s proceeds from 5 to 9 p.m. will go to the society. Tracy Sims, a volunteer with ASA, said it’s important to understand that autism affects each person differently. “It is

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TUSCALOOSA CITY, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS WORKING TOGETHER FOR CHANGE

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Each year, the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama presents the latest research regarding funding and performance for the Tuscaloosa City and County school systems. But this year there was something new. The superintendents for Tuscaloosa City and Tuscaloosa County presented their findings together. State Superintendent Michael Sentance said their presentation showed just how passionate the

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WRECK ON HIGHWAY 69 NORTH KILLS 1

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One person is dead after a wreck involving an box truck and a car on Highway 69 North around noon today. The wreck happened near the 159 mile marker. It’s still unclear who died or if there were any injuries to anyone else. Alabama State Troopers are investigating the wreck.