theater, bean brown theatre, plays, entertainmentBy WVUA23 Digital Reporter Melanie Bumpus Want to get in the Christmas spirit by participating in a fun musical? Theatre Tuscaloosa is holding auditions for “The Great Christmas Cookie Bake-Off” on Oct. 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. in the Wilson Carr Rehearsal Hall on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College. “The Great…
By WVUA 23 News Student Reporter Avery Lake TUSCALOOSA – More than 100 world-class golfers are traveling to Tuscaloosa to compete in a 54-hole tournament by the Ladies Professional Golf Association this weekend. Ol’ Colony Golf Course is hosting the LPGA event and they expect to see a large crowd. “The Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic is open to the public,” said…
WVUA 23 Student News Reporter Giselle Hood TUSCALOOSA – Kent Waldrep was a running back for Texas Christian University when, in 1974 while playing against the University of Alabama, he experienced a life-changing injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Now, the Bryant Museum is honoring his advocacy for people with disabilities and his love for the Crimson…
TUSCALOOSA – Several state inmates at an Alabama prison spoke with WVUA 23 by phone on Monday about a one-day statewide prison strike the same day in protest of their treatment within the Alabama prison system. Two inmates who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons spoke with WVUA 23’s Mary Barron about what’s behind the strike and what they…
happening in alabamaMOBILE, Ala. (AP) – A former Alabama sheriff who resigned during a state impeachment probe has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of lying to a bank about a loan that was used in part to pay off personal loans. Court documents show former Clarke County Sheriff William Ray Norris pleaded guilty Monday to one count of making…
If you need a new driver’s license and want it done in person, you’re out of luck right now, as the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Driver License Division is experiencing a statewide network outage. Because of the outage, Diver License Examiners throughout the state can’t process any in-person transactions. Online services are still available. A timeline for restoring the in-person…
lawsuitST. LOUIS (AP) – There’s a little-known practice in the U.S. known as “gooning.” Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force a teenager into a vehicle, taking them against their will to a boarding school, foster home or treatment center. The process is typically initiated by parents at their wit’s ends over a child they perceive…
cellphone, textingNEW YORK (AP) – Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people’s whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a search warrant. Concerns about police use of the tool known as “Fog Reveal” raised in an investigation by The…
jan. 6Jury selection is expected to get underway Tuesday in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates are charged with seditious conspiracy. Stewart Rhodes and the others are the first Jan. 6 defendants charged with the the…
nasa, rocketCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away Monday. The Dart spacecraft plowed into the small space rock at 14,000 mph. Scientists say the impact…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The final day of voting is taking place in Russian-held regions of Ukraine in referendums that are expected to serve as a pretext for their annexation by Moscow. The preordained ballots are heightening tension between the Kremlin and the West, with Russia warning it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend its own territory. Formal annexation…
FLOWOOD, Miss. – Officials say 12 children have been taken to the hospital after a possible chlorine leak at a YMCA pool in Mississippi. Authorities say the children were at a birthday pool party Sunday in Flowood when they were sickened. The Clarion-Ledger reported that several children remained in the hospital Monday. YMCA officials say the pool is cleaned with…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – An environmental group has filed suit trying to block a decision by Alabama Power Co. to leave millions of tons of coal ash along a riverside in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. The federal lawsuit by Mobile Baykeeper was filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center. The group wants to force Alabama Power to give up what it…
birth controlBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade appears to be sending more teens to their doctors in search of birth control, including long-acting reversible forms like intrauterine devices and implants. Waits for appointments are growing in some areas, Planned Parenthood is getting a flood of questions…
By WVUA 23 Sports Reporter Sam Holley Alabama is coming off of its fourth straight win and is continuing to work heading into their first ranked matchup of the season. On Monday, head coach Nick Saban, sophomore offensive lineman JC Latham, and senior linebacker Henry To’oTo’o spoke to the media. Saban talked about Arkansas linebacker, Drew Sanders, and what he’s…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Daniel Tomas TUSCALOOSA – It’s called Mes de la Hispanics, also known as, Hispanic Heritage Month. A Tuscaloosa owned Hispanic business hosted its first ever block party celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. The event took place at Las Pinas, a Hispanic owned ice cream business. Co-owners of Las Pinas, Anna Jimenez and Christian Jimenez teamed up…
BROOKWOOD – The Brookwood community honored the 13 fallen miners who lost their lives in a mine explosion on Sept 23, 2001. Friday, the West Brookwood Church hosted the 21st annual memorial service with music, inspirational prayers, and the Pledge of Allegiance. International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America expressed how this memorial is for all miners…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Asher Redd TUSCALOOSA – A small town kid who became a legend on one of the world’s largest stages returned to Tuscaloosa. Leavell was born in Birmingham before he moved to Tuscaloosa. Chuck Leavell is the keyboard player for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, and much more. “It really started with my mom,”…
Three men and a teenager are behind bars in Tuscaloosa County and facing charges of breaking into vehicles around town. The recent car break-ins arrests are from two unrelated incidents: one late last month in the Forest Lake area and another south of Hargrove Road. “We were able to arrest two 19 year olds and a 14-year-old suspect in those…
A man from Columbus, Mississippi, was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison for shooting an extended family member in Alabama in August 2020. Eric Daniel Jennings, 38, pleaded guilty to the first-degree assault of an Ethelsville man. On the morning of Aug. 30, 2020, Jennings drove from Mississippi with the intent to shoot the victim. He walked the final…
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young (9) runs the ball against University of Louisiana Monroe at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL on Saturday, Sep 17, 2022.By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Christian Jones TUSCALOOSA – The Alabama Crimson Tide travels to Fayetteville for a top-20 matchup against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Alabama stays at No. 2 in the country coming off of a commanding 55-3…
fentanylMOBILE, Ala. – Alabama lawmakers may consider harsher penalties for traffickers and distributors of illicit fentanyl next year. Republicans Reps. Matt Simpson of Daphne and Chris Pringle of Mobile tell Al.com they plan bills next year. The legislation would increase penalties for distributing a deadly drug that accounted for 66% of all U.S. overdose deaths in 2021. But some say…
jackson water crisisBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associates Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has returned to Mississippi’s capital city to meet with Jackson officials about the city’s troubled water system. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba says the city plans to work with the U.S Justice Department and the EPA to seek aid for Jackson…
Wanna learn more about the Civil Air Patrol? You’ve got your chance on Tuesday at the Tuscaloosa National Airport, as the organization is hosting an open house event for anyone interested in joining. The organization assists in search and rescue efforts, disaster relief efforts and other services alongside offering training for anyone interested in flying small aircraft. The open house…
