By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Kenneth Kelly Alabama center Charles Bediako has hired Daniel Green, an NCAA certified agent, and will be testing interest from teams before this summer’s NBA Draft. Bediako is a sophomore from Ontario, Canada. The seven-footer started all 37 games for Alabama this season. With his large frame, Bediako was a great anchor for Nate Oats’ defense…
By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Molly Harrold Pell City has a new face to its football program hiring Rush Propst this morning with a unanimous vote according to Superintendent James Martin. “When coach Propst’s name came up, I realized some people may think negatively about it, but you have to look at what someone can do for your school and your…
By WVUA23 Student Reporter Emily Caswell Tuscaloosa’s Temporary Emergency Services hosted its 18th annual celebrity waiter dinner fundraiser called “Dinner-Tainment” Thursday. An elite group of community leaders volunteered to compete against each other for tips through performing entertaining antics. The highest earning waiter wins bragging rights for the year. Local community leaders including WVUA23’s very own Jabarree Prewitt who served…
Law enforcement agencies around the country are facing staffing shortages, with retirement rates up and new recruits in short supply. The number of new officers being hired was down 3.9% in 2021 compared to 2019, according to a national survey earlier this year from the Police Executive Research Forum. The survey found that there were 23.6% more retirements among law enforcement…
By WVUA23 Student News Reporter Rachel Nadeau The Tuscaloosa City Council honored Dr. Ramesh Peramsetty on Tuesday for his 25 years of service. Peramsetty was recognized for his front-line response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Walt Maddox declared March 28 “Ramesh Peramsetty Day” in the city of Tuscaloosa. “We all remember his dedication and the way he shared information during…
If you have driven through downtown Northport any time recently chances are you’ve seen Banks Compton. He has been painting a mural on the side of an apartment complex along Main Avenue. The mural features an Alabama landscape that includes bunnies and passion fruit flowers. Banks tells WVUA23 he started painting the mural on Monday and the reaction from the…
Hearts are still hurting all around the state after Huntsville Police Officer Garrett Crumby was shot and killed in the line of duty, in Tuscaloosa County. Crumby and fellow HPD officer Albert Morin arrived on the scene Tuesday night to find a woman who shot. Police say the suspect, 24-year-old Juan Robert Laws, opened fire on the officers, killing Crumby…
Tuscaloosa county sheriff’s officeMonday’s school shooting in Nashville has many parents thinking about the safety measures in place at their own child’s school. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy tells WVUA 23 News that his deputies are stationed at schools across Tuscaloosa County with one goal in mind and that is the safety of all students. “We want to make sure…
By WVUA 23 Reporter Gracie Johnson A late night crash left a 3-year-old dead and a 4-year-old injured. The crash happened Wednesday, March 29 just after 11 p.m. on U.S. Highway 69 near the 135-mile marker, approximately seven miles south of Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. Officers on scene say a 2015 Hyundai Genesis driven by 24-year-old Shadereka Green, of Tuscaloosa,…
The University of Alabama hosted its annual Rose Gladney Lecture for Justice and Social Change on Wednesday in the Gorgas Library. The guest speaker was Joseph Darda, an associate professor of English at Texas Christian University, gave his talk, “Civil Rights without Human Rights.” “I think that so much of what we’re reckoning with. Living in the 21st century can…
By WVUA23 Student Reporter Chaney Scott In 1982, an unidentifiable woman’s body was found in the Black Warrior River. Forty one years later, thanks to new technology, investigators are closer to cracking the case. When the woman was found, she didn’t look like herself. However, now officers have an idea of what she looked like. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office…
One man is dead and another is facing murder charges after a shooting on Queen City Avenue in Tuscaloosa Thursday evening. Around 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Police were alerted to a potential shooting in the area. Upon arrival, officers found a wrecked car several blocks away from the shooting report occupied by a man who’d been shot multiple times. The man,…
By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Tyler White Tide basketball’s season came to an abrupt halt losing 71-64 at the hands of San Diego State, but Tide head coach Nate Oats is not lingering on what could have been. He’s already stocking up talent for next season. Earlier this week, Alabama received a commitment from former Wichita State forward Jaykwon Walton. Prior…
By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Ashley Melroy During his latest press conference, Alabama football head coach Nick Saban made sure to share his fond memories of University of Alabama director of athletics, Mal Moore, on the 10th anniversary of his passing. “Coach Moore”, as he was known, had a special impact on Saban and the Alabama football program. “I want to…
Nimari Burnett didn’t take long to find a new college basketball program. Burnett announced he would the University of Michigan. Joe Tipton and On3 Sports were the first to report the move which comes just 48 hours after he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. He’s a 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from Chicago. In 26 games this season, Burnett averaged 5.5 points…
FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a third run for president, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his defeat has finished its work. The judge overseeing the panel issued an order Monday dissolving the…
fatal crashA 3-year-old child was killed in a multi-vehicle crash late Wednesday in Tuscaloosa County. The crash happened just after 11 p.m. on Alabama Highway 69 near the 135-mile marker, about 7 miles south of Tuscaloosa. It happened when the vehicle driven by 24-year-old Shadereka M.L. Green struck a pickup driven by a 34-year-old man. Green, who was not wearing…
Alabama Forward Brandon Miller (24) dribbles the ball against Gonzaga at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL on Saturday, Dec 17, 2022.By WVUA-23 Sports Reporter Ashley Melroy It’s official, Brandon Miller is declaring for the NBA draft. The freshman forward from the University of Alabama told ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnaroswki that he will be going to the draft instead…
The Saban Center is bringing in some help ahead of its construction phase, the future STEM hub announced today. New partners include the Alabama Power Foundation, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Parker Towing and the University of Alabama. “Saban Center’s mission of revolutionizing STEM and performing arts programs for children across the state would not be possible without…
By WVUA 23 Sports Reporter Grace Brister The sport of volleyball has changed since the 1970s, especially at the University of Alabama where it was not recognized as a sport for its first three seasons. Ermelda Lee Polk was on the Alabama volleyball team for its first two seasons. In 1972, she became the first Black female athlete to participate…
By WVUA23 Student News Reporter Caleb Aguayo Tuscaloosa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 held an event on March 29 to recognize local Vietnam veterans on National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The 29th of March was chosen to honor Vietnam veterans because it is on March 29, 1973, that the United States pulled its last combat troops out of Vietnam….
The owners of Twelve25 restaurant and bar expressed to WVUA23 News why he filed a law suit against the City of Tuscaloosa and why he dropped it. The owners voluntarily dropped the initial lawsuit after a federal judge ruled that the city was within its rights to enforce new occupancy requirements on the restaurant and bar. The owners are re-filing…
It hasn’t been long since Officer Garrett Crumby was serving and protecting residents in Tuscaloosa. Those close to Crumby said he was a lot of wonderful things: a son, a husband, a protector, a man of faith. When he was shot and killed in the line of duty Crumby was only 36 years old. Crumby’s former Pastor Hank Atchison had…
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Savannah Denton Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles’ attorneys filed a motion in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Tuesday claiming the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney is withholding video evidence from Miles’ defense team. Miles and his friend Michael Davis were arrested Jan. 15 and charged with capital murder in the deadly shooting of…
