Spirit of Alabama: Historian helps families find long-buried details
Steve Davis has worked for the Alabama Department of Mental Health for 47 years. In all that time, he's done a variety of jobs, but he found…
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Spirit of Alabama: Educator finds new purpose in healthcare
Years ago, in fact in 1977, local educator Maude Whatley recognized that many families in Tuscaloosa did not have access to proper health care. As a teacher she would see…
Spirit of Alabama: Habitat Christmas Home
By now most everyone is very familiar with the outstanding work done by Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa. The organization built ten homes in our area in 2022 and…
Spirit of Alabama: Local school gets a personal look at agriculture
With today’s challenges of feeding hungry people around the world, agriculture research and modern farming is becoming more and more important. Here in Tuscaloosa, the…
Spirit of Alabama: Equestrian program serves blind, deaf children
This is the longest amount of time that has transpired between a story I did and a follow-up report. It was 32 years ago that I did a story with the Greene family…
Spirit of Alabama: Chambers Cemetery
The cemetery isn’t large, only about a hundred graves are there. But, 25 or 30 of those hold the remains of veterans who have served in the armed forces. There…
Spirit of Alabama: Unless U offers training, fun for adults with disabilities
In Alabama, there are around 350,000 adults with developmental disabilities. An organization in Vestavia Hills is offering a space where those adults can get together, learn and have plenty of…
Spirit of Alabama: Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre celebrates 37th season
When the 37th season of the Tuscaloosa Children’s Theatre opens, its actors will take the stage in the newly refurbished Bama Theater in downtown Tuscaloosa. The…
Spirit of Alabama: Honoring fallen warriors
Since our country was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, a total of 266 service members who called Alabama home have lost their lives. Many died fighting in…
Spirit of Alabama: Building legends one outfit at a time
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Asher Redd TUSCALOOSA - You only get one chance to make a first impression, and one of the biggest ingredients is…
Spirit of Alabama: Million Dollar Band shines through history
No one is positive how the University of Alabama marching band got the name the Million Dollar Band. However, the most common and logical story comes…
Spirit of Alabama: Retired, but far from not working
If you've lived around Tuscaloosa for a while, odds are good you've at least heard the name Sammy Watson. He's known for a lot of things, including…
Spirit of Alabama: Motorcycle club supports baby in need
Premature babies often require extensive care even after they get home from the hospital. Baby Gabriel Rickman is no exception, but he's got some unique friends…
Spirit of Alabama: Phoenix House helps people rise above addiction
Sadly, so many families in Alabama and across the country has, in some way, faced challenges of drug and alcohol abuse and addition. Here in Tuscaloosa one nonprofit transitional housing facility…
Spirit of Alabama: Area Scouts celebrate 100 years
The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910. Just 12 years later the Black Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts began here in West Alabama. Tuscaloosa…
Spirit of Alabama: Ministry group spreads the gospel alongside athletics
For centuries missionaries have traveled all around the world to share their faith and often try to meet the physical needs of the people. But this…
Spirit of Alabama: Teacher performs inside and outside the classroom
Tab Cooley says she's just a girl from Brookwood, but when you get to know her, you quickly see that she's a rising star who is starting to…
Spirit of Alabama: Cheerleaders train for Special Olympics
Stories about preconceived differences on the surface often end in the realization that there's not much difference, after all. This story is about young women who have been cheerleaders for most…
Spirit of Alabama: Woman breaks barriers in boxing
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Grace Brister Behind the scenes of every boxer is a promoter who supports them, and Brandi McCain of One One Six Boxing is the…
Spirit of Alabama: Student graduates with an Emmy
Many brilliant students are graduating this week at the University of Alabama. While there's a feature story in all of them, there's one in particular who's already achieved…
Spirit of Alabama: Family opens arms, welcomes children from Ukraine
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Jacyn Abbott On the outskirts of the city, the Warbingtons never know what they'll hear next between the goats, chickens, pigs,…
Spirit of Alabama: Rise Center hosting Tournament of Champions
Every year, the University of Alabama's Rise Center hosts its Tournament of Champions, the organization's biggest fundraiser and golf tournament. While UA supports the work happening…
Spirit of Alabama: Modern-day doctor makes old-fashioned house calls
TUSCALOOSA - Dr. Regina Harrell comes to work, not in a doctor's office, or hospital, or clinic, but instead to the assisted living facility where Jeanette Gibson,…
Spirit of Alabama: DCH volunteers help hospital thrive
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all been reminded of how important health care workers are. Here in Tuscaloosa, DCH Regional Medical Center employs 4,500 medical…
