Category archives for: Metro/State

Sprayberry Education Center to host 8th annual art auction

Art auction to be held Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Northport Civic Center. Submitted Photo

The artwork of special needs students from the Tuscaloosa area will be sold in a silent auction hosted by the Sprayberry Education Center at the Northport Civic Center on Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Sprayberry Education Center is the special education facility for the Tuscaloosa County School System. Starting at age [...]

UAB student government opposes Shepherd Bend mine

Student Government leaders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have joined a growing list of community organizations in expressing their opposition to a potential strip mine on University of Alabama property at Shepherd Bend in Walker County. The UAB Undergraduate Student Government Association has unanimously adopted a resolution asking the University of Alabama not [...]

Businesses return to area

Hobby Lobby opened its new location this month in Northport. / CW | John Michael Simpson

Hobby Lobby The grand reopening of Hobby Lobby in Northport took place on Feb. 6 and was a huge success, said co-manager Lionel Waldrop. The decision to relocate the store was made by the company’s corporate office, Waldrop said, and at this time, there are no other locations in Tuscaloosa. Planet Fitness The gym is [...]

Cigar lounge fills niche in Tuscaloosa

CW | Evan Szczepanski and Google Maps

For Tuscaloosa aficionados and laymen alike, Reagan Starner has brought something that area cigar smokers have been waiting for – a local lounge. Owned by both Starner and his father, R&R Cigars is a family affair. “Smoking cigars has always been a special thing for me and my dad,” Starner said. Starner had his first [...]

Hackers target Alabama websites in protest of bill

The redacted names and confidential information of 500 Alabama residents were posted online last weekend by a group of hacker activists known as Anonymous. The stolen information included redacted social security numbers, addresses and phone numbers. “This confidential information should not have been on the World Wide Web,” said Eugene Syriani, an assistant professor of [...]

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