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Alberta on slow road to recovery

Alberta on slow road to recovery

A year after the storm damaged or destroyed more than half of Tuscaloosa’s Alberta neighborhood, much of the area is still ruined, cleared, or vacant. The lack of visible progress…

Habitat rebuilds house for local man

Habitat rebuilds house for local man

Bernard Jefferson earns his money feeding the residents of a nursing and rehabilitation home in Northport, but since April of last year, he has lived without someone to feed him.…

With new members, church plans to rebuild

With new members, church plans to rebuild

For Teresa Croom, College Hill Baptist Church was the one thing she had left of her grandfather. When the UA senior first stepped into the church after the storm, everything…

Year of recovery brings family closer together

Year of recovery brings family closer together

Kevin Bannister biked two and a half miles from Alberta City to his sister’s home several hours after the tornado on April 27, 2011. The only thing he had was…

Garden Project promotes growth

Garden Project promotes growth

The Druid City Garden Project is almost hidden, tucked away behind University Place Elementary School on the corner of an overgrown athletic field. Only a sunflower-laden banner, hung from a…