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Call 205-722-0199 and ask for the following people: For news, contact City Editor Katherine Lee or Executive Editor Doug Ray. For civic items and Today-section items, including youth, military, religion or arts and entertainment, ask for City Editor Katherine Lee. For sports, contact Executive Sports Editor Tommy Deas. For business, ask for Michael James. Other numbers and e-mail addresses can be found online on our Newsroom staff page. You can also e-mail us at news@tuscaloosanews.com.

Call 205-722-0199 and ask for the following people: For news, contact City Editor Katherine Lee or Executive Editor Doug Ray. For civic items and Today-section items, including youth, military, religion or arts and entertainment, ask for City Editor Katherine Lee. For sports, contact Executive Sports Editor Tommy Deas. For business, ask for Michael James. Other numbers and e-mail addresses can be found online on our Newsroom staff page. You can also e-mail us at news@tuscaloosanews.com.

The calendar appears in the Today Section each Sunday. Send information by e-mail to peggy.skelton@tuscaloosanews.com, bring it to the office at 315 28th Avenue, fax it to 205-722-0118, or mail it to Peggy Skelton, The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20587, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587. Information should arrive by Noon on Monday prior to the Sunday requested. Send a description, date and time of the event complete with your name, address and telephone number. Incomplete material may delay printing of the announcement.

Obituaries must be received by 3 p.m. Monday through Friday for publication in the next morning's edition. They may be faxed by the funeral home or delivered by a family member. Photos are accepted.

On weekends, obituaries will be accepted by FAX ONLY from the funeral home no later than 3 p.m. for publication in the next morning’s edition. We do not accept obituaries brought in personally on weekends.

The Tuscaloosa News will publish a death notice at no charge for the first insertion. This notice may be as many lines as needed but may contain only the following information:

Name and age of the deceased, address, date and place of birth, location and time of service, location of burial, funeral directing and visitation - place and times

If the death notice does not run independently and runs as part of the funeral notice/full obituary, any additional information other than the above will be charged as:

- First day fee of $3.45 per line, 2nd day fee of $2.30 per line for all lines.

Photo charge:

1/2 column - $35

Full column - $60

Phone - 205-722-0157

Fax - 205-722-0159 Obituaries are published both in the newspaper's print and online editions.

Church Notes are published Saturdays in the Today section. Send information by e-mail to peggy.skelton@tuscaloosanews.com, bring it to the office at 315 28th Avenue, fax it to 205-722-0118, or mail it to Church Notes, Attn. Peggy Skelton, The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20587, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587. Information should arrive by noon, Wednesday prior to the Saturday publication. Include the church name, address, date/time, event, speaker, brief biographical information, and contact name and phone number.

Engagement forms should be submitted by Monday noon for publication the following Sunday. Engagement announcements should be turned in at least two weeks but not more than three months prior to the wedding.

Wedding forms should be submitted by Monday noon for publication the following Sunday. Wedding announcements should be turned in within 12 weeks after the wedding. Announcements turned in 13-16 weeks after the ceremony will be published in an abbreviated form in a Thursday edition of the newspaper.

Corrected engagement and wedding announcements will be reprinted in a Thursday edition if the News staff makes a mistake. Full announcements will not be reprinted when forms are turned in with incorrect or incomplete information. Please do not add information not requested on our wedding or engagement form. We cannot guarantee such information will be published.

There is no charge for either the wedding or engagement announcement to be published.

Quality black-and-white or color photographs of any size are accepted. Black-and-white and vertical photos are preferred. We will do our best to return photographs upon request, but because of the great volume of pictures we handle daily, we cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged photos. If a self-addressed, stamped envelope is submitted with the announcement, we will make every effort to return the photograph. Otherwise, published photos may be picked up at our office between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Please call Peggy Skelton, 205-722-0199, before coming so photo will be ready to be picked up.

Visit the reception area at the office at 315 28th Avenue to get the appropriate forms or send a self-addressed stamped envelope for forms to be mailed to you.

For questions regarding weddings or engagements, please call Peggy Skelton at 205-722-0199.

Visit the office at 315 28th Avenue to submit the information or mail it to Peggy Skelton, The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20587, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587 or e-mail peggy.skelton@tuscaloosanews.com. Photographs cannot be e-mail.

Birth announcements (no photos); birthday pictures for adults 100 and older; anniversaries for couples celebrating 50 or more years and five generations are all free. These announcements and pictures are published in the Today section of the Sunday edition. They should be brought to The Tuscaloosa News by Monday noon prior to the Sunday publication date.

Birth announcements should be submitted within two months after the baby's birth. The information should include the name of the baby, sex, date/place of birth, parents/hometown, grandparents/hometowns, surviving great-grandparents/hometowns, and siblings-sex/name/age. No photos will be published.

Anniversaries should include the name of the couple celebrating the anniversary, the type of celebration, the location and date, the names of couple's children, the number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and the actual wedding date and place-if not the same as the date of the reception. The announcement should be submitted within two months of the anniversary date. Photos of the couple can be published.

Five Generations photographs should include identification (name/relation) left to right.

For questions regarding these items, please call Peggy Skelton at 205-722-0199.

The Club News column runs in the Today section of Sunday as space allows. Typed or printed information will be accepted for publication in The Tuscaloosa News. All information is subject to editing due to space limitations.

If someone you know has won an award, been elected an officer in a club or organization, or otherwise been honored, please submit the information in writing for our Applause column which runs in the West Alabama section of the Sunday edition.

For questions regarding these items, please call Peggy Skelton at 205-722-0199.

Please submit to The Tuscaloosa News, 315 28th Avenue, or fax, 205-722-0118 or mail to Attn: Peggy Skelton, The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20587, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587, by Monday noon to be considered for the next Sunday edition.

Letters to the Editor, with the writer's name, home address (not published) and telephone number (not published) can be e-mailed to: ben.windham@tuscaloosanews.com , mailed to Letter to the Editor, The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20587, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587, or faxed to 205-722-0187. In order to present a wide range of views, letters should be limited to 250 words. All letters are subject to editing. The Tuscaloosa News does not publish anonymous letters or poetry.

You can call The Tuscaloosa News Library at 205-722-0198 or visit the office at 315 28th Avenue, Tuscaloosa. We sell only photos that are printed in the newspapers or are used in the online edition of the paper, including tuscaloosanews.com photo galleries. Reprints for personal use are 8x10 color photos, and cost $25, which must be prepaid. Please call about pricing for reprints that will be used for republication. Photos that do not appear in the paper or on the Internet site are not available for viewing or purchase.

How can I purchase back copies of The Tuscaloosa News?

Back copies of The Tuscaloosa News may be available for 90 days. They are for sale at issue price at the front desk of The Tuscaloosa News, 315 28th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL. Archived copies of The Tuscaloosa News are also available at the Tuscaloosa Public Library, 1801 River Road, 205-345-5820.

To get your line ad in the classified section you may call 759-5115. Our telephone hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our office hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Our 24-hour voice mail line is 205-759-5115. We are located at 315 28th Avenue, near the northern terminus of Greensboro Avenue in downtown Tuscaloosa. to place a classified display ad, call Newell Allen, classified outside sales manager at 205-722-0147 or e-mail him at newell.allen@tuscaloosanews.com.

You may call Angela Young-Hobbs, retail advertising manager, at 205-722-0173, fax to 205-722-0175 or come by The Tuscaloosa News office at 315 28th Avenue. The retail advertising department is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closing times for advertising are 2 days before publication Monday through Friday and 3 days before publication Saturday and Sunday.

The Tuscaloosa News is joining forces with area businesses to present special events for you. Events include a charity golf tournament, health fair, home and garden show, job fair and more. The promotion of these events will be second to none. For more information on how you or your company can participate in these events or to receive a calendar of events, please contact Donna Bailey at donna.bailey@tuscaloosanews.com or call her at 205-722-0125.

Customers may subscribe online or speak to a Circulation Department representative at 205-752-3701 or 800-888-8639 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 and 11 a.m. on weekends. You can also use our online subscription form anytime.

Call the Circulation Department at 205-752-3701 or (800) 888-8639 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 and 11 a.m. on weekends or e-mail circulation@tuscaloosanews.com between 6 and 10 a.m. Monday through Friday and 7 and 11 a.m. on weekends.