Plan for new route hits roadblock
COKER | The county's plans for a new road linking U.S. Highway 82 to a school planned for the Romulus community has hit a state-sized obstacle.
About 20 percent of the proposed 5.4-mile route winds through some of the 6,000 acres of Tuscaloosa
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TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL: Jax State pounds Seminoles
TUSCALOOSA | The Jacksonville State softball team kept its historical weekend alive for at least one more day, as the Gamecocks used a six-run fourth inning to eliminate Florida State, 10-1, from the...
Coke back at Bryant-Denny
TUSCALOOSA | Bear Bryant's favorite soft drink is coming home.
Saudis reject Bush's plea for help with U.S. gas prices
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | Regular gasoline goes for less than 50 cents a gallon in Riyadh, the capital of the world's largest producer of oil, pumping out 9 million barrels a day.
State sheriffs profit from $1.75 food allowance
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The Associated Press
Tuscaloosa County, ACA eliminated from playoffs
Kaitlin Griffin's home run on Friday ignited a celebration among the Tuscaloosa County High School softball players, but it didn't last.
Mining company allowed to argue tax
MONTGOMERY | A coal mining company should have the opportunity to argue against paying an equipment tax to both Fayette and Tuscaloosa counties, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Alabama remains in second place
The numbers written on a scorecard aren't always indicative of what really happens on a golf course.
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Christine Darlene Rhinehart, 37, Durrett Grove, was charged with possession of cocaine. Bail was set at $5,000.
Baseball team splits, but earns spot in SEC Tournament
The University of Alabama baseball team slugged its way into the upcoming Southeastern Conference Tournament on Friday afternoon — but couldn’t quite slug its way to a sweep of SEC champion Georgia.
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I was driving down 37th Street East and noticed a cross has been erected at the church near where the man was killed on a bicycle last year. The cross has a bicycle wheel attached to it. It is very...
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FSU president: College football playoff inevitable
Here's a ray of hope for college football fans bummed by the recent rejection of the plus-one model to determine a national champion.The president of Florida State not only believes a playoff is coming, he thinks it'll start with four teams, then grow to eight and eventually 16.
4.28pm, 5/16/08
FAU considers Jarvis to lead basketball program
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -Former St. John's basketball coach Mike Jarvis is a candidate to take over Florida Atlantic's program but has not been offered a contract, school spokeswoman Katrina McCormick said Friday.
3.34pm, 5/16/08
Paterno says he feels good after hospital visit
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Penn State coach Joe Paterno shrugged off a medical scare and said Friday that he feels fine after going to the hospital this week to be treated for dehydration.He even suggested he'd like to keep coaching longer.``Realistically, at my age, if I go three, four, five (more) years, that would be great,'' Paterno said.
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