Tuscaloosa City Council

Thanks to a tiebreaking vote from Mayor Maddox, Tuscaloosa's executive director of public safety will remain eligible for overtime pay, after a proposed raise to the position's pay grade died in committee Tuesday.

The City Council has pushed back a vote to condemn and demolish more than a dozen buildings at a dilapidated apartment complex in southern Tuscaloosa after a long effort to improve conditions there.

With family by his side, Richard Henry stepped into his new role, bringing years of local experience and a fresh perspective to District 3.

Polls have opened in Tuesday's two-man special election for a vacant Tuscaloosa City Council seat in District 3.

The city of Tuscaloosa has awarded a contract for a $44 million, three-year project to open up the road beneath the historic wooden railroad trestle bridge downtown.

An ambitious project to remove a traffic lane and expand pedestrian access in a two-block area of downtown Tuscaloosa is set to begin soon.

Two men qualified to run for a vacant seat on the Tuscaloosa City Council, setting up a head-to-head special election in April.

A businessman and former professional athlete whose team won the Canadian equivalent of the Super Bowl in the 90s has thrown his hat in the race for a vacant seat on the Tuscaloosa City Council.

The Tuscaloosa City Council set aside around $360,000 for costs associated with hiring its new Executive Director of Public Safety, who will oversee the police and fire departments, and E-911 service.

Mayor Maddox is pushing for a new public safety role, but some council members are skeptical. Can a new director truly make a difference?