Tuscaloosa City Council

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?

Elected officials in Tuscaloosa are considering whether to revoke the business license of a local gun store over complaints it has become "a public nuisance and dangerous to the public safety, health and welfare."

After a minor derailment a few weeks ago, city leaders are looking at closing a road in west Tuscaloosa where it crosses over railroad tracks to improve safety and quality of life for those who live nearby.

Tuscaloosa leaders voted Tuesday to name a new bridge that will carry motorists over North River on the extended McWright's Ferry Road after a local engineer.

A recently re-elected Tuscaloosa City Councilman may soon swap City Hall for the State House after announcing this morning that he will seek the House seat soon to be vacated by Rep. Cynthia Almond.

A scaled-down, six-story Sports Illustrated Resort is moving towards final approval from the Tuscaloosa City Council after a Tuesday public hearing, though it may come weeks later than expected.

A pedestrian bridge in Tuscaloosa that once seemed on the fast track for demolition may now get a $750,000 makeover instead after protests from nearby residents kept it from the trash heap.

Challenger Joe Eatmon has unseated incumbent Matthew Wilson and won a four-year term on the Tuscaloosa City Council in a Tuesday runoff election.