Local News
Northport Hotel
A hotel is in the works for the Northport Riverfront, and merchants in Downtown Northport are divided over plans for the hotel. Many business owners in the area are enthusiastic about putting a hotel Downtown, but they disagree on where exactly the hotel should go, and what it should look like. ...Read more
Pedestrian Hit
The suspected driver in a hit-and-run accident in Tuscaloosa could face charges. It happened early Saturday morning, at the intersection of University Boulevard and 4th Avenue, on the east side of the University of Alabama campus. The Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit says a car hit a 35-year-old man from Southaven, Mississippi, as he was crossing 4th Avenue with a group of friends. A Homicide Unit spokesperson says the car left the scene, but investigators tracked it down. He says the driver could face felony charges for leaving the scene of an accident with injuries.& ...Read more
Deadly Shooting
Two post office workers were killed Monday in a shooting at a post office in West Tennessee during a possible robbery attempt, authorities said. The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department told The Associated Press that two female employees were killed Monday morning in what may have been a robbery at the Henning post office. Officers are searching for a maroon Chevrolet Malibu with two men inside. ...Read more
Seat Belts
Results will soon be released from a study that put seat belts and cameras on a dozen school buses in Alabama after a deadly crash in 2006. Mary Jane Caylor, a member of a state study group, said the results will be released during a meeting Oct. 25 in Montgomery. The three-year study put seat belts and cameras in 12 school buses across the state. It focused on issues including rider dscipline, attitudes of bus drivers and aides, school officials, teachers and parents. ...Read more

























