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The Small Business Release Fund was set up this month to assist restaurants, bars and other small businesses in the Tuscaloosa area struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority is closing all its parks in the city of Tuscaloosa, the Ol' Colony Golf Course and more until April 17th.

On Sunday, March 29th, a 24-hour curfew will go into place. It is currently scheduled to end on April 10th.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has pushed back the deadline for state citizens to get their STAR ID cards to October 1, 202.

In a State Proclamation issued Thursday afternoon, Ivey ordered all public K-12 schools to implement a plan to complete the 2019-2020 school year using alternate methods of instruction that allow students to stay at home.

A company that owns 35 nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in Alabama has reported three confirmed cases of COVID-19 at facilities in Northport and Hoover.

The COVID-19 Pandemic is impacting us all, and at 95.3 The Bear, we are committed to being live and local when it counts.

Around 10 o'clock, the ADPH reported 283 cases statewide. That number rose by 103 confirmed cases in just seven hours.

The COVID-19 coronavirus claimed its first Alabamian life Wednesday.

As of now, the curfew will only be in place for a week, from Friday, March 27th until Friday April 3rd.