Tuscaloosa City Council

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?

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.