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Softball Recap: Sylacauga finds playoff glory versus Demopolis
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sylacauga had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Demopolis Tigers as they made off with a 13-4 win. Sylacauga's victory was all the more impressive since Demopolis was averaging only 3.61 runs allowed on the season.
UA’s Community Engagement Tour makes a stop in York
YORK, Ala. (WTOK) - One university spent some time in Sumter County in an effort to make connections to improve rural cities and towns in the Black Belt region of Alabama. Several divisions from the University of Alabama made a stop in York as a part of its Community Engagement Tour on Thursday.
York West End Junior High School chosen for Adopt-A-School program
YORK, Ala. (WTOK) - One Tuscaloosa-based business advocacy organization and a power company are working together to help one Sumter County school enhance its educational experience. The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama has a program called Adopt-A-School where businesses, organizations, or even fraternities and sororities partner with schools as...
Man awaiting trial in 2020 shootings now jailed in Tuscaloosa shooting that killed 1, injured 3
A suspect has been charged in an early-morning shooting in Tuscaloosa County that left one man dead and three other people injured. Gredrick Deontae Agnew, 22, of Greensboro, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of 30-year-old Donavin Ryans. Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit Capt. Jack Kennedy said the shooting...
What one group's experiments designing affordable housing in rural America show
The United States has a housing crisis. Now, you've probably heard that before, often in the context of cities. But the thing is rural communities also don't have nearly enough affordable homes. Auburn University has spent the last 30 years trying to solve the rural housing crisis through architecture. The Gulf States Newsroom's Stephan Bisaha takes us to Alabama's Black Belt.
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