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Alabama men’s basketball has lost a 2023 commitment. R.J. Johnson, a guard from Grissom, announced Wednesday night that he’s asking the Crimson Tide to release him from his letter of intent, which he signed in August. Johnson was the top-ranked player in Alabama and was a three-star in...

Alabama basketball 2023 signee and in-state guard plans to reopen recruitment

Instead of a trip to Houston for the school’s first-ever Final Four, the Alabama Crimson Tide remain in Tuscaloosa and stuck high on the list of schools that have never made the final weekend despite 24 appearances in the NCAA tournament. The lingering question after last week’s Sweet 16...

Should Alabama be judged on NCAA tournament exit? What Nate Oats said in February

Nick Saban was all about the big picture Wednesday when it came to his Crimson Tide. The Alabama coach met with ESPN’s Heather Dinich and talked about the expectations he and the fans have moving forward. “Oh, we’re Full Metal Jacket because we’re no doubt disappointed in the very...

Nick Saban on Alabama’s offseason: ‘We’re Full Metal Jacket’

It has been less than a week since Alabama’s men’s basketball season ended in Louisville with a Sweet 16 loss to San Diego State, but some of the faces around a team that finished No. 1 in the Associated Press poll have already headed elsewhere. Assistant coach Bryan...

Departing Alabama player, coach reflect on Sweet 16 loss to San Diego State

Another week, another shakeup in the Class 7A high school baseball rankings. Tuscaloosa County bolted to the top in the Alabama Sports Writers Association poll this week, leapfrogging Thompson and Bob Jones with a 5-0 week. The Wildcats were 24-3 heading into Wednesday’s action. Thompson suffered its first four losses...

ASWA Baseball Rankings: Another week, another new No. 1 team in Class 7A

For the second year in a row, Alabama chef Timothy Hontzas of Johnny’s Restaurant in Homewood has been named a finalist for the James Beard Award for best chef in the South. Also, Birmingham’s Bottega restaurant is a first-time finalist for outstanding hospitality. The James Beard Foundation announced...

Alabama chef, restaurant named finalists for 2023 James Beard Awards

Wisconsin State

Some things in life are never truly settled. Did Daniel LaRusso win the Under-18 All-Valley Karate Championship with an illegal crane kick to Johnny Lawrence’s head? Possibly. Did Han shoot first? George Lucas would like you to think so, but we all know the truth. A two-game regular-season series...

‘Remember’: UAB basketball seeks first postseason title against North Texas in NIT championship

A former G.W. Carver-Montgomery prep star is returning to Alabama. Jaykwon Walton, a 6-foot-7 guard from Wichita State, announced his transfer to the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team on Tuesday. Walton announced his decision on social media to Joe Tipton. In 28 games, Walton averaged 32.3 minutes a game,...

Alabama basketball lands transfer guard with high school ties to state

Texas State

Huntsville, AL

This is an opinion column. It hurts to see the news sometimes. Two Huntsville Police officers were shot yesterday, apparently trying to save a woman from a violent man. Officer Garrett Crumby is dead. Officer Albert Morin is fighting for his life. We can only imagine the knocks on the...

Archibald: In wave of violence, where do our thoughts and prayers go?

This is an opinion column. Let’s get right to the question of the day, a fun conversation starter during March Madness. Is it better to lose in the first round of the NCAA Tournament or win the NIT?. Don’t ask me. Ask Andy Kennedy and UAB. They’re on the...

Scarbinsky: Not the NCAA, but UAB’s shot at NIT title is hard to beat.

UAB Health System has filled two executive positions with familiar faces from the Birmingham healthcare landscape. Brenda Carlisle has been named CEO of UAB Hospital, while Susan Jennings will serve as CFO for the Health System. Both had been occupying those positions on an interim basis. Carlisle previously served as...

UAB Hospital names new CEO; CFO picked for health system

It’s been nearly 41 years since a woman was found dead on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County, and authorities have released new images in hopes of identifying her. Fisherman discovered the body on April 18, 1982, in the Foster’s Community. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, the woman had been severely beaten severely, strangled and sexually assaulted.

New images of Tuscaloosa Jane Doe, found beaten, strangled in Alabama river in 1982, released by investigators

Gov. Kay Ivey announced this week that she will not devote state tax dollars to support Birmingham-Southern College, narrowing options for the private liberal arts school. “The state has no plans to use the taxpayers’ public funds to bail out a private college,” spokeswoman Gina Maiola said in a statement to AL.com Tuesday.

Gov. Kay Ivey says she won’t support state bailout of Birmingham-Southern College

Sign up for Alabamafication: Kyle Whitmire’s newsletter, “Alabamafication” examines the outsized influence of this very strange state, taking aim at corruption, cruelty, incompetence and hypocrisy while also seeking out those righteous folks making their state and country better places for all. This is an opinion column. One...

Kay Ivey finds school money for water park, prisons — but not Medicaid expansion

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Fayetteville, TN

A New York City man has been charged with four counts of vehicular homicide following a fatal crash Sunday evening on a Tennessee interstate highway, which claimed the lives of at least two Alabamians. Kingsport (Tenn.) police Public Information Officer Thomas Patton said the incident happened about 7 p.m. Sunday...

4 killed, 2 from Alabama, in Tennessee highway crash

It’s the breakfast for champions for Ty Brewer and the rest of the UAB basketball team may be ordering themselves a serving or two following the former’s career outing on a national stage. The Blazers got a career-high double-double from Brewer and held off a feisty rally in...

‘Anything and everything’: Ty Brewer’s career night carries UAB past Utah Valley in NIT semifinal

Cullman, AL

An Alabama man remains in jail, accused of killing a Florida father in the presence of a small child at the center of a custody dispute. At a press conference today announcing an additional arrest in the case, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson referred to the suspect from Alabama as “a human piece of trash.”

Sheriff: Alabama man accused of killing Florida father in front of child is ‘human piece of trash’

A woman critically injured in a Birmingham house fire is recovering, and a GoFundMe has been launched to help rebuild her home. Sonya Jones, who will turn 43, on Thursday, was rescued from her Ensley home in Monday’s early-morning hours. Firefighters responding to the blaze in the 1000 block...

Woman rescued from Birmingham fire says, ‘God is good’; GoFundMe launched for house repairs

New routes are coming to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport this year. The Birmingham Airport Authority announced that, as passenger traffic continues to pick up in 2023, several airlines are adding flights to cities around the U.S. According to the authority, Delta Airlines is adding two additional daily non-stop flights to New...

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport adding new routes to NYC, Vegas, Orlando

Anniston, AL

Two suspects were arrested Monday in connection with the deaths of a man and a woman in Anniston over the weekend, police said. Randy Wayne King, 42, and Ronnie Lee King, 67, were arrested two days after Ricky Ward Jr., 27, was found dead in a ditch and Laura Jean Thornton, 55, was shot and critically wounded, Anniston police said Monday. Both victims were from Anniston.

2 charged in connection with deaths of man, woman in Anniston

A shooting outside of Birmingham’s East Lake Park Tuesday afternoon left two men wounded, one of them seriously. Birmingham police at 12:40 p.m. received a call of person shot in the 8100 block of Fourth Avenue. When they arrived, they found an adult male near the tennis courts who had been shot, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Shooting outside Birmingham’s East Lake Park leaves 2 wounded

Bessemer, AL

A man was seriously injured in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Bessemer. The shooting happened just after 3 p.m. in the 2900 block of Fairfax Avenue. More than two dozen shots were fired. Lt. Christian Clemons said the driver was shot while in a car, and then crashed into a...

Man wounded in Bessemer shooting crashes into house

A man was killed in a hail of bullets in Birmingham’s West End neighborhood Tuesday morning. The city’s gunfire detection system – Shot Spotter – alerted Birmingham police to nearly 40 rounds fired shortly after 9:30 a.m. in an area police have been called to more than once in recent days.

Hail of gunfire leaves 1 dead in Birmingham’s 8th killing in 8 days

A fight at an east Birmingham apartment complex left a teen boy injured by gunfire. The shots erupted about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at Monarch Ridge Apartments, formerly known as Valley Brook Apartments. Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the juvenile sustained a non-life-threatening injury. Fitzgerald said the shooting stemmed from a group...

Teen boy injured when multiple shots fired during fight at east Birmingham apartment complex

A 21-year-old man shot Wednesday afternoon in Bessemer has died. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Walterius Jamal Barnes. He lived in Bessemer. The gunfire erupted just after 3 p.m. in the 2900 block of Fairfax Avenue. More than two dozen shots were fired. Lt. Christian...

21-year-old killed in Bessemer shooting is city’s first homicide of 2023

A 51-year-old suspect has been charged in the weekend ambush killing of a man at a Birmingham gas station. Byron Dedric Steele, of Birmingham, is charged with capital murder in the Sunday evening slaying of 25-year-old Demetrius Antwan Davis Jr. Police said the deadly shooting was carried out in retaliation...

51-year-old suspect charged in killing at Birmingham Circle K; police say retaliation fueled the deadly ambush

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Guest opinion: Birmingham-Southern College and Alabama need each other

There is a song from the musical “Avenue Q” that begins, “Everyone’s a little bit racist.” I think that’s true. I taught Political Science at Birmingham-Southern...

Guest opinion: Birmingham-Southern College and Alabama need each other

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