Judge denies bond for ex-Alabama basketball player Darius Miles on capital murder charge
May 24, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, who is facing a capital murder charge related to a fatal shooting near campus.
Alabama stops recruiting Wichita State transfer after arrest
April 24, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Wichita State player Jaykwon Walton, who had previously announced plans to transfer to Alabama, has been arrested on a charge of second-degree possession of marijuana.
Darius Miles pleads not guilty to capital murder charge
April 4, 2023 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former University of Alabama basketball player has pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge filed against him after he was accused of providing the gun used in a fatal shooting near campus.
Alabama, Miller face renewed questions about fatal shooting
March 17, 2023 GMTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Brandon Miller sat in a folding chair in a corner of the locker room facing an assemblage of reporters and video cameras.
Ex-Alabama player Miles indicted on capital murder charges
March 10, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges for the January shooting death of a 23-year-old woman near campus, defense lawyers confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday.
Alabama faces questions after more details on fatal shooting
February 23, 2023 GMTNo. 2 Alabama is one of the top teams in the country and a favorite to win the national championship.
Alabama hoops star delivered gun in shooting, police say
February 22, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller brought a teammate the gun that was used in a fatal January shooting near campus, an investigator testified Tuesday.
Students walk out after told to limit Black History program
February 9, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — More than 200 students walked out of class at an Alabama high school after they say they were told by school leaders to omit certain relevant events from an upcoming student-led Black History Month program.
University of Alabama initiatives honor retired Sen. Shelby
February 3, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama on Friday announced two new initiatives honoring the legacy of recently retired U.S.
Alabama coach Nate Oats gets new 6-year, $30 million deal
February 3, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nate Oats has agreed to a new six-year, $30 million contract amid the program's best regular season in decades.
Oats will average $5 million plus incentives over the deal running through the 2028-29 season under a deal approved Friday by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees Compensation Committee.
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Investigators: Miles provided gun in fatal shooting
January 17, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Investigators said a University of Alabama basketball player charged with capital murder provided the gun used in the fatal shooting, but another man fired the weapon.
Investigators wrote in a court document that Darius Miles admitted to providing the handgun immediately before the shooting.
Coach: Alabama ‘grieving’ after teammate charged with murder
January 16, 2023 GMTAlabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a grieving process” after player Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder following a fatal shooting near campus.
Alabama basketball player, 2nd man charged with murder
January 16, 2023 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting near campus.
Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning in the Strip off University Blvd.
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Crash during police chase kills passenger in fleeing vehicle
December 30, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A police chase ended in a crash that killed a passenger in a fleeing vehicle, authorities said Friday.
Troopers from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency were investigating the deadly crash that happened in Tuscaloosa.
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Former West Virginia AD Shane Lyons rehired at Alabama
November 21, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons has landed back at Alabama as a top administrator.
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday that Lyons has been hired as executive deputy athletic director and chief operating officer.
Resurgent Auburn rides Cadillac into Iron Bowl — once again
November 21, 2022 GMTCarnell “Cadillac” Williams has been the Iron Bowl hero for Auburn before.
Column: Enjoy a couple of months without Bama and Nick Saban
November 18, 2022 GMTThe Alabama Crimson Tide will play a football game Saturday that means ... well, absolutely nothing.
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Alabama Sch. of Math & Science 57, Washington County 52
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No. 6 Alabama versus No. 15 LSU has a lot to live up to
October 31, 2022 GMTLSU coach Brian Kelly began his weekly news conference wishing Alabama’s Nick Saban a happy birthday, hoping “maybe that’ll soften things up a little bit.”
Not likely.
LSU-Alabama has been serious business since Saban’s arrival in Tuscaloosa.
U.S. captives ‘prayed for death’ on brutal ride from Ukraine
October 1, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Even after three months of captivity that included execution threats, physical torture, solitary confinement and food deprivation, it was the ride to freedom that nearly broke Alex Drueke, a U.S.
No. 20 Arkansas going for 1st win over No. 2 Tide since 2006
September 29, 2022 GMTNo. 2 Alabama (4-0, 1-0 SEC) at No. 20 Arkansas (3-1, 1-1 SEC), 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS).
Line: Alabama by 17 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
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Alabama Christian Academy 33, Montgomery Academy 27
1st female president at Alabama’s Stillman College to retire
September 17, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Stillman College's first female president, Cynthia Warrick, has announced plans to retire after leading the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based historically Black college for five years.
No. 2 Alabama hosts Louisiana-Monroe after close call
September 15, 2022 GMTNick Saban doesn’t have to give his players a history lesson.
The Alabama coach need only point to last weekend’s Sun Belt Conference stunners ahead of Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Monroe, incidentally the architect of the most humbling loss of his tenure in Tuscaloosa.
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Sarkisian trek from Bama built pipeline to aid Texas rebuild
September 7, 2022 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Steve Sarkisian left his job as an Alabama assistant to be the head coach at Texas in January 2021 and quickly blazed a 735-mile trail from Tuscaloosa to Austin for others to follow.
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Alabama gives Saban new 8-year, $93.6 million deal
August 23, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban is getting a new eight-year contract worth at least $93.6 million, eclipsing the recent megadeal of Southeastern Conference rival Kirby Smart.
The University of Alabama trustees compensation committee on Tuesday approved a one-year extension through Feb.
State approves alcohol sales at Bryant-Denny stadium
August 17, 2022 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Beer and wine sales are coming to Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama.
Dean Argo, a spokesman for the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said Wednesday that the agency gave approval to an alcohol license for the vendor at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Small plane makes emergency landing in Alabama; no injuries
July 15, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing of his small plane in an Alabama field Friday morning.
Tuscaloosa Police told WBRC-TV in Birmingham that a pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Tuscaloosa County around 10:20 a.m.
Alabama officer honored for saving woman in river
July 2, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — An officer with the University of Alabama Police Department has been hailed as a hero for rescuing a woman from the Black Warrior River.
Officer Albert Canzoneri, who has been with department for nearly eight years, earned the Chief of Police’s Medal of Honor for saving the woman, who could not swim.
Mom of U.S. veteran held in Ukraine speaks to son by phone
June 29, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a U.S. military veteran who went missing after he traveled to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia has spoken with her son by telephone, the family said Wednesday.
Longtime Alabama environmental activist honored with award
June 25, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama environmental advocate has been honored by the Global Waterkeeper Alliance.
John L. Wathen, who has served decades as the keeper of Hurricane Creek in Tuscaloosa County, has been named a recipient of the alliance’s Terry Backer Award.
Mississippi, Alabama mourners praise officer killed on duty
June 21, 2022 GMTMERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A police officer killed on duty in Mississippi earlier this month is being remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as a person willing to serve any community where he worked.
2 US veterans from Alabama reported missing in Ukraine
June 15, 2022 GMTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven't been heard from in days and are missing, members of the state's congressional delegation said Wednesday.
Services set in Alabama, Mississippi for slain officer
June 13, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Memorial events are being planned in both Mississippi and Alabama for a police officer who was shot to death last week in the line of duty, officials said Monday.
A memorial service will be held Thursday in Meridian, Mississippi, for Meridian Police Officer Kennis Croom, who was killed while answering a call about domestic violence at a home in the city last Thursday.
Religious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side
May 20, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — It was lunch hour at the abortion clinic, so the nurse in the recovery room got her Bible out of her bag in the closet and began to read.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding,” her favorite proverb says, and she returns to it again and again.
Religious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side
May 20, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — It was lunch hour at the abortion clinic, so the nurse in the recovery room got her Bible out of her bag in the closet and began to read.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding,” her favorite proverb says, and she returns to it again and again.
3 Murray St softball players hurt in bus crash in Alabama
May 19, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Three players were injured when the chartered bus carrying the Murray State softball team was involved in a two-vehicle crash on the way to the NCAA Tournament in Alabama, police said.
Former Alabama student sentenced in terror financing case
April 27, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A former University of Alabama student who pleaded guilty to trying to conceal her attempts to finance terrorists was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison on Wednesday.
Louisiana Lt Gov’s house looted, burned; 2 held in Alabama
April 21, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama have arrested two people who are accused of breaking into a New Orleans-area estate belonging to Louisiana’s lieutenant governor, stealing from it and setting a fire.
Alabama honors university’s first Black football players
April 16, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson already had their place in Alabama football history. Now, the Crimson Tide's first Black players also share a prominent spot outside Bryant-Denny stadium.
3 found dead in submerged vehicle after flood recedes
March 24, 2022 GMTHOLT, Ala. (AP) — Three bodies were found inside a submerged vehicle in Alabama on Thursday after floodwaters receded from killer storms that included torrential rain earlier this week, authorities said.
Mercedes opens Alabama battery plant, adding up to 600 jobs
March 15, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Mercedes-Benz has opened a new electric vehicle battery factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that will create up to 600 new jobs.
The German automaker said Tuesday that the plant in Bibb County opened a few months before Mercedes plans to start making two all-electric SUVs at a large assembly plant in nearby Tuscaloosa.
Teen charged in fatal drive-by of man, 2-year-old in Alabama
March 15, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A teenager has been charged with murder in a drive-by shooting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that left a man and a 2-year-old dead, authorities said Monday.
Jackson State partners with 6 Alabama community colleges
March 12, 2022 GMTJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State University is partnering with six Alabama community colleges to help associate degree graduates transition into its bachelor’s degree programs.
JSU's scholars pipeline hopes to provide a seamless transition for students who complete degrees at Bishop State Community College in Mobile; J.F.
Alabama campus officer arrested on domestic violence charge
March 7, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama police officer was charged with domestic violence after allegedly breaking into the home of a woman he used to date and injuring her and another man who was inside.
Woman charged with reckless murder in deadly 2021 crash
February 28, 2022 GMTTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has been charged with reckless murder and other counts in the death of a pregnant mother of four killed in a Tuscaloosa County wreck last summer.
A blood test found several anti-anxiety and anti-seizure prescription medications in the blood of driver Anna Dalrymple after the July 5 crash on U.S.