Alberta

Tuscaloosa City Board of Education member Erica Grant is running for the City Council seat left vacant by the death of Council President Kip Tyner, becoming the first candidate to enter the race for a seat Tyner held for 30 years.

Two pieces of Alberta will carry Kip Tyner's name after the longtime Tuscaloosa politician and media personality died unexpected earlier this month.

The Alberta Park fountain now stands as a tribute to both the tornado's impact and one councilman's unwavering commitment to recovery.

Tuscaloosa City Council President Kip Tyner, the District 5 councilman who spent nearly three decades representing Alberta and became the public face of its recovery from the 2011 tornado, has died at the age of 70.

Three-quarters of the way there on University Boulevard East, with better lighting and pedestrian paths replacing conditions that put walkers at real risk.

A proposal to close the Gateway Innovation and Discovery Center in Tuscaloosa's Alberta City neighborhood is off the table after feedback from citizens showed the asset is more beloved than its usage statistics might suggest.

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is asking the city council to consider shutting down a decade-old learning center in Alberta and transforming it into a new public safety hub for all the city's mental health professionals.

Elected officials and community leaders were in Alberta City Thursday afternoon to break ground on a transformative $27 million project to upgrade University Boulevard East.

Tuscaloosa leaders just approved a big tax incentive to breathe new life into the Leland Shopping Center — a place with a rich history.

One of Tuscaloosa's most instantly recognizable icons is gone Tuesday after workers removed the sign outside the Moon Winx Lodge on University Boulevard.