Saban Center

As the ambitious, over $80 million Saban Center draws closer to groundbreaking, construction and eventually opening, officials announced a new partnership there Thursday that will bring another of Tuscaloosa's crown jewels under the same roof.

Mrs. Terry Saban, the queen of Alabama football, is joining other local leaders to raise funds for the immersive STEM hub her foundation is planning in downtown Tuscaloosa.

The iconic home of the Tuscaloosa News will be at least partially demolished to make way for the still-being-designed Saban Center, Mayor Walt Maddox confirmed this week.

Just weeks after Governor Kay Ivey committed more than $25 million to its development, Tuscaloosa's soon-to-come Saban Center announced five new major partners Thursday.

Politicians, educators and Nick and Terry Saban gathered Wednesday to celebrate the state's partnership with them on the development of Tuscaloosa's Saban Center.

The Tuscaloosa City Council got one step closer to final approval for a $10 million pedestrian bridge over Jack Warner Parkway during a Monday committee meeting.

Although her husband's name is the one used in the name of their joint community efforts, Terry Saban's mark has been left in Tuscaloosa through all she has done as the CEO and face of Nick's Kids. The selflessness she displays and the needs she works to meet in the community make Miss Terry a Phenomenal Woman of West Alabama.

It was a busy morning in Tuscaloosa, as the Nick's Kids Jubilee took over downtown for a joyous celebration of philanthropy, family and football.