The defense rested and closing arguments concluded Friday in the ongoing murder trial of Luther Watkins Jr., leaving the jury to begin deliberating after lunch.
A woman who was shot several times in west Tuscaloosa Thursday night is expected to survive, and investigators are searching for the person who fired on her.
Luther Bernard Watkins, Jr. took the stand to testify on his own behalf in the longest day of testimony in the capital murder trial against him on Thursday.
In its first game since Charles Bediako's injunction was denied, the Crimson Tide vanquished the Ole Miss Rebels on the road to earn its seventh win of SEC play this season.
Greene County’s Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® chapter and its president are being recognized as part of the 2026 Black History Makers of Alabama.
State prosecutors rested their case against Luther Watkins Jr. in the murder trial against him, and his attorneys began making their case that it was self-defense when he killed a Tuscaloosa police officer in 2019.
A Tuscaloosa City councilwoman and a community activist had a tense verbal altercation following a city council meeting on Tuesday night, though police say no crime was committed.