101.7 The River

It's the final week of the regular season! Who takes positive momentum into the postseason, and who wrapped up their season on Friday night?

Stephanie LaShon's over-the-top Halloween decorations are turning heads in Tuscaloosa, and she's inviting the community to experience them in person.

Governor Kay Ivey is encouraging Alabamians to vote November 3 as major statewide races, legislative seats and constitutional amendments appear on ballots.

After decades behind bars for murdering her two children, Paula Sims has been approved for parole by the state review board.

School buses in Tuscaloosa are seeing a spike in illegal passings. It's a problem that could have ended badly already.

It was a packed party in Five Points Friday as the new Piggly Wiggly grocery store celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting and hours of giveaways from local vendors and specials on the fully-stocked store in East Tuscaloosa.

A former salon owner whose family has lived in Alberta for generations is running for the Tuscaloosa City Council seat Kip Tyner held for nearly three decades, and he wants people to know where they are when they get there.

Tuscaloosa County voters are weighing in on a local amendment Tuesday that would let the county's full-time mayor tap into the state retirement system, the same way other county officials do.

The Five Points Piggly Wiggly has been open since late September, but its formal grand opening is Friday, and B&W Foods is using it to put two dozen local and regional vendors in the aisles.

Rest in peace to those we’ve lost. And a little extra love to everyone who is missing someone.

With Halloween and daylight saving time ending this weekend, ALDOT urges Alabama drivers and pedestrians to take extra precautions after dark.

The annual Breakthrough T1D walk returns to Tuscaloosa on Sunday afternoon, raising money for Type 1 diabetes research.

Four new amendments are headed to Alabama ballots, touching everything from school pledges to county school mergers and legislative pay.

A pet care business owner and animal welfare nonprofit president is running for the Tuscaloosa City Council seat Kip Tyner held for nearly three decades, and the centerpiece of his campaign is a new animal shelter.

That gravelly voice on your morning drive, the traffic reports that kept you moving, the man behind them is gone. Captain Ray Allen died at 75.

There’s something special about a song that represents where you come from.

Curious what November has in store for West Alabama as fall winds down? Here’s what the weather could bring!

McDonald's McRib is back, and fall favorites are hitting menus across town right now.

Majestic Girls founder Patrice Spence is hosting a free event Oct. 31 in Tuscaloosa to uplift cancer patients and survivors, featuring comedian LP.

Two different years saw three presidents sworn in. The first was 1841, when illness and tragedy reshaped the course of the nation.

Many voters stop halfway through their ballots, letting a fewer people decide who runs your county sheriff's office and schools.

Tuscaloosa’s first Beef ‘O’ Brady’s opened Monday on McFarland Boulevard, drawing city and Chamber of Commerce officials to a ribbon-cutting at the sports bar and restaurant.

Crews are driving piles for temporary railroad bridge spans near the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater. It’s a first step in the final but multi-year phase of Tuscaloosa’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Jack Warner Parkway project.

Alabama was on the practice field on Wednesday of the bye week as the Crimson Tide still has all of its goals ahead of it entering the final month of the regular season.

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer expressed confidence in Noah Rogers despite the NC State transfer not seeing many snaps since his return from injury.

Business leaders spent Wednesday morning framing yet another Habitat for Humanity house in West Tuscaloosa with construction financed by the nonprofit foundation run by Nick & Terry Saban.

Five candidates have qualified to run for Kip Tyner’s seat on the Tuscaloosa City Council, and voters in District 5 will head to the polls on Tuesday, December 8.

SO, WHAT DOES ROLL TIDE REALLY MEAN?

Nearly 30 years later, that little Northport beginning has grown into a significant grocery operation serving communities throughout West Alabama.

Alabama, get ready for a little more shut-eye. Clocks are falling back, but what’s the latest on the Sunshine Protection Act? Get the details!