The Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly declining the fifth-year option for the 2025 season for running back Najee Harris making him a free agent after the 2024 season. Steelers declined the fifth-year option on RB Najee Harris, giving him the ability to become an unrestricted free agent after this season. Steelers are not ruling out a deal later on. pic.twitter.com/EFNi7nHzW6 — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 2, 2024 Despite not picking up the Harris’ option year, Pittsburgh could be interested in bringing him on a long-term deal. The Steelers have a new offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith ..read more

By: WVUA 23’s Jabaree Prewitt Long time Tuscaloosa Attorney Robert Prince has died. Prince died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was an attorney with Prince, Glover, and Hayes, and was celebrating their 45th year as a firm. Prince was one of the attorneys for WVUA 23’s Law Call. He was an Adjunct Professor of trial advocacy at the University of Alabama Law School for over 40 years. Robert Prince was 75 years old. {jp} Categories: Featured, Local News Tags: bob prince, law call, prince glover hayes ..read more

Courtesy of Stillman College Athletics DECATUR, Ala. – A pair of solo home runs to left field from Katelyn Lankford and Kari Davidson helped lift Stillman College to a 3-1 victory over University of Tennessee Southern to complete a split on Day 1 of the Southern States Athletic Conference Softball Championships at Wilson Morgan Park. The win came after a 3-2 loss to Faulkner University in the Tigers’ first game of the day. Stillman advances to the next round Friday morning at 10 a.m. against Point University. SSAC Player of the Year Lauren Haskins drew a lead off walk in the bottom of th ..read more

Hillcrest High School has a big basketball signing class for 2024. The Patriots celebrated five student athletes signing basketball scholarships this week: DJ Hamlett signed with Chipola Community College in Marianna, Fla., Nyesha Davis will attend Southern Union Community College in Wadley, Farrah Buckner signed with Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Sinaya Gibson will attend Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, and Bri Turner signed wtih Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss. Signing day 2024! These 4 have represented Hillcrest Lady Patriots well and we’re excited to ..read more

Stillman’s first postseason match-up comes against a familiar foe: the Faulkner Eagles. Stillman and Faulkner play at noon on Thursday in the first round of the Southern State Athletic Conference Softball Championships in Decatur. The Tigers and Eagles split a doubleheader last month in Tuscaloosa but it may be necessary to go back a year to find out what fuels the emotions in the game. Last season, Stillman beat Faulkner twice at the SSAC Championships, eliminating the Eagles from the tournament. “We knocked them out last year, we actually had to play them twice in the tournament,” said Stil ..read more

Good Thursday afternoon! It’s been a hot day across Alabama. Most of the area warmed into the upper 80s to near 90 today, but clouds are on an increase. This increase in clouds is a sign of our next storm system. While it is a weak and disorganized one, it will still bring the potential for a few scattered showers and storms. A few tiny showers have developed on radar this afternoon, but most of our area remains dry. A few showers and storms could move into our northwest counties overnight, especially around Vernon, Hamilton and Haleyville. The risk of rain further south is a bit lower. Scat ..read more

A ceremony was held at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse Thursday to honor all the fallen officers for Tuscaloosa County. The ceremony recognized 27 officers. The family of late officer and Tuscaloosa native Kennis Croom was in attendance. His father Kelvin Croom talked about the importance of supporting local law officers. “I just hope that people will appreciate the law enforcement officers that we are blessed to have in our county,” Croom said. “From our sheriff department, our state troopers, and certainly our Tuscaloosa City Police Department and the other city police departments. These me ..read more

The Tuscaloosa Riverwalk is longer than ever as city leaders on Thursday celebrated the opening of the Western Riverwalk with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tuscaloosa City Council Members Matthew Wilson and Raevan Howard and Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox spoke during the ceremony. “We believe in West Tuscaloosa’s endless opportunities,” said Maddox. “When this Western Riverwalk is ultimately connected through Phase 3 of the (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard)/Jack Warner Parkway project, it is going to link with the amphitheater, our downtown, the Saban Center and the University of Alabama.” The tr ..read more

April is National Minority Health Month. It stems from Booker T. Washington visiting Washington, D.C., in 1910 and suggesting the concept. “At that time, he was really interested in health,” said University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Professor of Community Medicine and Population Health Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster. “He was collecting data from communities all over the country.” The government reignited the idea in 2000, and enacted the designated month through a resolution. The month is a reminder to consider minority communities in health care and related fields. You can wat ..read more

Northport residents and visitors have a new place to get fit, and this one comes at the bargain-basement membership fee of free. City leaders gathered Thursday morning for a ribbon-cutting at the new outdoor fitness court, built through a partnership with the city, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and the National Fitness Campaign. The court is located at the Richard L. Platt Memorial Levee Trailhead, across the street from Northport’s WasteWater Treatment Plant at 3950 Third St. It’s the first outdoor facility of its kind in the area, offering seven exercise stations alongside an associa ..read more