Northport fights for signs

Leaders in one west Alabama city say they're being overlooked. Northport's mayor says the city is losing out on visitors and money because there are very few signs directing people to town...
http://www.myfoxal.com/story/18307964/northport-fights-for-signs

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 05:09:51 -0700

Highway 69 in Northport getting $1.8M in improvements

NORTHPORT | The Alabama Department of Transportation is planning $1.8 million in improvement projects to ease traffic congestion on Alabama Highway 69 in Northport.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120429907

Published: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:58:13 -0700

Alabama man arrested for possession of a controlled substance

Ricky Eugene Prewitt, age 41 of Northport Alabama, was taken into custody Thursday morning after Nacogdoches police discovered he was in possession of cocaine.
http://www.cbs19.tv/story/18149415/alabama-man-arrested

Published: Fri, 04 May 2012 12:32:19 -0700

Wildlife officials capture, relocate ducks in Indian Lake

Some unwelcome ducks that have made their home at Indian Lake in Northport will wake up in a different county later today. Wildlife biologists with the United States Department of Agriculture's Alabama Fish Farming Center sedated and captured ducks that have been living behind Indian Lake Apartments off Watermelon Road.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120509811

Published: Tue, 08 May 2012 10:44:32 -0700

Hundreds of untamed cats roam downtown

TUSCALOOSA | Winslow the gallery cat won't be greeting visitors at Jim Harrison's downtown Tuscaloosa art gallery, sitting in at fundraisers, enjoying music or sprawling nonchalantly on the hardwood floor as hundreds step lightly around the buff tabby. The body of Winslow, a cat Harrison rescued from an alley behind the gallery, was found in downtown Northport on Thursday, having been missing ...
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120519696

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 16:45:52 -0700

College news

News and announcements about college students from Tuscaloosa, Northport and West Alabama
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120429944

Published: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:54:37 -0700

Northport Holding tells Commission it's investing $50 million in 2 Jefferson County nursing facilities

The firm is waiting for approval from the state Certificate of Need Board to begin construction.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/northport_holding_tells_commis.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 08:22:57 -0700

School news

school news from Tuscaloosa, Northport and West Alabama
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120429945

Published: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:53:45 -0700

Tuscaloosa forensics lab faces closure

TUSCALOOSA | Just a few years ago, the Tuscaloosa branch of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences office was like any other state office: It was dealing with a high caseload and a small staff.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120429923

Published: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:28:46 -0700

Nursing homes would provide economic benefit for Jefferson County, company says

Northport Holding wants to purchase beds from the former county nursing home and open nursing homes in Hoover and Vestavia Hills.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/nursing_homes_would_provide_ec.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 21:22:47 -0700