Mark Hughes Cobb

The University of Alabama has named Lesley Reid as its new provost. Reid had been serving as the interim provost since November 2025. As the chief academic officer, she will oversee academic policies, faculty affairs, and research programs.

This week in West Alabama, May 21-27, Ham Ham Jam Jam, featuring extra Ham Bagby, returns to Tuscaloosa at Druid City Brewing; Ernest & Hadley's Silent Book Club; a Memorial Day commemoration.

To build a better future, choose from our best; not necessarily the shiniest and newest.

The huckster Steve Jobs claimed it would be as powerful and prevalent as the PC. Feeling not enough fever in the pitch, he went on to say cities would be built around it.

This week in West Alabama, May 28-June 3, a first Deviled Egg Throwdown, at Druid City Brewing; Second Annual Prom for Paws at Big Al's; the 1995 "Jumanji" at the Bama Theatre, starting a summer of oldies.

Ironic the mark Stephen Colbert left on late night could be summed up by the word "sincerity," given he made his name a parody, playing a caricature of a Faux News talking head with appearances on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," then moving into his own slot as "The Colbert Report," pronounced oh-so-grandly col-BEAR re-POR.

Not unlike the 36 questions to fall in love devised by social scientists, Colbert used 15 to dig underneath the surface.

When first presented to the city in September 2024, the $150 million Tuscaloosa Sports Illustrated Resort was intended to be the flagship for Travel + Leisure, first of its kind.

The $84 million Jack Warner Parkway/Martin Luther King Jr. expansion enters its third and final phase beginning Monday, June 1.

Gov't Mule, Ziggy Marley, and Larkin Poe will perform in Tuscaloosa on October 9.