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Apartment listing prices in Tuscaloosa rose 7% year over year to a median of $1,495 in September, with one-bedrooms at $900 and two-bedrooms at $1,099; 444 listings were counted (12 subsidized, and excluding them raised the median to $1,500).

Alabama will play LSU at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge on Nov.

7 at 3:30 p.m. ET; tickets start at $229 (available now).

ESPN's College GameDay serenaded Nick Saban on his 75th birthday during the pregame show (Saturday, Oct.

10) in Tuscaloosa before Alabama vs. Georgia, and host Pat McAfee apologized for wearing Saban's colors then asked for life advice, to which Saban said to treat others as you'd like to be treated.

ESPN’s College GameDay marked Nick Saban’s 75th birthday on Oct.

31, 2024 with a “75 scariest seconds” video and presented a cake topped with his favorite oatmeal pies (he thanked fans and urged kindness, recalling his mother’s advice that ‘God loves everyone’).

Bailey Tabernacle C.M.E.

Church is offering free van rides to polling places in Tuscaloosa starting at 6:30 a.m. on election Tuesday and will shuttle voters until shortly after polls close; the church is taking ride requests through Tuesday at (334) 318-3004.

UA's Project LIFT will train teachers in 75 rural elementary schools to use Friends on the Block, a short (K to 2) reading intervention, and will study teacher training and coaching over five years; the work is funded by a $9.9 million federal grant.

Piggly Wiggly opened a new store Oct.

30 at 4205 University Blvd. E. in the Five Points neighborhood in the former Winn-Dixie, offering a bakery, deli, custom meat counter and grand-opening free samples + giveaways.

The University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band will perform in the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thanksgiving morning in New York, giving the school a national spotlight.

More than 400 students and staff will fly out Monday, Nov. 23 after loading equipment, and the Crimsonettes + color guard will open Radio City shows Tuesday, Nov. 24.