Ryan Phillips is an award-winning journalist and editor from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A graduate of both the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama, Phillips has worked as a reporter and editor at the Birmingham Business Journal, the Associated Press-Atlanta Bureau and Weather.com. Most recently, Phillips worked for nearly four years as the executive editor of the Starkville Daily News and (West Point) Daily Times Leader in Mississippi. Phillips has received numerous investigative journalism awards in both Alabama and Mississippi, along with awards for photography, general news reporting and commentary.
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A sentencing date has now been set for the man convicted of murder last week in the 2020 shooting death of an Indiana University student.
A wet and stormy pattern is expected to settle over West Alabama for much of the next week
The City of Tuscaloosa on Wednesday announced its Farmers Market will bring back its Tuesday markets this summer
The Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center announced Wednesday that it has secured federal funding for a series of infrastructure upgrades
The votes have all been counted following primary election day in Alabama
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The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education on Tuesday approved Candice Sparks as the next principal of Rock Quarry Elementary School.
The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit on Tuesday upgraded charges against a man arrested for the death of Karen Deann Hollis
The DCH Foundation on Tuesday named veteran development and communications executive Brandt LaPish as vice president of development.
The University of Alabama on Tuesday named veteran administrator and criminologist Lesley Reid as the institution’s next provost.
A two-vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle Tuesday morning has shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 59 in Greene County.
Here's a look at the Georgia students who will compete in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Here's a look at the Florida students who will compete in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
A new Piggly Wiggly grocery store is planned for Tuscaloosa’s Five Points area.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Ada Catherine Chapman Doss, the 27-year-old DCH Health System employee who was fatally shot .
Three Alabama Crimson Tide baseball players earned postseason recognition from the Southeastern Conference on Monday.
UF is set to consider former University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell as the sole finalist to become the university’s 14th president.
Voters across Tuscaloosa County will head to the polls Tuesday for Alabama’s 2026 primary elections.
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The estate of a woman struck and killed by a vehicle in November 2025 crash in downtown Tuscaloosa has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
