The Sunrise News Sampler

The Tuscaloosa City Schools' Pre-K application window opens today and will close on Friday, February 28.  Applications are available at all elementary schools. Birth certificates, Social Security cards, immunization cards, and three proofs of residence are required.

A Gulf Shores resort is offering free two-night condo stays to Birmingham-area teachers who stayed overnight with stranded students during last week's snowstorm.

An Associated Press analyst has found that increased security hasn't reduced the number of school shootings, as there have been at least 11 school shootings this academic year alone, in addition to other cases of gun violence in school parking lots and elsewhere.

The Denver Broncos were blown out by the Seattle Seahawks int he Super Bowl last night, where many viewers agreed that it was the worst Super Bowl with the worst commercials in recent history.

Rappers The Game and DMX have put their names forward to fight George Zimmerman in a March celebrity boxing match.