According to our daily, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is meeting with city residents in a series of district meetings, which are designed to give residents a chance to discuss plans for the city and share their concerns. The meeting for District 7 will be next Thursday, May 1 at Skyland Elementary School from 5:30pm until 7:00pm.

The Alabama Revenue Department says license plate transactions will continue while the Department of Public Safety shuts down the issuance of driver licenses for a few days to convert a database to comply with federal regulations.

So far 150 people are confirmed dead and almost as many are still missing in the case of the sunken South Korean ferry.

The assault trial of singer Chris Brown is set to begin today. His bodyguard, who was also charged with assault, was convicted at his trial Monday.

Yesterday, the body of 77-year-old John Douglas Perry was found in a crashed vehicle near New Watermelon Road in Northport. Perry was reported missing earlier in the week. Foul play is not suspected.

Four of the 14 people arrested in a multistate dog fighting investigation have filed court papers saying they want to plead guilty. The defendants were arrested last year on charges accusing them of participating in or providing dogs for fighting in Alabama.

Today, a Kansas judge will consider Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning's petition to legally change her name from Bradley, as she continues serving a 35-year sentence for passing loads of classified U.S. government information to WikiLeaks.

Some expedition companies are canceling their trips to Mt. Everest for this season, following last Friday's avalanche that killed 13 guides and left another three missing and presumed dead.

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