Stephen Dethrage

Tuscaloosa

Editor in Chief at The Tuscaloosa Thread

Never really got there, I just pretended that I had. Editor in Chief of @TCLThread at Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa.

Articles

Ruben Edwin Pike (October 3rd, 1980 - April 9th, 2025)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Ruben Edwin Pike, 44 of West Blocton, passed away April 9, 2025. Services will be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at Four Points Baptist Church at 10:00 am with Bro. Justin Clements officiating and Magnolia Chapel South directing. Burial will follow at Hebron Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:00 ~ 10:00 am.
Barbara Cox (April 17th, 1933 - April 15th, 1925)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Mrs. Barbara Cox, 91, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Northport, Alabama. She is preceded in death by her son, Bobby Cox. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Marjolena Freeman Payne (August 20th, 1937 - April 15th, 2025)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Marjolena Freeman Payne, beloved mother, 87 of Akron, passed away April 15, 2025 at Moundville Health and Rehab. A graveside service will be held on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 11:00 am at Concord Cemetery with Bro. Bryan Allen officiating and Magnolia Chapel South directing. She is preceded in death by her husband, George H. Payne; son, Dennis Gordon Payne; parents, David and Christine Freeman; sisters, Alice Brown Barbara Kelley, and Shirley Payne; and her brother, David C. Freeman.
Annie Sue Dockery Hubbard (August 11th, 1936 - April 13th, 2025)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Annie Sue Dockery Hubbard, age 88, of Brookwood, Ala., passed away April 13, 2025 at her residence. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Magnolia Chapel North. Graveside services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2025, at Salem Baptist Church in New Lexington, Ala., with Pastor Tommy Easterwood officiating and Magnolia Chapel North directing. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hollie and Ceattus Logan; brother, Troy Logan; and daughter, Kathy Blakeney.
Robert Ransom Bebout (October 4th, 1939 - April 13th, 2025)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Robert Ransom Bebout, age 85, of Northport, Ala., passed away April 13, 2025, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Sulphur Springs Free Will Baptist Church - old sanctuary with Bro. Ken Cheek officiating. Burial will follow in Sulphur Springs Free Will Baptist Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel North directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church.
Ruth LaVerne Creel (September 25th, 1942 - April 9th, 2025)

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Ruth LaVerne Creel, 82 of Moundville, passed away April 9, 2025 at Hospice of West Alabama. A graveside service will be held on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 1:00 pm at Kinard Cemetery in West Blocton with Bro. Rick Mitchell officiating and Magnolia Chapel South directing. Visitation will be held at Magnolia Chapel South from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on Monday prior to the graveside service.
Bond Denied for Iranian UA Doctoral Student Taken by ICE Last Month

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

An Iranian University of Alabama doctoral student who was taken away from his Tuscaloosa apartment by federal immigration police last week has been denied bond in a Thursday hearing. Alireza Doroudi will remain in federal custody in Jena, Louisiana from where he may eventually be deported to Iran. (Alireza Doroudi on Facebook)As the Thread has previously reported, Doroudi arrived here in January 2023 and was earning his doctorate in engineering from the University of Alabama.
Multi-Car Crash Closes Interstate in Tuscaloosa County Thursday

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

A multi-car collision has blocked all southbound traffic on Interstate 20/59 in Tuscaloosa County on Thursday afternoon. Corporal Reginal King, a spokesperson for the Alabama Law Enforcement State Troopers, said a crash involving multiple vehicles occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday near Mile Marker 68 near Tuscaloosa. King said the southbound lanes of I-20 are currently blocked and will be for an undetermined amount of time. A detour has been established at Exit 68.
Volunteers from Tuscaloosa Mercedes Plant Raise Walls on 12th Habitat House

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

A volunteer team made mostly of employees from the Mercedes Benz U.S. International Plant was in west Tuscaloosa Tuesday morning to raise the walls on a new Habitat for Humanity house in their Milestone Neighborhood. This is hardly the group's first rodeo, either - this will be the twelfth Habitat home they've partnered on.
LEAVE THE AREA NOW: Police Once Again Shut Down Rowdy Tuscaloosa Strip After A-Day

1 week ago | tuscaloosathread.com | Stephen Dethrage

Police in Tuscaloosa have once again shut down the University Strip after crowds got too rowdy after the A-Day festivities on campus a few blocks away. The measure, announced shortly after 9 p.m., mirrors a similar step taken after A-Day in 2023. Anyone who is in the Strip - the area of bars and restaurants along University Boulevard just west of campus and Bryant-Denny Stadium - should leave the area.

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