Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa News Director and Tuscaloosa native Don Hartley's name is synonymous with West Alabama. He has two lengthy careers under his belt. 23 years in radio and television news and sports journalism and 26 years as a county and state emergency manager. Don also worked as a press aide to former Alabama Governor Guy Hunt and U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton. Don marched four years in the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band and did the stadium announcing for the band for 16 years. His attachment to UA also extended to being the radio play-by-play voice of Crimson Tide Baseball and Women’s Basketball. He also served as public address announcer for Bama Gymnastics. For several years, Don did radio and television play-by-play for high school football and basketball, including Central’s 2007 4-A AHSAA Championship Game at Legion Field in Birmingham. Don has earned three Alabama Broadcasters Association ABBY Awards for news and public affairs broadcasting as well as multiple Associated Press honors for both quality news and sports broadcasting. Don is married with two adult children and one grandson.
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It is the Day After the Union Vote, What’s Next?
What next is being asked by those on both sides of this week's union vote at Mercedes Benz?
COVID19 Still Declining in Alabama
COVID19 is still with us and may always be with us.
Feds Investigate Underage Workers in Jasper
Federal authorities are investigating the use of underage workers at a chicken plant in Walker County.
Mercedes Union Vote Count Beginning
The voting is over at the Tuscaloosa County Mercedes Benz Plant.
Mercedes Union Vote Count Underway
The weeklong voting on whether the Mercedes Benz plant in Vance and battery plant in Woodstock will become union shops ends later this morning.
West Alabama Friday Briefing
The voting is almost over at Mercedes.
Auburn Edging Tuscaloosa in New People
Anytime there is anything to be compared that includes Auburn and Tuscaloosa it will harken back to the rivalry between the universities located in the two cities, even populations.
West Alabama Thursday Briefing
The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit continues to investigate a fatal shooting around 3:00am this morning at Brookhaven Apartments on James Harrison Parkway on the city’s Southside.
Councilman Taking Heat from Pro-Union Forces
The union vote rhetoric is heating up.
West Alabama Wednesday Briefing
A person of Interest is being sought in connection to a Tuscaloosa death investigation.