West Alabama Weekly by WVUA 23 News

West Alabama Weekly by WVUA 23 News

West Alabama Weekly is hosted by WVUA 23 News and University of Alabama students to engage listeners with relevant and essential news for the communities of West Alabama. WVUA 23 News focuses on Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties in the state of Alabama.

Episodes

December 12, 2025 27 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 9.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media interns Sydney Reinke and Hannah Classon bring you our ninth episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including a story on local crime, porch pirates, holiday events and more. They also talk in-depth about the University of Alabama student-run magazines (1956 and Alice) that...

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J. Calister Clemons sits down for an exclusive interview with our very first guest here at West Alabama Weekly, Daniel DiDonato, a University of Alabama freshman who singlehandedly drew two new State Senate districts as part of a redistricting effort to address historical racial gerrymandering.

His plan was chosen over two other professionally-drawn district maps, and he did it entirely by himself, in his free time, pro bono and al...

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November 21, 2025 29 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 8.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media interns Sydney Reinke and Hannah Classon bring you our eighth episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including an update on the University Beach project, crime in Oakman, holiday events and more.

J. Calister Clemons also premieres his new series, Senate Seat Spotlight, whe...

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Welcome to West Alabama Weekly.

Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen technical difficulties, we do not have a new episode this week.

We apologize for this and we plan to be back to our regular recording next Friday.

As always, you can view all stories and much more on ⁠⁠⁠our website⁠⁠⁠. Follow WVUA 23 News on social media @wvua23 and be sure to catch up on our first 7 episodes of the pod.

Thank you and talk soon. Roll tide!

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November 7, 2025 14 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 7.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media interns Sydney Reinke and Hannah Classon bring you our seventh episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including the ongoing food insecurities concern due to the government shutdown, the Marshall Four, fun events around town and more. Roll tide!

You can view all stories and ...

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November 1, 2025 23 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 6. Happy Halloween!

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media intern Sydney Reinke bring you our sixth episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including SNAP benefits and food insecurities, a fun Halloween-themed event, a new segment on the open Alabama Senator role and more. Roll tide!

You can view all stories and muc...

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October 24, 2025 15 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 5.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media intern Sydney Reinke bring you our fifth episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including improvements for Northport's highway 43 & 82, new electric school buses in Walker County, water safety in Alabama, some good news and more. Roll tide!

You can view all stories and...

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October 17, 2025 18 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 4.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons, social media interns Sydney Reinke and Hannah Classon bring you our fourth episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including the annual Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive, food insecurity in our area, Halloween events to check out around town, a flashback clip for Tennessee hate week and...

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October 10, 2025 19 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 3.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media intern Sydney Reinke bring you our third episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including events to check out around town from our social media intern Hannah, the latest in the Darius Miles murder case, the latest on Alabama's latest drought concerns and more. Roll ti...

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October 5, 2025 16 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 2.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media intern Sydney Reinke bring you our second episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including a events to check out around town, traveling during a government shutdown, a wild Greene County audit and more. Roll tide!

You can view all stories and much more on ⁠⁠⁠our website⁠⁠⁠...

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September 26, 2025 18 mins

Welcome to West Alabama Weekly, episode 1.

Digital reporter intern J. Calister Clemons and social media intern Sydney Reinke bring you our first episode of the podcast. They talk about a handful of local stories happening around West Alabama, including a vigil for Trey Reed, an update on the FOCUS act, an Alabama execution and more. Roll tide!

You can view all stories and much more on ⁠⁠⁠our website⁠⁠⁠.

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