🌱 High School Football Scores + Remembering 'Cupcake'

Morning, Birmingham! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. The high school football regular season is coming to a close as teams now scurry to find their way into the playoffs. Two teams that are definitely playoff-bound are Hoover and Thompson, who faced off last night. Check the score below, and as always, have a fantastic Saturday!

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 76 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. First, get caught up on all of the Birmingham metro high school football scores from last night, including the match-up between no. 1 Thompson and no. 2 Hoover. (Birmingham Patch)
2. A vigil for Kamille 'Cupcake' McKinney was held last night two years after the 3-year-old girl's kidnapping and murder. I can't believe it has already been two years. This one still sits pretty firm in my heart. (WBRC)
3. In case you missed it, Juneteenth has now become an official holiday for the City of Birmingham (Bham Now)
4. A 2-year-old boy is still recovering after an accidental shooting in east Jefferson County Thursday. Let's all hope he pulls through. (AL.com)
5. The Birmingham Police Department needs the public's help in identifying a man they say robbed a senior citizen in Birmingham Tuesday. (Birmingham Patch)

Today in Birmingham:

• UAB's Homecoming Game against Rice kicks off at Protective Stadium this afternoon. (2:30 p.m.)
• Prema Bhat is a Jemison Visiting Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Music at UAB for the Fall Semester of 2021, and she will present a concert of Carnatic Music of South India (7 p.m.)
• After taking in some football, why not catch a soccer game as well? the UAB men's soccer team plays Florida Atlantic. (7 p.m.)
• For you late-nighters, check out Adam McClelland live at The Tin Roof. (10 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• 5 of the best places for pub food in Birmingham (Bham Now)
• Check this out: The Birmingham Police Department is hiring! (Alabama's News Leader)
• Hoover's 13 Days of Horror continues with "The Conjuring." (Hoover Sun)
• Join Alabama Black Women's Roundtable for their Oct. 27 luncheon. (Facebook)

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