🌱 Legends Coming To Orion Amphitheater + NASA Rocket Update

Hi Huntsville! I'm Ryan Phillips from Tuscaloosa.

I'm filling in for now to write your morning newsletters and wanted to let you know: Patch is looking for a local writer and entrepreneur to take the helm of the Huntsville Patch newsletter and make it their own. We want to pass the torch to someone truly local to write about Huntsville long term. So if you're interested in earning extra income while making this newsletter a more valuable resource for your neighbors, learn more and apply here

❤️ We'll miss you Amy and thanks for everything! ❤️

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But first, today's weather: Rain at times. High: 44 Low: 30. 🌧

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the McNair Junior High boys team for defeating Hampton Cove 45-40 in the Huntsville City Schools Middle School Basketball Championship earlier this week! (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Huntsville 🗞

1. Music legends Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have booked a date at Huntsville's Orion Amphitheater on April 30. Tickets go on sale Friday! (Michael Seale, Huntsville Blast)
2. An early spring may be in the cards after Cosmo, a dog at Huntsville Animal Services, used his nose to give a forecast of the changing of the seasons. (Carson Burns, WHNT 19)
3. NASA officials at Marshall Space Flight Center on Wednesday gave updates on the Saturn 1B rocket on Interstate 65 and what its future may hold. (Paul Gattis, AL.com)
4. Watch this first look inside the brand-new, 170,000-square-foot Journey Middle School in Madison. (Charles Montgomery, WAFF 48)
5. Here's a look at football standouts from across the area as they inked scholarships during National Signing Day. (Nolan Knight & Max Cohan, WAAY 31)

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🗓 Today in Huntsville 🗓

• Tea & Colouring @ Ravenwood Meadery (More)
• Brett Carlisle @ Liquor Express and Craft Beer Store (More)
• Mikey Clams @ Stella's Elixir Lounge (More)
• Winter Bike Night with Brandon Elder @ Furniture Factory Bar and Grill (More)
• The Tavern Preachers @ Shagnasty's (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Liberty Lionettes awarded in hip-hop, pom at regionals (Gregg Parker, Madison County Record)
2. Greene County residents react to Greenetrack closing (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6)
3. Nearly 100 incarcerated people near the end of their sentence released (John H. Glenn, Alabama Political Reporter)
4. 5 takeaways from Auburn's 94-73 win over Georgia (Nathan King, 24/7 Sports)
5. Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats' contract on UA system meeting agenda for Friday (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— RP

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