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🌱 How Montevallo volleyball dominated two straight road opponents this week
Montevallo, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Montevallo! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Montevallo volleyball dominated two straight road opponents this week
- Family remembers a University of Montevallo alumna who reached 100
Also on today's calendar: 2026 Great Fall Bird Count with Alabama Audubon.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 77, low: 69.
- Monday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Montevallo grabs back-to-back sweeps over Breakthrough, Bibb... (shelbycountyreporter.com) — Montevallo volleyball fans can celebrate as the Bulldogs rolled through Breakthrough Charter and Bibb County with dominant straight-set road wins to start a grueling four-match week. The team’s strong serving and big scoring runs powered double-digit set victories, setting up their area finale against Jemison after a midweek stumble versus Demopolis. 
• Annie Muriel Wood Taylor (lawrencecountyrecord.com) — A centenarian whose life later centered in Kansas and Missouri once studied at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, where she met her future husband after growing up in Montgomery and Andalusia. Her family shares that no services are planned, since relatives recently gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday together.
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🗞 Nearby News
Calera
- Chelsea sweeps Chilton County to clinch home area tournament (shelbycountyreporter.com)
- Alabama Power appeals court order blocking access to Shelby County man's property (al.com)
- Public safety heroes honored at annual Shelby County awards ... (shelbycountyreporter.com)
Alabaster
- ACS ranked No. 5 for Best School Districts in Alabama (shelbycountyreporter.com)
- First Watch coming to former Red Lobster site in Tuscaloosa (miamiherald.com)
- Alabama Offers 350-Pound DL Out of IMG Academy (miamiherald.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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