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🌱 Phenix City's first inpatient mental health unit moves toward construction

Phenix City, Alabama Patch AM: a 5 min read

Cheers Phenix City! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Phenix City's first inpatient mental health unit moves toward construction
  • The history behind the bridges linking Phenix City and Columbus
  • Jacket weather awaits Phenix City's Friday football crowds

Also on today's calendar: CVCC Brunch and Learn Helpful Finals Stressbusters and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Variable clouds; not as warm, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Breezy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 41.
  • Friday: Abundant sunshine and cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Phenix City's First Inpatient Mental Health Unit: 12 Beds, a $4.5 Million Renovation on 25th Avenue and a Bid Call Due by Early December (columbustimes.com) — Phenix City families could have inpatient psychiatric care closer to home when Integrea opens a planned 12-bed unit on 25th Avenue. The $4.5 million renovation would add an alternative to treatment in Opelika, with bidding expected around early December and an opening targeted for late 2027.
   

2. Columbus and Phenix City Are Joined by 5 Road and Foot Crossings: From an 1832 Horace King Covered Bridge to the 2000 Thirteenth Street Span (columbustimes.com) — The bridges connecting Phenix City and Columbus tell a story stretching back to 1832, when John Godwin and Horace King began a covered crossing to Girard. Today's five road and pedestrian crossings include the Dillingham Street Bridge and the former trolley crossing now known as the Frank K. Martin Pedestrian Bridge.
   

3. Friday Night Lights Forecast: Clear Skies and Kickoff Temps in the 40s (cnaw2news.com) — Phenix City football spectators can expect a chilly, dry Friday evening, with temperatures forecast near 47 degrees around kickoff and 43 by the fourth quarter. The regional outlook calls for clear skies and no rain, making a warm jacket more useful than an umbrella.
   

4. Male pedestrian killed in Phenix City (nowgeorgia.com) — A man in his 40s died after being struck near South Seale Road and 1st Street in Phenix City just before 6 p.m. Monday, November 9. Russell County Coroner Arthur Sumbry said the man was pronounced dead at Piedmont Hospital in Columbus, and his name was withheld pending family notification.
   

5. Auburn beats out Miami for 4-star IOL Jatori Williams as Alex Golesh's recruiting class gets even stronger (newsbreak.com) — Phenix City's Jatori Williams has committed to Auburn after previously backing away from Miami, choosing the Tigers following a weekend campus visit. The four-star offensive lineman, ranked fifth nationally at his position by 247Sports, cited the school's proximity to home and his enthusiasm for the new coaching staff.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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