9/11 Memorials + High School Football + Mercer Comes To Town

Happy Saturday, Tuscaloosa! It's a busy Saturday in Tuscaloosa, so let's get started ...

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In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• A rundown of different memorials today.
• A breakdown of high school football scores
• College football returns to Tuscaloosa

First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 88 | Low: 63.

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Patch Pick

Deputies with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office spoke with the kindergarten classes at Big Sandy Elementary School this week and brought along K9 officer Sjores (pronounced shores) to meet with the youngster.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today:

1. Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue's Station 1 and the International Association of Firefighters will host a ceremony in honor of the 2001 attacks beginning at 7:15 a.m. (Jason Morton, Tuscaloosa News)
2. Crunch Fitness in Tuscaloosa will honor those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by challenging each of their members to climb 110 flights of stairs for its Remembrance Climb. (Kyrsten Eller, WVUA 23 News)
3. College football is set to return to Bryant-Denny Stadium today for Alabama's home opener against Mercer. (Ashlee Woods, Crimson White)
4. A GoFundMe online fundraising drive has been started for a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa man who is fighting for his life on a ventilator at DCH Regional Medical Center. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Here's a look at west Alabama high school football scores from Friday night (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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Today in Tuscaloosa:

• VFW 6022 9-11 Patriots Day Ride (More)
• Thomas Boyd & Tommy Wilcox signing @ Paul W. Bryant Museum (More)
• First Aid Day at CHOM! (More)
• Mercer @ Alabama football (More)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Alabama's shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to be cut by 30 percent (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
• Bring it on: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to President Joe Biden (Leada Gore, AL.com)
• Two Greene County school teachers die from COVID-19 (Kelvin Reynolds, WBRC Fox 6)
• Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations at plateau, ICUs in crisis (Associated Press)
• Radio Rewind: Saban thinks JoJo Earle is 'a little Waddle-like (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
• Nick Saban Says Alabama Has to "Respect Winning" Ahead of Mercer Matchup (Katie Windham, BamaCentral)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

Catch me weekday mornings on Instagram and TikTok, offering quick video rundowns of the biggest headlines and stories from our wildly-popular Tuscaloosa Daily newsletter. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Alabama Department of Transportation on Friday announced lane closures to allow the contractor to construct the single-point urban interchange (SPUI) on McFarland Boulevard beneath the Interstate 20/59 bridge at Exit 73 in Tuscaloosa next weekend. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office continues to ask for the public's help in locating an Adger man who was last seen in July. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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Roll Tide!

— RP

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