🌱 Alabama Coaching Contracts + Lake View Sewer Bill + Saturday Events

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started off right.

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

• Lake View sewer bill.
• New football coach at west Alabama school.
• Alabama coaching contracts.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny and cool. High: 66 | Low: 37.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this Saturday morning goes to West AlabamaWorks!, which recently held its WOW 2.0 event at Shelton State Community College, which resulted in 18 contingent job offers given out to high school seniors.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Eight of the 10 Alabama football assistant coaches saw their contracts approved Friday by the compensation committee of the UA board of trustees. (Michael Casagrande, AL.com)
2. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is set to sign a constitutional amendment into law that would allow Tuscaloosa County citizens to vote on placing the City of Lake View's private sewer system's rates under the oversight of the Alabama Public Service Commission. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's more from The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama's seventh Next Level Series event on Wednesday, which focused on Public Education. (Jabaree Prewitt, WVUA 23)
4. A drive-thru Starbucks coffee shop is expected to open near the University of Alabama campus. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
5. No. 4 Alabama softball (31-5, 8-4 SEC) is set to face the No. 7 Florida Gators (30-6, 7-5 SEC) for a weekend series in Gainesville starting on Saturday. (Blake Byler, Crimson White)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Hospice of West Alabama's 5K Run/Walk (More)
• Second Saturday @ CHOM (More)
• Fish fry @ Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department (More)
• Bama Bug Fest @ Smith Hall (More)
• Tuscaloosa Gauntlet @ Sokol Park (More)

👀 Check it out 👀

Etowah High School football coach Ryan Locke on Thursday was introduced as the new head coach of the Hale County High School Wildcats football team.

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue held a ceremony Thursday night for its most recent promotions in the department. Check out all of the scenes here! (More)

Shelton State Community College has announced its spring commencement schedule for May 3. Don't miss all of the times here. (More)

There are still two more chances to catch Shelton State Community College's Theatre Department presentation of the drama "Dinner with Friends" by Donald Margulies, which will have showings Saturday and Sunday in the Wilson Carr Rehearsal Hall on the Martin Campus. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

For the second consecutive year, Northport City Council President Jeff Hogg plans to spread Easter cheer to different neighborhoods around his district. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The RISE Tournament of Champions benefiting The University of Alabama RISE Center will be held April 20-21 at North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Anti-LGBTQ bills prompt firestorm of criticism from civil liberty organizations (John H. Glenn, Alabama Political Reporter)
2. McFarland Mall comes down; developers look for future possibilities (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
3. Alabama bill seeks to resist Biden actions on gun violence (Associated Press)
4. Who to Keep an Eye on in Alabama's Second Spring Scrimmage (Joey Blackwell, BamaCentral)
5. Legislature sends 'Nick Risner' bill to governor (Mary Sell & Maddison Booth, Alabama Daily News)
6. Second-year CBs Kool-Aid McKinstry, Khyree Jackson making progress (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
7. CFB fans name Alabama the most entertaining, Auburn 2nd most boring (Josh Chatham, SB Nation)
8. World Games Countdown: 90 Days (CBS 42 News)
9. Out-of-state investors take advantage of Alabama lakefront real estate, market to peak in 2022 (Illyshia Parker, Birmingham Business Journal)
10. Superintendents expect pay raise to combat teacher shortage (Bobby Poitevint, ABC 33/40)

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— RP