🌱 Alabama Scrimmage + Northport School Donation + Chris Stewart

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this Sunday morning started.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and beautiful. High: 94 | Low: 74. ⛅️

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes to Northport City Councilman John Hinton, who presented Faucett-Vestavia Elementary with $2,000 from his discretionary fund budget to provide for individual students in need of assistance. The councilman also gave $1,000 each to Echols Middle School and Collins Riverside.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's what Alabama football coach Nick Saban had to say after Tide's scrimmage regarding positional battles, an injured starter and more. (Michael Casagrande, AL.com)
2. Don't miss this feature on Crimson Tide broadcaster Chris Stewart as he gets ready to fill in for the legendary Eli Gold to begin the 2022 college football season (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
3. The University of Alabama has decried supposed documentary by Vice focusing on the the sorority Rush process at UA. (Brittany Marshall, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. As the new school year kicked off this week, hear what Tuscaloosa City School Superintendent Mike Daria said about the school system's goals for 2022-23 (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
5. Check out this look back at the Crimson Tide men's basketball team's European tour and learn more about contributions from its freshmen. (Mathey Gibson, Crimson White)

You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— RP

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Tuscaloosa Daily? Contact me at ryan.phillips@patch.com