🌱 Alabama Spring Practice + Northport Easter Cheer

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get you all caught up to start this Sunday morning.

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

• A Tuscaloosa baseball legend.
• Easter cheer in Northport.
• Alabama football spring practice.

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First, today's weather: Sunny, pleasant and warmer. High: 80 | Low: 57.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to Northport City Council President Jeff Hogg, who spent his Saturday spreading Easter cheer to the children of District 5.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit says one person was killed and two others injured in a shooting in the 3100 block of 21st Street Saturday night in Tuscaloosa's West End. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. ICYMI: Here's the story of George "Big Train" Lavender, the greatest Tuscaloosa-born baseball player you've never heard of. It's a story full of local history that sheds new light on Black baseball in Tuscaloosa during segregation. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's more after Alabama football coach Nick Saban said the Crimson Tide's offense looked spotty in second scrimmage of spring practice. (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
4. More from spring practice as Saban also provided updates on quarterbacks Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson.(Joey Blackwell, BamaCentral)
5. Alabama Board of Education Superintendent Eric Mackey said teachers likely will need guidance on how to cut off classroom discussion following the passage of a new law that prohibits classroom instruction or discussion on gender identity or sexual orientation from grades K-5 that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate. (Trisha Powell Crain, AL.com)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Easter Photos @ Therapeutic Riding of Tuscaloosa (More)
• "The Diviners" @ Shelton State Community College (More)
• Easter Egg Hunt @ Battle-Friedman House (More)
• "Fearless: Tuscaloosa's Got Talent" @ Bama Theatre (More)
• Black Scholars Day @ Bryant Conference Center (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. What was approved in the Alabama 2022 legislative session (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
2. Former ADOC officer sentenced for inmate assaults (Jonathan Grass, WBRC Fox 6 News)
3. Birmingham stands to gain in wake of exodus from big cities (AJ O'Leary, Birmingham Business Journal)
4. Three things to know about the University of Tennessee's new Space Institute Research Center in Huntsville (Emily Phillips, Huntsville Blast)
5. Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Dwayne Haskins Dead At 24 (Eric Heyl and Megan VerHelst, Patch.com)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with your next update.

— RP