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🌱 All-Time Baseball Team + Juwan Gary Transfer + New Northridge Coach
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Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this day started with everything you need to know today in Tuscaloosa.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Our All-Time Tuscaloosa Baseball Team.
- UA's record-breaking award.
- Running series coming to Tuscaloosa.
First, today's weather: Sunny and not as warm. High: 66 | Low: 45.
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the 2022 graduates of the Tuscaloosa Police Department's Citizens Academy. The participants, over the last two months, were about to get an up-close look at the daily life of law enforcement and receive training to better understand the profession.
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- Organizers for West AlabamaWorks' Worlds of Work 2.0 event Thursday at Shelton State Community College expressed their disappointment in the low turnout this year compared to years past. (Karnera Gafford, WVUA 23)
- The wait is over! Opening Day is here for Major League Baseball, so we've compiled our all-time team of Tuscaloosa-area ballplayers. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The hiring of new Northridge High School football coach Ryan Lolley was approved on Tuesday, as the Gordo head coach replaces Mike Vickery, who was named the head coach at Pelham High last month. (Joe Gaither, Tide 100.9)
- The University of Alabama on Wednesday announced the largest external award in university history that will fund research into operations aimed at improving the nation's ability to predict water-related hazards and effectively manage water resources. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Healthy Kids Running Series is set for a monthlong series of weekend events in Tuscaloosa geared toward promoting active lifestyles for local youth. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Doobie Wilson and PhD'Licious Album Release Concert (More)
- Art Night at Kentuck Art Center @ The Arts Council (More)
- West Alabama Food & Wine Festival (More)
- Druid Arts Awards @ Bama Theatre (More)
🏆 Winner of the Day 🏆
Our big winner for this Thursday morning is the Alabama baseball team (18-12) who logged a 10-1 win over Samford on Tuesday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- Nick Saban provides update on Agiye Hall after removal from roster (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
- Alabama Basketball Forward Juwan Gary Enters NCAA Transfer Portal (Tony Tsoukalas, BamaCentral)
- Striking miners rally in state park (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
- Charge against former University of Alabama VP dismissed after $100 fee, completion of 'Johns class' (Lee Hedgepetch, CBS 42)
- Alabama lawmakers approve tax exemption for Alabamians age 65 and older (Mike Cason, AL.com)
- SGA urges UA to join the Hunger Free Campus Coalition (Alex Gravlee, Crimson White)
- Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge (Associated Press)
- Trump coming to Birmingham ahead of Republican runoff (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
- Bill to put fines on contractors who don't clean up lead paint (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)
- Historic quail plantation in Union Springs changes hands in $11.8 million deal (Cara Clark, Birmingham Business Journal)
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— RP
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