Another Tourney For T-Town + 2020 Census Updates

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

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

• No children hospitalized for COVID-19 in Tuscaloosa.
• 2020 U.S. Census data made public.
• Tuscaloosa wins another tournament bid.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 90 | Low: 71.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa:

1. Despite a sustained rise in new coronavirus hospitalizations in Tuscaloosa, DCH has yet to report any inpatients in the age range of 0-17. However, the system on Friday reported that 93.6% of its 129 inpatients had not been vaccinated. (More on Patch)
2. The first round of data is in for the 2020 Census, showing Tuscaloosa County's population in 2020 had grown to 227,036, which is up 16.6% from the last Census in 2010. (More on Patch)
3. The Tuscaloosa Police Department has identified a pedestrian who died from his injuries Thursday morning after being struck by a vehicle on 15th Street Wednesday night. (More on Patch)
4. The University of Alabama's wheelchair tennis program on Friday announced it will host the 2021 USTA Wheelchair Tennis Level 1 National Championships, in addition to inclusion in the new Junior Tournament Series and the International Tennis Federation's UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour. (More on Patch)
5. Former Pickensville town clerk Sidra Simpson, 46, will spend the next year in jail after pleading guilty to the use of an official position for personal gain. (More on Patch)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Hybrid in-person and virtual sorority rush to wrap with bids Sunday in Bryant-Denny Stadium (Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News)
• United Way sets fundraising goal of more than $4.1 million (WVUA 23 News)
• TFR Vacates Station No. 6 Ahead of Permanent Replacement (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
• Alabama Bid Day photos: The last 10 years of sorority squeals (Ben Flanagan, AL.com)
• Winners of ADPH COVID-19 TikTok contest announced (CBS 42 News)
• Student injured in stabbing at McAdory High School (Sumner Harrell, ABC 33/40)
• Alabama's corporate subsidies cost $4 billion over three decades, report says (Micah Danney, Alabama Political Reporter)
• ALDOT to close lanes on I-459 and I-59 (Angel Coker, Birmingham Business Journal)
• Summer recruiting nuggets (Andrew Bone, BamaInsider)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

• Children's Hospital in Birmingham issued a statement Thursday saying that the hospital is treating 22 COVID-19 patients, five of whom are on ventilators. (More on Patch)
• The Tuscaloosa Academy Knights and first-year football coach Josh Wright hosted a preseason jamboree Friday night that featured several teams. (More on Patch)
• A baseball classic on the silver screen came to life on Thursday night and it would be a Tuscaloosa native — former Hillcrest High Patriot Tim Anderson — who would grab the spotlight during the game's biggest moment. (More on Patch)
• In collaboration with the Alabama Department of Public Health, Shelton State Community College will host two COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the coming weeks. (More on Patch)
• Lesley Reid has been named The University of Alabama's Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, effective Sept. 1. (More on Patch)
• Birmingham has been Alabama's most populated city for more than 100 years. But that distinction now belongs to Huntsville, according to the results from the U.S. Census Bureau. (More on Patch)

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— Ryan Phillips

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