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Back To School In Tuscaloosa + Dixie Youth World Series

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Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get your day started with everything you need to know going on around you.

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

  • Back-to-school in Tuscaloosa.
  • Ominous warning from state health officer.
  • Northport nets grant for curbside recycling.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 91 | Low: 72.

Patch Pick

Students returned to in-person learning across Tuscaloosa County on Thursday, including at Huntington Place Elementary in Northport.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa:

  1. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a pedestrian died from his injuries around 2 a.m. Thursday after being struck by a vehicle on 15th Street Wednesday night. (More on Patch)
  2. The new school year officially kicked off Thursday across Tuscaloosa County and Patch wants to showcase your students on their first day! (More on Patch)
  3. DCH Health System's overall coronavirus inpatient total stay flat from Wednesday into Thursday, but came as State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris warned that Alabama could top its high for hospitalizations with the current wave drive by new variants of the virus. (More on Patch)
  4. Tuscaloosa County High School is set to begin the first season under a new head coach later this month and will do it on a new turf surface. Click here for a first look at the new field. (More on Patch)
  5. Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority and Tuscaloosa Tourism & Sports on Thursday announced that the 2023 Dixie Youth Baseball Division I and II World Series tournament will be hosted at Bowers Park Sports Complex in Tuscaloosa.(More on Patch)

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Coming up this weekend

Other stories I'm reading today ...

Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

  • The opening of the new Northport Intermediate School also saw the completion of a new access road to the school, which was completed on time after work began in June. (More on Patch)
  • The City of Northport has been awarded a $98,147.50 grant from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's (ADEM) Recycling Fund, which will help finance the city's curbside recycling program. (More on Patch)
  • Fred, currently a tropical depression but regaining tropical storm strength, is forecast move near the northern coast of Cuba later Thursday through Friday. The National Weather Service shows Fred entering Alabama Monday night into Tuesday morning. (More on Patch)
  • Tuscaloosa home prices increased 1.2% from April to May, which is up from up 6.3% from June 2020. (More on Patch)

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— RP

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