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🌱 Bama Baseball Avoids Weekend Sweep + UA Women's Hoops In NIT

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Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started off right.

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

  • Bama women fall in NIT.
  • Baseball avoids weekend sweep.
  • The latest national title.

First, today's weather: Sunny and pleasant. High: 74 | Low: 51.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to The University of Alabama women's basketball team( 20-14, 6-10), despite losing Sunday to South Dakota State, 78-73, in the Women's National Invitation Tournament Quarterfinals Sunday in Frost Arena. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

  1. Community Service Programs of West Alabama will be on the receiving end of $200,000 in state funding to help low-income and elderly residents weatherize their homes. (Keli Stiglich, WVUA 23)
  2. Alabama baseball (14-11, SEC 2-4) managed to avoid the weekend sweep in Starkville on Sunday, beating Mississippi State 6-2. (Joey Blackwell, BamaCentral)
  3. A new state database will include the names of anyone convicted of elder abuse in the state of Alabama. (Associated Press)
  4. Here's more after a judge ordered a Bessemer-based trucking company owned by Hanna Steel to pay $750,000 to the widow of a former employee who died from injuries suffered on the job. (Amy Yurkanin, AL.com)
  5. The University of Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball team has secured the latest national championship for Title Town. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

  • Spring Party @ Crunch Fitness (More)
  • Miolina @ The University of Alabama (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

  1. Four-star lineman growing more comfortable at Alabama (Andrew Bone, BamaInsider)
  2. Review | "On Golden Pond" faces the reality of growing old (Jenna Daniel, Crimson White)
  3. Missing person alert issued for teenager from Sumiton (Caleb Turrentine, ABC 33/40)
  4. Zeigler proposes "Watchman Program" for elections (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
  5. Mike Durant, Katie Britt interview on Capitol Journal (Alabama Daily News)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with your next update!

— RP

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