🌱 Bama Football + Honoring Heroes + Gas Station Shooting

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! It's Sunday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

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

• Bama wins big.
• Coaling honors heroes.
• Official break ground on major project.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 62 | Low: 36.

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🌱 Patch Shout Out 🌱

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes out the American Christian Academy Patriot Band and Choir for their donation of toiletry and hygiene items for the Homeless Veterans Program at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

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🌱 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🌱

1. Alabama football improved to 9-1 Saturday with a blowout 59-3 win over New Mexico State in Tuscaloosa. Click here for stats from the game. (Associated Press)
2. The Town of Coaling and leaders from around Tuscaloosa gathered Friday to honor two brothers from the town who were killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Check out this "Instant Analysis" of the Crimson Tide's win on Saturday, as the College Football Playoff picture focuses in. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
4. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a woman was grazed by a bullet during a shooting at the Shell Station on Greensboro Avenue Saturday night. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Gov. Kay Ivey was in Linden in Marengo County Friday afternoon to break ground on the historic West Alabama Corridor project that will see a four-lane connection between Thomasville and Tuscaloosa. (Tim Reid, CBS 42)

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🌱 Coming up this week 🌱

• Comedy Open Mic @ Black Warrior Brewing Co. (Monday)
• Jay Burgess, Caleb Elliot, and Rob Aldridge @ Druid City Brewing Co. (Tuesday)
• Trivia @ Mellow Mushroom (Tuesday)
• American Indian Film Festival (Wednesday)
• Hey Coach! @ Baumhower's Victory Grille (Thursday)
• Live trivia @ Druid City Brewing Co. (Friday)
• Wagner's 13th Annual Turkey Trot! (Saturday)

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🌱 Other stories I'm reading today 🌱

- Tuscaloosa County Commission supports millions of dollars of upgrades to county jail (Kelvin Reynolds, WBRC Fox 6 News)

- BobaMania Introducing New Food Truck On UA Campus (Noah Lueker, Tuscaloosa Thread)

- Alabama Retail Association PACS make endorsements (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)

- Carnival Cruises to resume Alabama operations March 5 (ABC 33/40)

- What's next for the $3.1 billion collegiate sponsorship business now that athletes can get a slice of the pie? (Birmingham Business Journal)

- Off-Duty Officer Shot During Struggle At Birmingham Nightclub (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)

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🌱 Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook 🌱

Here's a reminder that Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority accepting entries for the West Alabama Christmas Parade until Nov. 18. (More)

Shelton State Community College's Concert Band, West Alabama Winds, will perform their fall concert on Monday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bean-Brown Theatre on the College's Martin Campus. (More)

The Northport City Council is set to host its regular meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Here's a look at the agenda and be sure to follow us for more afterwords! (More)

The University of West Alabama women's basketball team closed out the two-day South Region Crossover Classic tournament with a 85-71 win over Florida Tech Saturday afternoon. (More)

In other college football news, the West Alabama Tigers fell 28-24 to Mississippi College in Livingston UWA will close the 2021 season 7-4 overall and 4-4 in conference play. (More)

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Have a great Sunday!

— RP

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