🌱 Bama Hoops + Special Session + Charity Ride For Teen

Good morning, T-Town! It's Monday, so let's get your week started with everything you need to know going on around Tuscaloosa.

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First, today's weather: Humid with a t-storm in spots. High: 81 | Low: 51.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today:

1. The Alabama Crimson Tide football team moved up to No. 3 in the latest AFCA coaches and Associated Press polls, which is a little more than a week before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released Nov. 2. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
2. State lawmakers will convene in Montgomery this week for a special session focusing on reapportionment, which will see new voting district lines drawn for legislative, congressional and school board districts. (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
3. Students on the University of Alabama campus celebrated Homecoming this weekend with a Day of Service by helping local organizations like the West Alabama Food Bank and Temporary Emergency Services. (A'Leeyah Ponder, WVUA 23)
4. A charity motorcycle ride was held over the weekend to raise money for the family of 13-year-old Kei'lan Allen, who was killed in a drive-by shooting on Garden Square as he was sitting in his room. (Kelvin Reynolds, WBRC Fox 6 News)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Shorthanded Alabama basketball defeats Louisiana in exhibition (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
• Alabama town offers $200 incentive for workers to get COVID vaccine (CBS 42 News)
• How an all-white jury's acquittal sparked legal reform in Alabama (Liz Ryan, Alabama Political Reporter)
• On the Kathryn Tucker Windham Stage, saying 'I love you' via stories (Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News)
• Violent offenders and online taxes could dominate meeting of Alabama Mayors (Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio)

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Have a great morning!

- RP

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