🌱 Bama In NFL Draft + Mixed-Use Development + Hero Cat Missing

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

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

• Northport's hero cat.
• Bama in the NFL Draft.
• New mixed-use development proposed for North River.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes to a real hero: Sebastian. One Northport family is actively searching for their beloved cat who is credited with saving his owners by alerting them to an early morning house fire Tuesday. If you have seen this hero, help get him home by calling (205) 799-4676. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The 2022 NFL Draft began Thursday night, so check out here where the top players from the Crimson Tide landed on different draft boards. (Mark Inabinett, AL.com)
2. A new mixed-use development is being considered by the City of Tuscaloosa for north of the Black Warrior River, which would meld a community-oriented apartment complex with numerous restaurants just off of New Watermelon Road. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Stillman Tigers baseball team recently paid birthday respects to retired Sgt. Victor W. Butler — a former Tuskegee Airman — as he celebrates 100 years. (WVUA 23)
4. Here's a great feature on Tuscaloosa's "ultimate first responder" Robert Reed and how he is teaching life lessons to the next generation more than a decade after the deadly and devastating April 27, 2011 tornado. (Josh Gauntt, WBRC Fox 6 News)
5. Check out this look back the Crimson Tide storylines for the 2022 NFL Draft (Tony Tsoukalas, BamaCentral)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Ribbon Cutting @ Seed Creative (More)
• "The Little Mermaid, Jr." @ Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre (More)
• Velcro Pygmies @ Rhythm & Brews (More)

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👀 Check it out! 👀

Alabama softball freshman infielder Megan Bloodworth on Thursday was named as one of 25 student-athletes in the running for the 2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. (More)

1️⃣0️⃣ Other stories I'm reading today

1. Enjoy Derby Fun at The Junior League of Tuscaloosa's 'Tulips and Juleps' (95.3 The Bear)
2. Early Thoughts About 2022 SEC Football (Kirk McNair, BamaOnline)
3. Mo Brooks nearly lost committee assignments over Jan. 6 Capitol speech (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
4. State signs prison construction contract, quiet on details (Associated Press)
5. Baltimore QB talks recent offer from Alabama (Andrew Bone, BamaInsider)
6. Coca-Cola United makes multiple executive leadership appointments (Stephanie Rebman, Birmingham Business Journal)
7. 88 year old Holocaust survivor shares story of survival (Valerie Bell, ABC 33/40)
8. From baseball to football: Toyota Field to host University of North Alabama football game (Michael Seale, Hville Blast)
9. House GOP leader McCarthy's actions regarding Alabama lawmaker under the microscope (Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio)
10. Top-ranked First Class Pre-K expands again (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)

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— RP