🌱 Bar Lawsuit Dropped + Donald Watkins Latest + Health Fair Today

Rise and shine, T-Town! Grab the coffee and get this Monday morning started with everything you need to know from around town.

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

• Bar lawsuit dismissed.
• Stillman pitcher honored.
• Kentuck benefits from Eagle Scout.

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But first, today's weather: Clouds giving way to some sun. High: 73 | Low: 42 🌞

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🗣Patch Shout Out🗣

Our Shout Out for this Tuesday morning goes to Hueytown native and Stillman College freshman pitcher Faith Byram, who was named Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Softball Pitcher of the Week on Monday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Twelve25 on Thursday voluntarily dropped a lawsuit against the City of Tuscaloosa after a federal judge last week ruled that the city was within its right to enforce new occupancy requirements on the bar and restaurant on The Strip. However, attorneys for the business expressed plans to file the lawsuit again in a lower court. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Stillman College will host its Denzel Davis Memorial Health Fair Tuesday in the first floor of the Hay College Center from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Alabama Steel semi-pro football team will take the field at Tuscaloosa County High School on April 1 for mid-season matchup with the Alabama Chargers. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority (PARA) on Monday announced it will host a grand opening for trail sponsorship and sculpture signage for an Eco Trail in Van de Graaff Arboretum and Historic Bridge Park. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The United States Supreme Court has rejected disgraced former attorney Donald Watkins's appeal of $1.5 million defamation judgment against him as Montgomery-based Matrix, LLC moves forward with its collection efforts. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Terrific Tuesday @ Shelton State Community College (More)
• 2023 Ribbon Cutting @ T-Mobile (More)
• DCBC Tuesday Night Worlds Group Road Ride (More)
• Community Knitting & Crocheting Group @ Tuscaloosa Public Library (More)

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📸 Around T-Town 📸

Hunter Tunnell — a member of Life Scout Troop 90 member and 17-year-old Tuscaloosa County High School student — has nearly completed his Eagle Scout Project, which consisted of building six Leopold benches for the Kentuck Art Center's Courtyard of Wonders. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Need Help Dressing For Success? Tuscaloosa's One Place Hosting Giveaway Wednesday (WVUA 23 News)
2. Druid City Arts Festival: What to know before you go (Ken Roberts, Tuscaloosa News)
3. City of Northport & Visit Tuscaloosa Announce Monthlong Bass Fishing Tournament (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. Scarbinsky: There's good news in the bad end to Alabama's great season (Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com)
5. Northport relief drive gearing up for western Mississippi tornado survivors (Bryan Henry, WBRC FOX 6 News)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Berryman Allen Meherg, 83, of Fayette (Nelson Funeral Home)

Richard "Ricky" Edward Powell, 70, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

Rebecca "Becky" Davis Clearman, 72, of Eutaw (Norwood-Wyatt Chapel)

Judy Beth Dercole, 65, of Birmingham (Skelton Funeral Home)

Mable W. Tilley, 91, of Coker (Sunset Funeral Home)

Joyce M. Rice, 70, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

Donald A. Hawkins, 67, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

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