🌱 Baseball Betting Latest + Summer Concert Series Lineup

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Pour out a cup and get all caught up with us before you get this Saturday morning started.

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

• VCU arrests.
• Live at the Plaza lineup.
• Tuscaloosa Civil Right Foundation.

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But first, today's weather: A shower and t-storm; warmer. High: 83 | Low: 65 🌞

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to Dana Moffett, who DCH Health System recently named as its new director for Medical Staff Services. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Session Cocktails has announced a partnership with Tuscaloosa Angels for May's "Cocktail for a Cause." (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit have charged a 48-year-old man with rape, sexual abuse of a child and other charges. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. A Tuscaloosa County man is facing a second degree assault charge after investigators claimed he stabbed and cut another person during an altercation Wednesday night. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Summertime is almost here and the City of Tuscaloosa on Friday officially unveiled the musical lineup for its free outdoor concert series at Government Plaza. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History & Reconciliation Foundation on Thursday announced plans to present its leadership and service awards later this month. The nonprofit will honor, among other greats, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and longtime Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge John England, Jr.(Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Spring Gun & Knife Show @ VFW Post 6022 (More)
• Blind River Current @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Sadie McClendon @ Grandstand (More)
• Farmer's Daughter @ Copper Top (More)
• U.S. Band @ Rhythm & Brews (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Tennis Group Makes Major Donation To Mason's Place (Emily Caswell, WVUA 23 News)
2. What we know about Alabama baseball gambling investigation, and questions we still have (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
3. Alabama baseball betting scandal: What is 'suspicious wagering activity'? What gets flagged? (Mark Heim, AL.com)
4. Alabama bill would require schools to play 'The Star-Spangled Banner' (Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector)
5. SGA to reduce end-of-year move-out waste through Another Man's Treasure Initiative (Rachel Seale, Crimson White)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Jerry Jarrell, 62, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Betty Jean Brown, 72, of Tuscaloosa (Rainey Mortuary)

William Herbert Gates, 101, of Jasper (Skelton Funeral Home)

Gary Strickland, 59, of Quinton (Sunset Funeral Home)

Pablo Diaz, 57, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Park)

Johnnie L. McGahey, 98, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Park)

Veronica Ellis Black, 39, of Northport (Wills' Funeral Service)

Ginelle Hardaway Shelton, 66, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

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