🌱 BBQ Sides Competition + Northport Eatery Temporarily Closes

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and get caught up on all of your Saturday morning headlines from around Tuscaloosa.

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

• Saturday events.
• A riverboat pilot success story.
• Northport pizzeria temporarily closes.

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First, today's weather: Some sun, then clouds; humid. High: 92 | Low: 74. 🌥

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes out to our friend Donny Jones, who serves as chief operating officer of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and as executive director of West AlabamaWorks! Jones recently earned the distinction of Certified Chamber Executive by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit is investigating a Friday morning shooting at a Tuscaloosa gas station that left a woman injured and police searching for a suspect. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team is inviting fans to Coleman Coliseum to watch the squad in an open practice on Saturday before the team heads to Europe for a 10-day Foreign Tour. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. California Underground Pizzeria, which is located in the Winn-Dixie shopping center off of Highway 43, says it will reopen sometime in August after temporarily closing amid a change of ownership. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Using COVID-19 relief money, the Walker County Board of Education has informed parents that it will purchase school supplies for its students ahead of the upcoming school year. (Gracie Johnson, WVUA 23 News)
5. The University of Alabama this week announced that University Medical Center has opened a clinic in Livingston that will provide primary health care services to residents of Sumter County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Sides Quest: BBQ side dish competition @ Druid City Brewing Company (More)
• Cancer benefit car show for Russell Estes @ Valley View Baptist Church (More)
• Empowering Women Expo (More)
• Author signing: Christine Brasfield @ Barnes & Noble (More)
• End of Summer Event @ GG Hardin Center (More)

📸 Around T-Town 📸

A big Patch congratulations goes out to the House Plant Collective, which held a ribbon-cutting Friday at the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama.

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Of course, Finebaum was involved with Nick Saban's ESPN flirtation: 'Never heard more cursing' about his team (Mark Heim, AL.com)
2. Three Alabama players named to Walter Camp Award preseason watch list (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
3. Sewell votes for CHIPS and Science Act to power American economic leadership, lower costs (Alabama Political Reporter)
4. 2022 Alabama Crimson Tide Position Preview: Quarterbacks(Tony Tsoukalas, Bama Central
5. Alabama says delay in execution caused by IV line issue (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you all tomorrow for your next update.

— RP

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Tuscaloosa Daily? Contact me at ryan.phillips@patch.com