🌱 Benjamin Barnes YMCA + Northport Chick-fil-A

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and get caught up on all your daily headlines before you get out the door this morning.

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

• Benjamin Barnes YMCA
• Medical marijuana in Tuscaloosa?
• Tuscaloosa City Schools funding.

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First, today's weather: Showers and a heavier t-storm. High: 80 | Low: 71. ⛈

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the Northside High School varsity volleyball team, who has worked opening doors and greeting students at Walker Elementary to start the day.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Chick-fil-A's lone location on the north side of the Black Warrior River on McFarland Boulevard in Northport officially reopened this week after being temporarily closed for extensive remodeling over the summer. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here's the latest update as the City of Tuscaloosa looks to clear the way for medical marijuana dispensaries to operate within the city limits. (Mary Barron, WVUA 23)
3. Members of the Tuscaloosa City Council's Public Projects Committee on Tuesday opted to table a measure proposing the city contract with a Mobile-based firm for owner representation services and program management for the new home of the Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Tuscaloosa City Schools is requesting a 4% boost in funding from the City of Tuscaloosa for the coming fiscal year, as city and school officials work to hammer out their new budgets before October. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Our news partners on campus report that six University of Alabama football players have been named to the Associated Press Preseason All-American Team. (Drew Pavan, WVUA 23)

🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Historic Tuscaloosa Lecture Series (More)
• One Year Anniversary Party @ Unique (More)
• Vulcan Eejits @ Druid City Brewing Company (More)

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🏃‍♂️ On The Move 🏃‍♂️

Our friends at the Northport Gazette — Northport's newspaper of record — announced this week that Hayden Renfroe has been hired as the newest reporter on its staff. He is a native of Northport and a 2019 graduate of Tuscaloosa County High School. Read more about him here! (Northport Gazette)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. How Nick Saban's contract differs from Kirby Smart's, regained highest-paid label (Michael Casagrande, AL.com)
2. University of Montevallo names new provost (Laurel Thrailkill, Birmingham Business Journal)
3. LOOK: Beer Has Arrived At Bryant Denny Stadium (Mason Woods, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. Generating a buzz: Emmy-winning documentary spotlights Tuscaloosa beekeeper (Jasmine Hollie, Tuscaloosa News)
5. Chris Stewart Repaying a Debt Filling in for Eli Gold as Alabama Play-by-Play Man (Edwin Stanton, Bama Central)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— RP

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