🌱 Big Donation For Food Bank + Tuscaloosa Boxer Enshrined

TGIF, T-Town! Grab the coffee and get this Friday morning started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

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

• Tuscaloosa boxer to be enshrined.
• Big donation for food bank
• Tuscaloosa Patch honored.

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But first, today's weather: Times of sun and clouds. High: 62 | Low: 41. ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to former University of Alabama basketball standout Jerry Harper — a two-time All-American and member of the famed 1956 "Rocket 8" team — who is one of 14 icons named as 2023 Allstate Southeastern Conference Basketball Legends. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Pardon us for tooting our own horn, but trusted content reader website FeedSpot.com has once again ranked Tuscaloosa Patch on its list of the 20 Best Alabama Politics Blogs and News Websites for 2023. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A Buhl man accused of possessing and disseminating child pornography has been indicted on an additional 100 counts of possession. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Tuscaloosa native and former professional boxer Mike Hutchinson will be inducted into the Alabama Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday as part of its Class of 2023. Learn more about the "Tuscaloosa Kid" here. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Bryant Bank on Thursday announced it has committed $50,000 to the West Alabama Food Bank as it expands its facilities at its new base of operations in south Tuscaloosa. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The University of Alabama on Thursday announced the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention has awarded $2,197,000 to community-based programs dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect in Alabama's Seventh Congressional District. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Three's Company @ The 205 (More)
• Carson Carlisle @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Brandon Malone and the Whiskey Over Ice Band @ Big Al's (More)
• Lehigh softball @ Alabama (More)
• Women's Self-Defense Class @ Black Warrior Brewing Co. (More)
• The Dixie Echoes @ Cottondale Church of the Nazarene (More)

🏆 Winner of the Day 🏆

A big tip-of-the-cap to the Alabama women's basketball team for pulling out its fifth-straight road win by way of a 72-65 victory over Kentucky in Lexington Thursday night.

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Tuscaloosa's New Heights Center Offers Students, Parents Accessible Assistance (Mary Barron, WVUA 23 News)
2. The one thing Nate Oats knows 'for sure' Alabama will see Saturday from Auburn (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
3. Leaders emphasize plan to boost attendance in Tuscaloosa City Schools (Jasmine Hollie, Tuscaloosa News)
4. Police said an Alabama man was 'alert and conscious' when he left their jail. Video shows otherwise (Lee Hedgepeth & Carly Laing, CBS 42 News)
5. Alabama Men's golf places fourth at the Hayt (Dean Harrell, Crimson White)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Kasheena Lee, 38, of Northport (Northport Funeral & Cremation)

Linda White Henderson, 67, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

Angela "NuNu" Noland, 49, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

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That's it for today! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with a new update.

— RP

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