🌱 Candidates For West AL House Race + UA Baseball & Softball

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and get this Saturday morning started with everything you need to know going on around town.

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First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy with some sun. High: 82 | Low: 57 🌤

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to Holy Spirit Catholic School's Ruthie Edmonds, who won the gold medal in the 50m freestyle and the 50m butterfly at the Alabama Special Olympics. Ruthie also won bronze in the team relay.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Two Republican candidates have revealed plans to run for the soon-to-be vacated House District 16 seat, which covers all of Fayette County, a portion of northern Tuscaloosa County and a part of western Jefferson County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. As the 2022 regular legislative session winds down, State Sen. Gerald Allen has filed a constitutional amendment proposing the merger of the Tuscaloosa County government and the municipal governments of the City of Tuscaloosa and the City of Northport into an urban-county form of government. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's our analysis of the pros and cons of Sen. Gerald Allen's proposal to change the structure of government in Tuscaloosa County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Despite the return of Montana Fouts to the circle, Northwestern topped Alabama, 3-1, in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional Friday. The two teams will square off again at 8 p.m. Saturday. (Kirk McNair, BamaOnline)
5. Alabama baseball (40-19) lost to Vanderbilt 9-2 Friday night to end the Tide's SEC Tournament run in the quarterfinals. (Roger Myers, Roll Bama Roll)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Fleet Feet Saturday Group Run (More)
• Farmer's Daughter @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Carson Carlisle @ Copper Top (More)
• Surprise Show with Ham Bagby @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Bike Night @ T-Town Harley-Davidson (More)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday off right! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with another update.

— RP

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