🌱 Central Senior Makes History + New Job For Shelton Basketball Coach

Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! Get your morning started here with everything you need to know before you get out the door.

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

• Central High senior makes history.
• Chicken waste spill in Tuscaloosa.
• Shelton State hoops coach takes new job.

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First, today's weather: Nice with plenty of sunshine. High: 75 | Low: 46. ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Central High School senior Chyna Foster, who made history this week by becoming the first athlete in Alabama High School Athletic Association history to accept a scholarship to play flag football in college. Tuscaloosa City Schools says Foster will attend Florida Memorial University in Miami and pursue a degree in Criminal Justice. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Two people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and injuries not believed to be life-threatening following a Tuesday morning house fire on Pelican Avenue in Northport's Northwood Lake subdivision. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. It was a smelly and slippery situation as a chicken waste truck spilled on Lurleen Wallace Boulevard Tuesday morning, causing delays. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's a look at how the 2022 concert season at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater will be impacting traffic in downtown and what is being done to address it. (Michaela Redmond, WVUA 23)
4. A Tuscaloosa man has been charged in connection to a child pornography investigation by the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Here's how one campus organizations at the University of Alabama — Bows That Bless — is supporting foster care agencies in Alabama. (Madison Duboise, Crimson White)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Miranda Lambert @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater (More)
• T-Town Weekly Cornhole Tournaments (More)
• Bingo Night @ Black Warrior Brewing Co. (More)
• Alabama softball @ Western Kentucky (More)

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👀 Check it out! 👀

After a successful career on the hardwood, Shelton State Community College men's basketball coach Joe Eatmon will be stepping down from coaching to become the school's new Dean of Community Relations. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is warning residents that investigators have received reports of calls from a scammer who claimed to be Deputy Andrew Johnson, which is apparently a scam. TCSO says its employees will never call and attempt to collect funds for any reason. (More)

A pair of University of Alabama student-athletes earned weekly conference honors, following an outstanding showing at Alabama track and field's home Crimson Tide Invitational this past weekend. (More)

Anup Agrawal, professor and William A. Powell Jr. Chair of Finance and Banking with The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business, has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award. (More)

1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. 22-year-old acquitted of capital murder in west Alabama killing (Carol Robinson, AL.com)
2. Endowment Created in Name of Alabama Media Legend (J.R. Moore, Tide 100.9)
3. Alabama Softball Drops in Rankings Following Series Loss (Katie Windham, BamaCentral)
4. 3 Alabamians get sentences commuted by President Biden (Phil Pinarski, CBS 42 News)
5. Report notes strengths, challenges in Alabama's Black Belt (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
6. Alabama tight end Caden Clark announces transfer destination (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
7. Distribution of judges lingering legislative issue (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)
8. SEC proving to be a preferred destination for transfers (Associated Press)
9. Women's Foundation of Alabama names new class of fellows (Stephanie Rebman, Birmingham Business Journal)
10. Ticket info signup open for NCAA March Madness in Birmingham (WBRC Fox 6 News)

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— RP