🌱 City of Brookwood + Relay For Life + Holt Homicide Probe

Good morning, neighbors! Let's get this Saturday started with everything you need to know.

First, today's weather: A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 83 | Low: 66. ☀️

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Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes out to all of the hardworking folks who made Tuscaloosa's Relay for Life possible on Friday. Despite the weather ending early, the effort still raised over $60,000 for cancer research.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit believe criminal activity resulted in two bodies found in a burned up trailer in Holt Wednesday afternoon. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Literacy Council of West Alabama's first-ever BookStock Spring Book Festival is set for Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Government Plaza in downtown Tuscaloosa (Kyle Hamrick, WVUA 23 News)
3. Kentuck Art Center on Friday officially announced Claudia Dreifus and Jeanine Taylor as judges for the 51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts on in October. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Hear what Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne said had to say about obstacles leading to a new basketball arena, in addition to updates to NIL laws (J.R. Moore, Tide 100.9)
5. Tuscaloosa County now has its newest city, after it was announced that the Town of Brookwood will now become the City of Brookwood, which is set to host a celebration today to kick off its latest chapter. (Tim Reid, CBS 42 News)

Events:

• City Celebration (May 14)
• GIVE BACK NIGHT hosted by Hotel Indigo and Therapeutic Riding of Tuscaloosa (May 16)
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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— RP