🌱 DCH CEO At One-Year Mark + Fish Consumption Advisories

Get on up, T-Town! Let's breeze through this Saturday morning and get you all caught up to start your day.

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

• DCH CEO interview.
• ADPH fish advisory.
• Ol' Colony honored.

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But first, today's weather: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm. High: 95 | Low: 75 ⛈

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to local favorites The Wanda Band, which held its album release event Friday night at Druid City Brewing Co.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. It's been roughly a year since Katrina Keefer took the reins at DCH Health System as its chief executive officer and she appears to be delivering on her promise of a culture reset for the better. Here's what she had to say at the one-year mark. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Something spotted in the sky Thursday night prompted calls to several local emergency management agencies and even resulted in a Tuscaloosa Police Department helicopter taking to the skies to investigate. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and Black Warrior Riverkeeper are encouraging those on certain waterways be mindful of potential health hazards in the fish they catch and consume. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority (PARA) on Friday announced that Ol' Colony Golf Complex received a top ranking for public courses in the state of Alabama by Golfweek magazine. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. To get you in the mood for football season, check out this informed ranking of the best University of Alabama quarterbacks of the Nick Saban Era. (Creg Stephenson, AL.com)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Billy & The Medicine Men @ Copper Top (More)
• Farmer's Daughter @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Back to School Celebration with Mark Sears @ Izzy's Comics, Sports & Trading Cards (More)
• Ride For Life @ T-Town Harley-Davidson (More)
• Ghost Hunt and Paranormal Investigation @ Tuscaloosa's Historic Drish House (More)
• Kentuck's Kids Studios @ Kentuck Art Center (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. University of Alabama students begin moving in for fall semester (Ken Roberts, Tuscaloosa News)
2. Hillcrest High School football team outplays heat threat with smart thinking (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
3. Kool-Aid McKinstry earns a spot on Walter Camp preseason watch list (Tony Tsoukalas, Tide Illustrated)
4. Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission re-awards licenses; one company loses out (Alabama Reflector)
5. Chris Braswell feeling more confident ahead of Year 4 at Alabama (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

*Our obituary section is generously sponsored by our friends at Dorroh & Mills, P.C.

Luther Michael Freeman, 76, of Tuscaloosa (Magnolia Chapel)

Dana Mark Silas, 47, of Northport (Memory Chapel)

Michael Arnold Skipper, 68, of Northport (Sunset Chapel)

Jerry Dennis Carden, 59, of Northport (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with another update!

— RP

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