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🌱 Dickens Downtown + K9 Memorial + UA Law Students Give Big
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Get on up, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this Wednesday started off with everything going on today in town.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Northport rings in holidays.
- TCSO K9 Memorial.
- UA law students give big
First, today's weather: Cloudy and milder. High: 60 Low: 35.
🌱 Patch Shout Out! 🌱
Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to all of the four-legged crime fighters out there, after the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office on Monday showed off its new K9 memorial at its training facility in Samantha. The new installation, show here along with Sheriff Ron Abernathy, honors the 43 past and present K9 partners that have served the county. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- Historic Downtown Northport was transformed into a living Charles Dickens' novel Tuesday night for the highly-anticipated return of Dickens Downtown. Check out our favorite scenes here! (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Find out here what three University of Alabama law students donated kidneys to people they didn't even know. It's a story you won't want to miss. (Annie Mapp, ABC 33/40)
- University of Alabama student William Blohm recently debuted a new fitness app he helped design. Learn more about it here! (Aajene Robinson, WVUA 23)
- A former defensive end for the New Orleans Saints has died in police custody after being arrested in Pickens County. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- Alabama sophomore linebacker Will Anderson Jr. was awarded the 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Monday night, which is given annually to the nation's top defensive player (Ashlee Woods, Crimson White)
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👨💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨💻
- New street lights on Tuscaloosa Avenue in Gadsden (Bria Chatman, WBRC Fox 6 News)
- ADOC Commissioner Jeff Dunn out at end of year (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
- Remembering Milan Momic, the refugee who became Alabama's first chess master (Drew Taylor, CBS 42)
- Birmingham became the Magic City thanks to an ancient bacteria (Dennis Pillion, AL.com)
- C Spire Fiber begins constructing internet infrastructure in Homewood (Angel Coker, Birmingham Business Journal)
- Former Trump ambassador to run against Alabama governor (Kim Chandler, Associated Press
- Marshall touts judge's ruling halting vaccine mandate (Todd Stacey & Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)
- This Alabama Hospital Is Among Best In Nation To Have A Baby (Birmingham Patch)
✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️
The University of Alabama will award some 2,382 degrees during fall 2021 commencement Dec. 10 and 11 at Coleman Coliseum. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The Alabama football team announced 10 players who placed on the 2021 All-Southeastern Conference Team. (More)
In other Crimson Tide news, Alabama head coach Nick Saban has been named as one of 13 finalists for the 2021 Eddie Robinson Award by the Football Writers Association of America. (More)
🏀 Tuscaloosa Patch Scoreboard (Tuesday, Dec. 8) 🏀
Men's College Basketball
Stillman College 84, Rust College 64
West Alabama 61, Martin Methodist 60
Women's College Basketball
Rust College 78, Stillman College 72
West Alabama 69, Young Harris 65
Boy's Varsity Basketball
Tuscaloosa County 52, Bryant 41
Northridge 61, Mountain Brook 52
Northside 61, Fayette County 60
Tuscaloosa Christian 61, Chilton Christian 26
Selma 38, Central 33
South Lamar 64, Lamar County 41
Demopolis 50, Greene County 41
Berry 44, Hackleburg 44
West Blocton 67, Gordo 54
Hueytown 74, Hale County 65
Marion County 64, Brilliant 43
Girls Varsity Basketball
Central 58, Selma 30
Hillcrest 37, Brookwood 25
Sipsey Valley 35, American Christian 33
Chilton Christian 49, Tuscaloosa Christian 46
Northside 36, Fayette 35
Hackelburg 46, Berry 16
Homewood 58, Bibb County 54
Lamar County 60, South Lamar 47
Marion County 90, Brilliant 33
Demopolis 42, Greene County 31
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