🌱 Family Of Darius Miles Speaks Out + New Tuscaloosa Department Head

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

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

• Darius Miles family feature
• New Tuscaloosa department head.
• Holt High grad.

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But first, today's weather: Times of clouds and sun. High: 85 | Low: 58 🌤

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to DCH Regional Medical Center NICU Nurse Manager Jennifer Fair, who was the latest recipient of the DCH Excellence Award. The award is given to employees who exemplify standards of excellence by going above the call of duty.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Tuscaloosa Patch sat down with more than half a dozen loved ones and relative of capital murder suspect and former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles after he was denied bond on Wednesday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox on Thursday announced the appointment of Chris Meggs as the city's director of Environmental Services. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's the inspiring story of a Holt High graduate who received his diploma after 2020 crash that resulted in years of traumatic surgeries. (Chelsea Barton, WVUA 23 News)
4. Murder and cruelty charges have been dismissed against a Tuscaloosa native after he was found guilty in 2016 of son's death after being left in a hot car. (Associated Press)
5. Alabama football defensive back Tony Mitchell was sentenced to three years probation after entering a plea on drug charges. (CBS 42 News)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Boon Dock Saints @ Big Al's (More)
• "The Hallelujah Girls" @ Bean-Brown Theater (More)

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⚾️ From The Cheap Seats ⚾️

Alabama baseball pulled off a 7-4 win over Auburn Thursday in the SEC Tournament in Hoover. The Crimson Tide will advance to game two on Friday and will face the loser of the Florida-Vanderbilt game. (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Alabama lawmakers change tax rebate again, approve $150 for individuals, $300 for couples (Mike Cason, AL.com)
2. Ivey Signs Resolution Designating Luther Stancel Pate III Memorial Bridge in Tuscaloosa (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
3. Alabama softball ace Montana Fouts could return for NCAA Super Regional vs. Northwestern (Maxwell Donaldson, Tuscaloosa News)
4. UA holds national robotic mining competition (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
5. General Fund budget headed to conference committee after Alabama Senate passage (Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Judith Loretta Kelly, 82 of Fayette (Norwood-Wyatt Funeral Home)

Marie Hurst Skelton, 85, of Demopolis (Skelton Funeral Home)

Richard Harris Hall, Jr., 78, of Carrollton (Skelton Funeral Home)

Johnie Mae Crosson Hyche, 87, of Moundville (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)

Bruce LaGrone, 69, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— RP

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