🌱 Fosters Activity Center Update + Sheriff's Office Grant

Get on up, Tuscaloosa! We're almost to the weekend, so let's get you all caught up this Thursday morning before you get out the door.

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

• Fosters activity center.
• Northport man killed in crash.
• Release denied for murderer.

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to four-time All-American pitcher and former University of Alabama standout Jackie Traina for being selected as UA's representative for the SEC's 2023 Class of Women's Legends. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa County Commission failed to grant approval to a request to allocate $17 million for the construction of a new PARA activity center in Fosters during its meeting on Wednesday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man on nearly two-dozen charges of possession of child pornography. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. A Northport man was killed early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Upper Columbus Road near Sam Sutton Road. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied early release of the man who killed Alabama Game Warden Jimmy Dean Hutto in Fayette County in 2002. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The City of Tuscaloosa will hold a public notice meeting on Feb. 9 for the $65.6 million McWright's Ferry Road Extension Project. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Kentuck Art Night (More)
• Spirit Day for Northside Golf Team @ Chick-fil-A Northport (More)
• Wind Ensemble Concert @ Moody Music Hall (More)
• Chamber's Annual Meeting & Awards Celebration (More)
• Blackberry Breeze @ Rhythm & Brews (More)

🏆 Winner of the Day 🏆

Shelton State Community College Women's Basketball Coach Madonna Thompson recently was honored by her high school alma mater in Collinwood, Tennessee, which retired her No. 10 jersey last month. (More)

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✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs has approved grant funding for Tuscaloosa County to cover any lost revenue after a new state law went into effect Jan. 1 that repealed the state's pistol permit requirement for concealed carry (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Alabama baseball is ranked No. 25 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association Division I preseason poll. (More)

📸 Around T-Town 📸

Tuscaloosa City Schools on Wednesday announced that Paul W. Bryant High student Steffan Thurman has been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall later this month. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Nate Oats' contract on UA system meeting agenda for Friday (Tuscaloosa News)
2. Alabama athletics hits revenue record, outpaces SEC peers (Michael Casagrande, AL.com)
3. Captain D's "O-Fish-ally" Reopens on Tuscaloosa's Skyland Boulevard After Devastating Fire (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. Former Alabama LB Demouy Kennedy transfers to Colorado (James Benedetto, Tide Illustrated)
5. DeMarcco Hellams out to prove to NFL teams he can do everything (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Carolyn Brasher, age 69, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Ralph Hampton, 82, of Northport (Northport Funeral & Cremation)

David Jackson Lancaster, 25, (Norwood-Wyatt Funeral Home)

Elizabeth (Stewart) Gwinn, 91, of Tuscaloosa (Rainey Mortuary)

Garland K. Hicks of Centreville (Rockco Funeral Home)

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

— RP

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Tuscaloosa Daily? Contact me at ryan.phillips@patch.com