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🌱 Freezing Temps Ahead + JeffCo Police Chase + Company Fined
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Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get you all caught up to start this Friday.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Feds fine company after apprentice deaths in Adger.
- Cold temperatures ahead.
- TA student honored.
First, today's weather: Considerable clouds. High: 69 | Low: 31.
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to Tuscaloosa Academy sixth grader Henry Foster, who has been selected as a National 2022 Hershey Heartwarming Young Hero and will receive a grant to purchase a Little Free Library to be put near Tuscaloosa Academy.
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- A North Carolina contractor was slapped with more than $43,000 in federal fines this week, following the fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices at an Adger job site last August. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Although the first day of spring is just days away, temperatures in west Alabama are expected to fall into the 20s this weekend with snow forecast for much of the north and central parts of the state. (Patch.com)
- Four inmates have died in the last four weeks at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, and a correctional officer has been charged in one of the deaths. (Patch.com)
- Two Tuscaloosa County men with long criminal histories are back in jail following a high speed pursuit that started in Walker County, before ending in Jefferson County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Alabama men's basketball team (19-13,9-9 SEC) fell to Vanderbilt, 82-76, in the second round of the SEC Tournament Thursday night in Amalie Arena. (More)
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👨💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨💻
- Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to end concealed carry permit requirement (Mike Cason, AL.com)
- Elections Board dismisses complaint of sororities incentivizing voting (Isabel Hope, Crimson White)
- Gas price increase impacting emergency medical services (Elise Anzaldua, WVUA 23)
- Midtown Village Announces New Spring Event Coming to Tuscaloosa (Dre Day, Tuscaloosa Thread)
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— RP
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