Historic Rainfall + Drowning Victim ID'd + UA Buildings Impacted

Up and at 'em, Tuscaloosa! Let's get you all caught up to start this week!

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

• The latest on flooding over the weekend.
• Alabama football in the polls.
• Remembering victims of Brookwood mining explosion 20 years later.

First, today's weather: Rain until evening. High: 81 | Low: 69.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today:

1. Authorities have identified a man who drowned Saturday after when flood waters swept away his SUV in Tuscaloosa. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A memorial service is set for Thursday in Brookwood to commemorate the 20th anniversary of an explosion at Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 5 took the lives of 13 miners. (Jason Morton, Tuscaloosa News)
3. The Student Government Association Senate at the University of Alabama has added a referendum vote to the homecoming ballot on Oct. 23 that would make Election Day a holiday at UA if passed. (Kayla Solino, Crimson White)
4. The unbeaten Alabama Crimson Tide remains the No. 1 team in both the AFCA coaches poll or the Associated Press poll, despite narrowly edging out Florida. (Christopher Walsh, Bama Central)
5. Alabama Democratic Party Chair Chris England, a state representative from Tuscaloosa, said this week that new prisons won't fix the state's troubled correctional system. This comes after Gov. Kay Ivey announced plans for a special legislative session to discuss construction of new prisons in Alabama. (Mike Cason, AL.com)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Tua Tagovailoa Carted to Locker Room With Bruised Rib (Logan Sparkman, Tide 100.9)
• Marshall tells Biden not to proceed with COVID vaccine rules (Brandon Moseley, Alabama Political Reporter)
• Rick Bragg to be honored with Fitzgerald Museum Literary Prize for Excellence in Writing (Shannon Heupel, Montgomery Advertiser)
• University of Alabama renames two buildings, one after first Black faculty member (Zach Hester, CBS 42)
• BBJ unveils the 2021 Women to Watch (Birmingham Business Journal)
• Alabama student faces criminal charges after taking part in viral theft trend (Connor Todd, Alabama Public Radio)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox says parts of the city received five or more inches of rain in less than two hours Saturday afternoon, as widespread flooding across much of the area stranded motorists and left one man dead. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The University of Alabama says 22 buildings on its Tuscaloosa campus were impacted by flood waters Saturday, as preliminary numbers show 3.5 inches of rain falling on campus in just over an hour. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Northport City Council is set to vote today on its budget for the coming fiscal year. Be sure to follow me for live updates from the meet and check out the agenda here. (More)

Tuscaloosa County EMA reported on Sunday that a sink hole has opened up in Tuscaloosa at the Afflink building off of Rice Mine Road. (More)

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— RP

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