🌱 Homecoming Saturday + UA Vaccine Mandate + Western Riverwalk

Roll Tide Roll, Tuscaloosa! It's time for more Homecoming festivities today on the University of Alabama campus, so let's get you started with your day's headlines before you head out the door.

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

• Everything to know for Homecoming Saturday.
• Update on Western Riverwalk project.
• Employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate at UA.

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 79 | Low: 56.

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Patch Shout Out!

This Saturday morning's Shout Out goes to the 2021 class of the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of Fame: Robert N. Almon Sr., David E. Gay Jr., Jheovanny Gomez and Mark Sullivan.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today

1. Tuscaloosa native McLean Moore edged out four other candidates at the ballot box, including All-American softball pitcher Montana Fouts, this week to be named 2021 Homecoming Queen at the University of Alabama. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Going to the game today? Check out this report on the much-talked about music selection list for Bryant-Denny Stadium (Drew Pavan, WVUA 23 News)
3. Here's an in-depth look at racial demographics on campus, which the student newspaper at the University of Alabama says is lagging with respect to enrollment of Black students. (Jack Maurer, Crimson White)
4. The homecoming weekend in Tuscaloosa is expected to generate roughly $20 million in economic impact for area businesses. (Tim Reid, CBS 42)
5. The University of Alabama is reportedly the top producer of major-league athletes among the nation's colleges. (Mark Inabinett, AL.com)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Alabama: App may help cut long stadium food, drink lines (Associated Press)
• Tuscaloosa Mayor believes pandemic impacted census results (Kelvin Reynolds, WBRC Fox 6 News)
• Union collecting Christmas gifts for striking coal miners (Tessa Worley, Tuscaloosa Thread)
• Health experts give tips for safe Halloween amid COVID-19 (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

The University of Alabama will now require all of its employees to receive the widely-available COVID-19 vaccine, following a federal executive order signed by President Joe Biden. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Let's hop in the Way-Back Machine to take a look at how homecoming has changed — and in some ways, stayed the same — at the University of Alabama. Check out this photo gallery I put together thanks to the great folks at the Paul W. Bryant Museum. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Week 10 is in the books across west Alabama as the high school football regular season comes to a close and teams dig in for one more week ahead of the playoffs. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox on Friday provided an update on the highly-anticipated $21.5 million Western Riverwalk, which will aim to boost walkability and better connect the city's ever-changing and expanding downtown. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Tuscaloosa City Council Districts 6 and 7 will hold a joint litter cleanup day on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 8:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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Roll Tide Roll!

— RP

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