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🌱 Liberty Recycling + Motel Closing + Bama Hoops
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Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started off right.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Bama hoops upset.
- New deputy sworn in.
- Controversial recycling plant moving.
First, today's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 56 | Low: 26.
🗣Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out this Wednesday morning goes out to the newest deputy with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Matt Franklin. He was sworn in this week by Sheriff Ron Abernathy.
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- A Tuscaloosa recycling plant will soon move a major portion of its operations from the city's West End following months of protests from residents.(Tuscaloosa Patch)
- A pilot suffered minor injuries after a small, dual-engine plane crashed near the Marion County Airport in Hamilton Tuesday. (Drew Taylor, CBS 42)
- The Masters Inn on McFarland Boulevard has surrendered its business license to the Tuscaloosa City Council, which will shut down by Feb. 15, 2022. (Noah Lueker, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- The Alabama men's basketball team dropped to 9-3 Tuesday evening in an un upset loss at the hands of Davidson 79-78 in Birmingham. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
- In the CDC's Region 4 — which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee — omicron variant cases outpace the delta variant significantly, accounting for 95.2 percent of the new cases of coronavirus. (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
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✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️
Shelton State Community College will use Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to support students enrolling in spring 2022. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
Between Dec. 26 and Jan. 7, live trees, wreaths and garlands may be dropped off to be recycled at the Curry Environmental Services facility. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
👨💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨💻
Georgia Tech RB Jahmyr Gibbs announces transfer to Alabama (Tony Tsoukalas, BamaInsider)
Alabama asks SCOTUS to block Biden vaccine mandate for large employers (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
Permitless carry gun bills gaining support (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United breaks ground on Louisiana expansion (Joshua Mann, Birmingham Business Journal)
Virus hospitalizations, school cases increasing in Alabama (Jay Reeves, Associated Press)
🏀 Tuscaloosa Patch Scoreboard (Tuesday, Dec. 21) 🏀
Men's College Basketball
Davidson 79, Alabama 78
Boys Varsity Basketball
Tuscaloosa County 66, Woodlawn 55
Gardendale 100, Brookwood 78
Girls Varsity Basketball
Brookwood 56, Gardendale 30
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— RP
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