🌱 'Live At The Plaza' Returns Friday + GoFundMe For UA Student

TGIF, T-Town! Let's breeze through this Friday morning and get you informed before you get out the door.

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

• Pedestrian killed on I-359.
• Cottondale restaurant vandalized.
• GoFundMe for Alabama manager.

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and nice. High: 86 | Low: 64. ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes to the University of Alabama students recently selected for the 2022-2023 class of Capstone Men and Women. This included four students who call Tuscaloosa their hometown: Garland Brazil, Kelsey Curry, Sarah Kate Smalley and Chandler Turnipseed. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed on Interstate 359 early Thursday morning. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. An infant and adult male were reportedly stabbed Wednesday night at Hay Court Apartments in Tuscaloosa's West End. No arrests have been announced in the case and the victims wounds were not believed to be life-threatening. (Aajene Robinson, WVUA 23 News)
3. A new virtual reality gaming center — Virtual World — is in the works for University Mall, with the owner planning to have the concept open by July 4. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
   
4. Here's your reminder that Live at the Plaza returns to downtown Tuscaloosa tonight in Government Plaza, featuring the music of The Locals and Adam Hood. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. An online fundraiser has been launched to help cover funeral expenses following the untimely death of University of Alabama men's basketball student-manager Charlie Wilson. Click here to donate. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

👀 Check it out! 👀

Stillman College Athletics on Thursday officially unveiled a new design for the basketball and volleyball court in Birthright Alumni Hall. Check out the first sneak peek here! (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• First Friday Art Walk @ Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (More)
• MJ's Academy of Dance Presents "Aladdin" (More)
• Three's Company @ The 205 Restaurant & Bar (More)
• Kels Kitchen Summer Grand Opening (More)
• Tie Dye @ Mathnasium (More)
• "Live at the Plaza" @ Government Plaza (More)

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Crimson Tide shooting guard Dom Welch has announced plans to honor the 10 victims killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last month. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Two Tuscaloosa area high school tennis stars and a pair of coaches have been selected to represent Tuscaloosa in the 2022 North-South Star Sports Week hosted by Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The University of Alabama women's basketball program on Thursday announced that Bryce Dillard has been hired as its director of video operations. (More)

West AlabamaWorks and the City of Greensboro are partnering for a Hale County hiring event on Thursday, June 9 from 2 p.m. until to 6 p.m. at the National Guard Armory at 515 Greene Street. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The University of West Alabama this week announced nearly 700 undergraduate students named to its President's List and the Dean's List for the Spring 2022 academic semester, which included a long list of students from Tuscaloosa County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🏆 Winner of the Day 🏆

Our big winner for this Friday is Alabama softball's ace pitcher Montana Fouts, who was named a second team All-American by The National Fastpitch Coaches Association. The honor represents the third time Fouts has been named a NFCA All-American. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. LSU AD to Finebaum on Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud: 'Not going to get in between two hillbillies' (Mark Heim, AL.com)
2. Recapping Alabama softball's recent roster movement (Blake Byler, Crimson White)
3. Carbon Hill pool closed for good until help, maintenance done (Jen Cardone, CBS 42)
4. Alabama Summer Enrollee Spotlight: Danny Lewis Jr. (Katie Windham, Bama Central)
5. Merrill responds to lawsuit seeking to prohibit use of electronic voting machines (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— RP

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