🌱 Medical Cannabis OK'd In T-Town + Lake Concepts + Library Funding

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! We're halfway through the work week and one day closer to the return of Alabama football, so let's breeze through your headlines this morning.

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

• Suspected serial rapist caught.
• Second Tuscaloosa shooting since Saturday.
• Medical cannabis gets the OK.

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 92 | Low: 66. ☀️

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Rock Quarry Elementary School Counselor Angela Chandler, whose counseling program has been awarded a 2022 Alabama School Counseling Program of Distinction. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to approve a measure that will allow medical cannabis dispensaries to operate within the city limits once the state begins offering businesses licenses. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A man from Mexico has been extradited and will faces charges in Tuscaloosa after being suspected in a series of sexual assaults dating back more than a decade. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting at Creekwood Village Apartments that resulted in one male victim being hospitalized in critical condition. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. TTL, Inc. — the Tuscaloosa-based firm tasked with forming a master plan for Lake Nicol and Harris Lake by the City of Tuscaloosa — has unveiled preliminary concepts to add a host of amenities to the two popular outdoor locations. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The Tuscaloosa Public Library is requesting an additional $364,000 in annual funding from the City of Tuscaloosa for the coming budget year, marking a 20% increase from its request during the current fiscal year. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• United Campus Workers of Alabama Social @ Druid City Brewing Company (More)
• Tuscaloosa Fall Kick-Off @ Calvary Tuscaloosa (More)

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📸 Around T-Town 📸

Northport Intermediate School Principal Michael Tilford had to undertake one of the often under-appreciated duties of a school principal on Tuesday, as he relocated a "good snake" found on the NIS campus.

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby announced on Tuesday that Tuscaloosa National Airport will receive $4.2 million in federal grant money to reconstruct an apron at the facility. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Here's a video and transcript of what Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban had to say regarding Alabama's first opponent of the 2022 season. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority (PARA) Foundation has announced it will receive a $20,000 donation from the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club next month to the help fund the first phase of the Tuscaloosa All-Inclusive Playground Project or TAPP, which is also referred to as Mason's Place. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Shelton State Community College's Health Information Technology program will accept applications for its long certificate and associate degree in applied science programs beginning Sept. 1. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

A juvenile is facing charges after a threat was called in to Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper and other area businesses on Tuesday, prompting a brief shutdown of the health care provider's campus. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

A multi-vehicle crash closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 59 near the 78 mile marker on Tuesday, resulting in substantial impacts to traffic. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Check out this Q&A with University Of Alabama Graduate Student Association President Royce Dickerson (Tuscaloosa Patch)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Heading To Saturday's Bama Game? A Whole Lot Has Changed (Keli Stiglich, WVUA 23)
2. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office To Demolish, Rebuild Half of Jail (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
   
3. How Jeremy Brown went from 'Moneyball' to the Alabama coal mines and back to the baseball diamond (Drew Taylor, CBS 42)
4. Deontay Wilder, former heavyweight boxing champ, poised for return after considering retirement (Maxwell Donaldson, The Tuscaloosa News)
   
5. Bryce Young on building chemistry with new-look receiving corps (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)

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— RP

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