🌱 MLK Day + Bryant High Record-Breaker + Jay Barker Saga

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this week started off with all of the headlines you need to catch in T-Town.

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

• MLK Day in Tuscaloosa.
• Bryant High record breaker.
• More in Jay Barker saga.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 44 | Low: 26.

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🗣Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to Bryant High School track and field standout Robert Englebert, who recently set a new school record in the 1600m run at the Ice Breaker Invite. According to the school, the previous record was 4:54.13, with Englebert clocking a 4:54.03.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's a look at how The University of Alabama will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as the nation celebrates the memory of the civil rights icon. (Isabel Hope, Crimson White)
2. One Tuscaloosa-area policymaker is putting a new twist on his longstanding push for Alabama to part ways with a state holiday commemorating the birth of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Former Crimson Tide quarterback and sports radio personality Jay Barker said reports of his felony assault arrest in Nashville over the weekend were out of context. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. In another twist in the Jay Barker story, his wife — country singer Sara Evans — reportedly filed for divorce from Barker in August. (Jeremy Gray, AL.com)
5. Check out this column that takes aim at legislation sponsored by a Tuscaloosa-area lawmaker that would allow for the concealed carry of handguns without a permit, including in vehicles. (Joey Kennedy, Alabama Political Reporter)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

-'True leaders are born': How T.Y. Rogers Jr. influenced Tuscaloosa's civil rights movement (Jasmine Hollie, Tuscaloosa News)

- Alabama LB Christopher Allen officially declares for 2022 NFL Draft (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)

- Agiye Hall and Jacorey Brooks lead a young receiver room going into 2022 (Kyle Henderson, BamaInsider)

- Snow, ice blast through South with powerful winter storm (Associated Press)

- Former Alabama sheriff indicted on ethics, campaign charges (Alabama Daily News)

- Pedestrian dead after being struck by Birmingham Police cruiser (Tanner Brooks, CBS 42)

- Tallassee mayor arrested in domestic violence investigation (Jennifer Horton, WBRC Fox 6)

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— RP