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🌱 New Crimson White Editor-In-Chief + Stillman Baseball No-Hitter
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Tuscaloosa.
Get on up, T-Town! Grab the coffee and get this morning started with everything you need to know going on around town.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Stillman baseball blowout.
- Tuscaloosa tree giveaway.
- Northport legislative agenda.
But first, today's weather: Times of clouds and sun. High: 67 | Low: 56. ⛅️
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Stillman College pitchers Steven Oates, Hayes Brown and Mason Collins, who combined for an Opening Day no-hitter Tuesday night. The trio logged 18 strikeouts in the 21-0 win over Oakwood University. 
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- The 2023 Alabama Legislative Session is right around the corner, which prompted the Northport City Council on Monday to pass its legislative agenda as its annual way to communicate its desires to Montgomery. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The City of Tuscaloosa on Tuesday announced it will partner with the Alabama Power Service Organization to give out 350 container tree saplings and the Alabama Forestry Commission to give away 1,000 seedlings in honor of Arbor Week later this month. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Tuscaloosa branch of the NAACP spent Saturday speaking with Hillcrest students after controversy over a student-led Black history program. (Asher Redd, WVUA 23 News)
- The Tuscaloosa City Council on Tuesday blocked a proposed gastropub from opening in downtown Tuscaloosa due to alcohol licensing. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- Tuscaloosa favorite Taco Casa is reportedly looking to expand into the Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile metro areas. (William Thornton, AL.com)
🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓
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🏃♀️ Moving On 🏃♀️
Ashlee Woods has been named the next editor-in-chief of the Crimson White at the University of Alabama after previously serving as the student newspaper's sports editor and the editor-in-chief of Nineteen Fifty-Six Magazine.
5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- SGA encourages UA to compensate BFSA ambassadors for Hallowed Grounds Tour (Alex Gravlee, Crimson White)
- Alabama Power to refund customers $62 million on August bills (Cynthia Gould, ABC 33/40)
- Jemison man dies after two-vehicle crash in Bibb County, state troopers say (Ken Roberts, Tuscaloosa News)
- Eutaw steps up their game in weather preps and warnings (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
- 2023 Legislative Session whip around: A look at what's been pre-filed so far (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
🙏 Obituaries 🙏
Michael Anthony Cassels Jr., 47, of Tuscaloosa (Heritage Chapel)
John Wallace Elliott, Sr., 85, of Moundville (Magnolia Chapel)
Verta Mae Meherg, 84, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)
Venida F. Cagle, age 84, of Spokane, Washington (Memory Chapel)
Robert Marion Vetzel, age 82, of Marion (Rockco Funeral Home)
Bobby Edward Crowley, 87, of Carrollton (Skelton Funeral Home)
Alma J. Bogan of Tuscaloosa (Van Hoose & Steele)
Robert Young, 75, of Duncanville (Williams Funeral Service)
You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for your next update.
— RP
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