🌱 New Northport Councilman + Tuscaloosa Cold Case

Get on up, T-Town! Grab the coffee, let the dog out and get all caught up with us before you get your morning started.

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

• Tuscaloosa cold case.
• New Northport councilman.
• Sarah & David Patterson honored.

But first, today's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 77 | Low: 57 ☁️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to Tuscaloosa County's newest sheriff's deputies: Dillon Green, Christopher Skelton and Christian Hicks. All three are former detention officers and were sworn in this week by Sheriff Ron Abernathy. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. More details have been released about a former Tuscaloosa Police officer and Hillcrest High graduate who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call Tuesday in Huntsville. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Karl Wiggins to fill the open District 3 seat on the Northport City Council. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit has produced new facial images of a longstanding unsolved cold case of a woman who was found dead in the Fosters area of Tuscaloosa County on the Black Warrior River in April 1982. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Peabody Energy says there were no injuries in a fire Wednesday at its Shoal Creek Mine's southeast mining camp in Oakman. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The United Way of West Alabama's (UWWA) Alexis de Tocqueville Society (ADT) on Wednesday announced that beloved coaches Sarah and David Patterson are the recipients of the annual Family of the Year honor. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Charles Erwin Wilson @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Ribbon cutting @ The Pawms Pet Resort (More)
• Karaoke @ Copper Top (More)
• Tarred & Feathered @ Southern Ale House (More)
• DCBC Thursday Night Road Ride @ Embassy Lower Parking Lot (More)
• Comedy @ Nocturnal Tavern (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. More charges likely for man accused of shooting and killing Huntsville officer, wounding 2 (William Thornt0n, AL.com)
2. Bear Creek Academy Increasing Security After Nashville School Shooting (Mary Barron, WVUA 23 News)
3. Alabama women's basketball adds transfer forward Meg Newman from Arizona State (Mike DiLullo, Tuscaloosa News)
4. University DEI ignoring Native Americans, Native students say (Jacob Ritondo, Crimson White)
5. EXCLUSIVE: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith speaks on jail death investigation (Cynthia Gould, ABC 33/40)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Darrell Lynn Simpson, 75, of Northport (Magnolia Chapel)

Jean Johnson, 97, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Sonyia McKinney of Gordo (Northport Funeral & Cremation)

James O. Elmore, age 92, of Gordo (Skelton Funeral Home)

Rev. Dr. Milton Brown Fields, 81, of Ethelsville (Skelton Funeral Home)

Robert Lewis Simpson, Jr., 91, of Reform (Skelton Funeral Home)

Rev. Essie Marie Frierson May of Montevallo (Van Hoose & Steele)

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— RP

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