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Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! It's me again, Ryan Phillips, your host of the Tuscaloosa Daily.

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

  • Campaign finance updates for area races.
  • New Northport eatery opens.
  • Tuscaloosa baseball stories.

First, today's weather: A few strong morning t-storms. High: 76 | Low: 64.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Tuesday morning goes to DCH Health System President & CEO Bryan Kindred, who was named this week among the Class of 2022 for the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

  1. Here's a look at fundraising and spending for area legislative races during the month of March, in addition to money contributed by political action committees. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  2. Before the celebratory first pitch is thrown on the opening day for Major League Baseball on Thursday, Tuscaloosa Patch took a look back through history in an exhaustive effort to find interesting tales from the big leagues that have connections to Tuscaloosa, with an emphasis on those obscure tales that are nearly lost to history. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  3. Firehouse Subs announced the grand opening of its first Northport restaurant on Monday at 3300 McFarland Boulevard. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  4. West AlabamaWorks and Shelton State Community College will host the Worlds of Work event this week, which aims to provide high school students the opportunity to interview for a full-time career after they graduate. (Kyrsten Eller, WVUA 23)
  5. R&B singer-songwriter and Grammy winner H.E.R. has permanently canceled her summer concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)

🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

  • 2022 Business After Hours @ Gameday Done Right (More)
  • One Night Only @ Bryant-Jordan Hall (More)
  • Samford baseball @ Alabama (More)

✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox's "Mayor's Minute" podcast is live, featuring an interview with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle. Listen to the full thing here. (More)

The Tuscaloosa Police Department announced an arrest on Monday resulting in the seizure of nine ounces of methamphetamine, 25 grams of fentanyl, four grams of heroin, two grams of cocaine, two grams of MDMA and 1.5 pounds of marijuana. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Alabama gymnastics will compete in the first of the two semifinal sessions on Thursday, April 14 at 12 p.m. in Forth Worth, Texas. (More)

The Northport City Council held its regular meeting on Monday. Click here to watch the full meeting! (M0re)


1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

  1. Enhanced risk for severe weather in Alabama on Tuesday and Wednesday (Leigh Morgan, AL.com)
  2. SGA Senate votes down bill allowing students to co-author legislation (Kayla Solino, Crimson White)
  3. Video, photos from Alabama's ninth football practice of spring (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
  4. Alabama lawmakers expected to vote on bill criminalizing youth transgender procedures (Maddie Biertempfel, CBS 42)
  5. Live Updates: Series Finale No. 4 Alabama Softball vs. No. 18 Georgia (Katie Windham, Bama Central)
  6. Governor announces funds transferred to ADEM for statewide water, sewer projects (Alabama Political Reporter)
  7. ALGOP to select candidate to replace late Wheeler (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)
  8. Dread River Distilling Co. releasing new straight bourbon (Cara Clark, Birmingham Business Journal)
  9. The Doobie Brothers are coming to Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (WBRC Fox 6 News)
  10. USFL 2022 full season schedule—mark your calendars for these upcoming games (Gabby Gervais, Bham Now)

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