🌱 New Pizza Hut + CFP Rankings + TA In AISA All-Star Game

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

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

• Longtime broadcaster retires.
• Alabama in latest CFP rankings.
• A new Pizza Hut in Tuscaloosa.

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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 71 | Low: 47.

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🗣Patch Shout Out! 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes out to the newest deputy with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Daniel Tate (left). He was sworn in by Sheriff Ron Abernathy this week.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A little more than a year after the only Pizza Hut north of the Warrior River closed, a new McFarland Boulevard location appears to be quietly working toward an opening. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a man was struck and injured by an 18-wheeler as he fled on foot from a traffic stop Tuesday evening. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Check out this full half-hour television special with Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon, who sat down with WVUA recently. (Mike Royer, WVUA 23)
4. The University of Alabama stayed at No. 3 in Tuesday's weekly College Football Playoff rankings, which was the final installment before Sunday's selection show. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
5. The Tuscaloosa Tinsel Trail in Government Plaza will host its first-ever "Ugly Sweater Night" this Thursday, Dec. 2 (Noah Lueker, Tuscaloosa Thread)

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🌱 Today in Tuscaloosa 🌱

• Yoga @ Black Warrior Brewing Co. (More)
• BrewHaHa Comedy Showcase @ Druid City Brewing Co. (More)
• Tuscaloosa Takes on the World @ Monarch Espresso Bar (More)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

- Special Senate election candidates speak at forum (Kayla Solino, Crimson White)

- SEC Championship game features 2 of nation's top defenders (John Zenoir, Associated Press)

- Five-star CB Domani Jackson breaks down top two (Adam Gorney, BamaInsider)

- Opinion | UAB is sitting on top of the world (Beth Chapman, Alabama Political Reporter)

- Meet the BBJ's Who's Who in Health Care for 2021 (Tyler Patchen, Birmingham Business Journal)

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✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Place your bids! Auction firm Lelands.com recently opened bidding on an Alabama baseball cap that supposedly can be traced to legendary Crimson Tide football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and carries an interesting story. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Tuscaloosa County Commission is set for its regular meeting Wednesday morning, so let's take a quick look at the storylines I'll be following (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Tuscaloosa Academy football will send six seniors and its coach to compete this Saturday at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery for the AISA All-Star Game. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

A new documentary set to premiere Friday profiles the fatal shootings of three Birmingham police officers and the execution of one of the men convicted in the killings. (Birmingham Patch)

FedEx customers in Alabama have plenty of questions after more than 400 packages were found discarded in a ravine in Blount County last Wednesday. The driver of the truck that contained those packages has been identified by the company, according to law enforcement. (Birmingham Patch)

Don Daily, who has hosted Alabama Public Television's political news show "Capitol Journal" since 2011, has announced he will retire from the show at the end of the year. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🏀 Tuscaloosa Patch Scoreboard 🏀

Men's College Basketball

Shelton State 101, Bishop State 53

Women's College Basketball

Alabama 71, Memphis 44

Shelton State 80, Bishop State 59

Boys' Varsity Basketball

Hillcrest 46, Central 30

Northridge 69, Hamilton 38

Demopolis 57, American Christian 42

Carbon Hill 48, Sulligent 41

Calera 70, Bibb County 58

Sumter Central 81, Greensboro 45

East Central Home School 61, Tuscaloosa Home Educators 58

Phillips 56, Hubbertville 42

South Lamar 58, Berry 36

Girls' Varsity Basketball

Northridge 43, Hamilton 40

Central 50, Hillcrest 43

Paul W. Bryant 46, Sipsey Valley 14

Brookwood 53, Oak Grove 18

Demopolis 58, American Christian 53

Haleyville 58, Winfield 31

South Lamar 51, Berry 24

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Have a great Wednesday!

— RP

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