🌱 New Tide Starting QB + Kentuck Festival Lineup

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and let's breeze through this Saturday morning.

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

• Kentuck Festival lineup.
• TCHS forfeits win.
• New Tide starting quarterback.

But first, today's weather: A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 88 | Low: 65 ⛈

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to University of Alabama Police Captain Chad Stephens, who graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico Virginia on Thursday.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Kentuck Art Center on Thursday announced the schedule and performers for the Brother Ben Music Stage and the Kathryn Tucker Windham Spoken Word Stage at this year's Kentuck Festival of the Arts. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Tuscaloosa District 1 Councilor Matthew Wilson will host a litter cleanup day Saturday morning from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. A little horse with a big attitude is still winning the hearts of those in west Alabama and will soon be featured in a new commercial for the City of Tuscaloosa. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Central High School is set to host its Homecoming on Friday and announced its Homecoming Court ahead of the festivities. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Local nonprofit Schoolyard Roots on Thursday announced plans for its third annual celebration of local food and farms in support of school garden education. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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📆 Today In Tuscaloosa 📆

• Cinderella Preview @ Tuscaloosa Public Library (More)
• The Comic Strip Presents: Druid City - Graphic Novel Series (More)
• Why Sharks Matter: Presentation and Book Signing (More)
• Park Band @ Rhythm & Brews (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Alabama football starting quarterback Tyler Buchner against South Florida, per reports (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)
2. Tuscaloosa County School System to Challenge Forfeit Over Gift Cards (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
3. Flag football for girls coming to two Tuscaloosa County schools (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
4. COLUMN: My grandfather helped those injured in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. For years, I never knew. (Drew Taylor, CBS 42 News)
5. Event commemorates 10 years since release of 'The Final Barrier' (Ethan Henry, Crimson White)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

*Our obituary section is generously sponsored by our friends at Dorroh & Mills, P.C.

Martha Sue Pate Strickland, 92, of Tuscaloosa (Heritage Chapel)

Mary Falls, 90, of Northport (Memory Chapel)

Margaret Ann Skinner, 75 of Northport (Sunset Chapel)

Joyce A. Hunter, age 76, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll see you around.

— RP

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