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🌱 Northport Adventure Sports Park + Infant Death Arrests
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TGIF T-Town! Let's breeze through this Friday morning and get you all caught up on everything you need to know going on around town.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Infant death arrests.
- Northport adventure sports park opposition.
- Fallen officers honored in D.C.
But first, today's weather: Humid with periods of sun. High: 83 | Low: 64.
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out this Friday morning goes to everyone involved in this video. On Thursday, Tuscaloosa City Schools shared this clip of Northridge High School senior Golden Zhang surprising his teacher Nancy Reed with a letter expressing his gratitude for the impact she had in his life and preparing him for college. (WATCH)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- A mother and father from Tuscaloosa have been charged with murder following the death of their baby boy on their baby boy, who police say suffered extensive injuries that caused his death. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Bibb County Deputy Brad Johnson and Tuscaloosa native Kennis Croom will be memorialized this weekend when the fallen officers names are engraved into the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Chelsea Barton, WVUA 23 News)
- Tuscaloosa County residents living on the fringes of a proposed site for a new adventure sports park in Northport are petitioning for the City Council to have a change of heart Monday when it votes to re-zone the site off of Rose Boulevard. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Friends of Historic Northport has announced Visit Tuscaloosa President and CEO Kelsey Rush will be the featured speaker for its 26th annual Heritage Luncheon on Friday, May 19. Click here to register for the event. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- A Pickens County man is behind bars following an arrest warrant carried out last Friday by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's State Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Hank Williams Jr. & Old Crow Medicine Show @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater (More)
- Black Warrior Council Tenderfoot Golf Classic @ Ol' Colony Golf Complex (More)
- Alabama Choir School Spring Concert @ Moody Music Building (More)
- Lifepointe Golf Tournament @ The Links at Tuscaloosa Golf & Country Club (More)
- Brandon Malone & the Whiskey Over Ice Band @ Copper Top (More)
- The Velcro Pygmies @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
🏆 Winners of the Day 🏆
A big congratulations to the Rangers for winning the Tuscaloosa Baseball League's 8U Tournament Championship. The team's head coach is Harry Shumaker.
5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- Alleged Tuscaloosa Cop Killer Luther Watkins Found Competent for Murder Trial (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- Three Things Tyler Buchner Must Prove In Camp To Become Tide's Week 1 Starter (Sam Thornton, WVUA 23 News)
- Alabama chef disqualified from 2023 James Beard Awards for yelling at employee, restaurant guests. (Bob Carlton, AL.com)
- University welcomes new deans to several colleges (Jacob Ritondo, Crimson White)
- Efforts to reopen Pickens County Medical Center continue (Tim Reid, CBS 42 News)
⛳️ From the cheap seats ⛳️
University of Alabama golf standout Nick Dunlap (right) has been named to the All-Southeastern Conference First Team and All-Freshman Team, while Canon Claycomb (left) was selected for Second Team All-SEC and was the Crimson Tide's representative on the SEC Community Service Team. (More)
🙏 Obituaries 🙏
Mary Janes Crisler, 92, of Tuscaloosa (Magnolia Chapel)
Doris Ann Hollyhand, 69, of Northport (Magnolia Chapel)
Grena Prude, 55, of Carrollton (Northport Funeral & Cremation)
Tamika Wilder, 39, of Tuscaloosa (Northport Funeral & Cremation)
Ruth Creamer Dixon, 93, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)
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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new update.
— RP
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