🌱 Northport Drainage Repairs + Shelton Baseball Signees

Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! Let's start today off on an informed note with all of the stories I'm working on and reading on this Tuesday.

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

• Shelton State baseball signees.
• Bama moves up in one poll.
• Northport City Council updates.

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First, today's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 71 | Low: 53.

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🌱 Patch Shout Out 🌱

Tuesday morning's Patch Shout Out goes to a trio of talent Shelton State baseball players who inked National Letters of Intent to continue on at the next level. From left: Kyrin Long signed with Auburn Baseball, while Walt Bailey and Drake Logan signed with Alabama Baseball.

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🌱 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🌱

1. A pedestrian has died from his injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Northport Sunday evening on McFarland Boulevard. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Alabama jumped Cincinnati in Sunday's latest Associated Press poll and is now No. 2 behind Georgia. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
3. Tuscaloosa-based Scuttle Shuttle will no longer offer its van service from Tuscaloosa to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Vance has announced it will be donating 15 SUV test vehicles to Alabama schools for use in classroom training. (WVUA 23)
5. The Northport City Council's Finance Committee provided a favorable recommendation for this year's capital budget and plan. The plan will be presented to the full Council on Dec. 13 and will include over $600,000 worth of drainage improvements throughout the city. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🌱 Other stories I'm reading today 🌱

• 13-year-old McCalla teen wins national bareback title (WBRC Fox 6 News)
• How Amazon Plans To Widen Its Footprint In Alabama (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
• LGBTQ student organization proposes new name, logo (Ainsley Platt, Crimson White)
• Alabama youngsters can roll up their sleeves for COVID shots at UAB (Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio)
• Last in math: Alabama politicians look for ways to close gap (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
• Governor names Liz Filmore as next chief of staff (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
• SOCU Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar coming to The Pizitz Food Hall (Stephanie Rebman, Birmingham Business Journal)
• Plethora of polls shows tightening Senate race (Todd Stacy, Alabama Daily News)

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🌱 Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook 🌱

Laura Reed, an associate professor of biology at the University of Alabama who specializes in evolutionary genomics, was selected as the winner of the 2021 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The University of Alabama Education Policy Center recently helped build and launch a new tool that promotes apprenticeships and connects students, job seekers and employers across the state. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

WalletHub has released its 2021 list of the Most Overweight & Obese States in America, and Alabama ranks fifth among the most overweight states in the nation. (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)

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Have a great Tuesday!

— RP

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