🌱 Northport Park Latest + Tuscaloosa Bar Moratorium

Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! We're back from vacation and itching to get back to doing the news, so let's go ahead and get started!

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

• Donation to Holt football.
• Bar moratorium.
• ESPON Tour returning to Tuscaloosa.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny, hot and humid. High: 98 | Low: 72 ⛅️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the Holt High School Class of 1973, which recently donated $1,800 to the Holt football program.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Outgoing Stillman College President Cynthia Warrick has announced that she will stay involved in renovation efforts for Winsborough Hall following her retirement. (Gary Cosby, Jr., Tuscaloosa News)
2. One person is dead after police responded to a home in Cottondale this week on a report of child sexual abuse. (A.J. Holliday, CBS 42 News)
3. Discussions over proposed future plans for the Northport Community Center and the adjoining park were the primary points of discussion during a visioning meeting earlier this week dominated by community center concerns (Nick Balenger, WVUA 23 News)
4. Tuscaloosa enacts moratorium on new bars due to police shortage (Williesha Morris, AL.com)
5. Here's more on the return of the The ESPON Tour to PARA's Ol' Colony Golf Complex in Tuscaloosa later this year. (WBRC FOX 6 News)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• "Twelfth Night," performed by The Rude Mechanicals @ Allen Bales Theatre (More)
• TPL Storytime (More)
• Regency Family Fun Bingo (More)
• Jazz Night @ Nocturnal Tavern (More)
• Whiskey River Band @ Copper Top (More)

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🙏 Obituaries 🙏

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

William Searcy Averett, 82, of Greensboro (Magnolia Chapel)

James P. Clements, 76, of Duncanville (Memory Chapel)

JoAnn Gladden, 78, of Fayette (Nelson Funeral Home)

Lillian "Lynn" Hubbard, 91, of Duncanville (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)

Amelia McDaniel Freeman, 70, of Carrollton (Skelton Funeral Home)

Donald Lester Barger, 75, of Coker (Sunset Chapel)

You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you around.

— RP

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