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🌱 Brookwood Explosion + TCEDA Director Resigns + Northport WiFi
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Good morning, neighbors! Ryan Phillips here with your Friday edition of the Tuscaloosa Daily.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- WiFi in downtown Northport.
- TCEDA director stepping down.
- Three dead after submerged vehicle recovered.
First, today's weather: More sunshine than clouds. High: 66 | Low: 46.
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out this Friday morning goes to T-Mobile after it donated $46,000 in grant funding to the City of Northport to help the city jumpstart efforts to provide free public high-speed internet in Historic Downtown Northport. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- Investigators with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit recovered the bodies of three people from a vehicle submerged in receding floodwaters near Holt on Thursday. Foul play is not suspected. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Alabama Mining Association is offering a $25,000 reward for information after Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood claimed one of its subsidiaries was the victim of an "explosive device attack" on a methane gas line in Brookwood late Wednesday night. The FBI and ATF have taken over the investigation and no injuries were reported. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Danielle Winningham has stepped down from her role due to personal and family reasons. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- The University of Alabama on Thursday remembered the life and legacy of Autherine Lucy Foster — the first Black student to attend the university. Check out photos from the service at Foster Auditorium. (Crimson White)
- Alabama women's basketball (20-13) played on its home court Thursday, securing a Women's NIT victory over Houston 79-64 in Coleman Coliseum to advance to the quarterfinals of the postseason tournament. (Blake Byler, BamaCentral)
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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Ribbon-cutting @ 2nd & Charles (More)
- The Tuscaloosa Black Excellence Celebration @ McKinstry Banquet Hall (More)
- Empty Bowls Fundraiser @ Grace Presbyterian Church (More)
- Velcro Pygmies @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
- Cody Johnson & Friends @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater (More)
👀 Check it out 👀
Work is well underway for a new covered batting cage for Tuscaloosa County High School softball off of Rose Boulevard in Northport. The facility upgrades are made possible in part by $15,000 from the Tuscaloosa County Commission. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️
Northridge High football coach Mike Vickery has been hired as the next head football coach at Pelham High School, following a vote by the Pelham city school board Wednesday night during a special called meeting. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The Tuscaloosa Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying a driver who struck a 74-year-old woman with her car and left the scene in the parking lot of the Walmart on Skyland Boulevard. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The City of Lake View has been awarded $24,000 by Gov. Kay Ivey to purchase new cameras for the Lake View Police Department. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The Elevate Tuscaloosa Advisory Council has selected Johnson Consulting to investigate the demand for a large event venue and determine the feasibility of construction and operation. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The Denzel Davis Memorial Health Fair at Stillman College is set for March 29 and will offer a number of free health screenings, including blood pressure and blood glucose, as well as tests for sickle cell and HIV/AIDS. (More)
The 10th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge is set for 10 a.m. on April 2, with the proceeds going to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
Three University of Alabama gymnasts brought home four Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Regular Season All-America honors on Thursday. (More)
🏆 Winner of the Day 🏆
Our big winner today is Stillman College basketball senior Londell King, who was named an NAIA Men's Basketball All-America Honorable Mention. The honor comes after leading Stillman College (21-9) to its fifth-straight NAIA National Tournament, scoring 14.4 points per game while shooting 58% from the floor.
1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- 'More than just 1956': UA honors Autherine Lucy Foster in memorial service (Cat Clinton, Crimson White)
- Local Bar Selling Cocktails As Benefit For Kentuck (Jeremiah Hatcher, WVUA)
- 'Cheat code' Jahmyr Gibbs impressing at Alabama spring practice (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
- Where Mel Kiper Jr. thinks injured Alabama WRs will be drafted (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
- Republican Katie Britt endorsed by Associated Builders and Contractors' political arm (Alabama Political Reporter)
- AG Marshall testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of Supreme Court nominee (ABC 33/40)
- Wreck of only sunken Gulf whaler discovered 190 years later (Jay Reeves, Associated Press)
- More than half of Republican voters oppose Literacy Act delay (Heather Gann, Alabama Daily News)
- Regions Field going cashless and other changes you need to know before Barons opening day (Lynden Blake, WBRC Fox 6)
- Hank Williams Jr.'s wife Mary Jane Thomas dies (CBS 42 News)
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— RP
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