🌱 Northridge Star Heading To Bama + Chamber CEO Stepping Down

TGIF, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and lets get this Friday morning started with all of your most important headlines.

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

• Northridge standout signs with Tide.
• Chamber CEO stepping down.
• Latest on Lake View sewer.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to Northridge High School offensive lineman Wilkin Formby, who signed this week to play football with his hometown Crimson Tide. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama President and CEO Jim Page has announced he will step down from the role in March for an executive position with a Huntsville-based company. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here's an in-depth analysis by Tuscaloosa Patch as local leaders gathered this week to discuss potential solutions to a longstanding issue of the private sewer system in the City of Lake View. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's a look back as a special holiday visitor paid a visit to students at the University of Alabama's RISE Center this week. (Tim Reid, CBS 42)
4. The Crimson Tide football team is set to begin practice for the Sugar Bowl on Friday, with Alabama set to face off in New Orleans against Kansas State. (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
5. State Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency delivered Trooper Teddy Bears to children who were hospitalized over the holidays at DCH Regional Medical Center. (Chelsea, Barton, WVUA 23 News)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

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