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🌱 NYE Events In T-Town + Sugar Bowl Today

The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Tuscaloosa.

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Happy New Year's Eve, T-Town! Let's get this last day of 2022 started on an informed note with everything you need to know going on around town.

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

  • Sugar Bowl updates.
  • Fatal crash.
  • Pete Golding press conference.

But first, today's weather: A t-storm around in the a.m.. High: 69 | Low: 52.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to the Alabama women's basketball team (12-2, 1-0 SEC) for its 56-53 win over the Georgia Lady Bulldogs on Thursday to continue the team's winning ways. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

  1. A woman is dead and another person hospitalized following an attempted traffic stop that turned into a high-speed chase early Friday morning. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  2. Residents of the City of Reform can expect to have running water Saturday after widespread system failures due to freezing temperatures. (Kay Norred, WVUA 23 News)
  3. Getting ready to watch the Tide roll in the Big Easy? Here's your guide to the 2022 Sugar Bowl as Alabama prepares to take on Kansas State on New Year's Eve. (Ben Flanagan, AL.com)
  4. In other Sugar Bowl news, Tide coach Nick Saban says he gave transfer portal entries the chance to play in the postseason bowl game. (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
  5. Don't miss this photo gallery of the 2022 Sugar Bowl parade in New Orleans ahead of today's game. (Gary Cosby, Jr., Tuscaloosa News)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

  • Cowbell Ring and Carson Carlisle at Rhythm & Brews (More)
  • Farmer's Daughter Band @ Copper Top (More)
  • New Years Eve @ Big Al's (More)
  • New Year's Eve @ The Alamite (More)
  • Midlife Crisis @ VFW Post 6022 (More)
  • Boon Dock Saints @ Scooters (More)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Jessie Wilson, age 84 of Fayette (Nelson Funeral Home)

Margaret Spinks Hannah, 92, of Tuscaloosa (Magnolia Chapel)

Mary Frances Freeman, 74, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Charlie E. Smith, 94, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)


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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update!

RP

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