🌱 Officers Of The Year + Praise For Former Bama QB

Get on up, T-Town! Wipe your eyes, let the dog out and get all caught up on everything you need to know before you get this morning started.

But first, today's weather: Mainly cloudy with a shower. High: 73 | Low: 56. ☁️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Saturday morning goes to No. 7 Alabama softball (8-2) for its two wins Friday at the Easton Bama Bash, defeating Kennesaw State, 9-2, and Southeastern Louisiana, 6-2. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Exchange Club Of Tuscaloosa hosted its annual Officer of the Year Awards ceremony at the Indian Hills Country Club on Thursday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Former University of Alabama and NFL quarterback A.J. McCarron is one of the most celebrated signal-callers in school history, but recently received high praise from one of the biggest celebrities in the world for his decision to try his hand in the fledgling XFL. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. University of Alabama President Stuart R. Bell is set to be one of six people inducted into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame on Saturday. (Ken Roberts, Tuscaloosa News)
4. The Patriot Classic Softball Tournament is going on this weekend, featuring 50 high school teams from around Alabama. (Chelsea Barton, WVUA 23 News)
5. Here's what Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats had to say to reporters Friday ahead of the Crimson Tide's home game with Arkansas on Saturday. (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Kiwanis Pancake Day 2023 @ Central High School (More)
• Fiddle Fest @ Shelton State Community College (More)
• High Point baseball @ Alabama (More)
• Arkansas MBB @ Alabama (More)
• Indiana State softball @ Alabama (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Entrepreneur Stan Pate Sues Over Allegedly Slanderous Statements Made on Facebook (Brittany Marshall, Tuscaloosa Thread)
2. Ainsworth, Ledbetter lend support to bill designed to slash correctional incentive time (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
3. McFarland Boulevard construction reaches halfway point to completion (Bryan Henry, WBRC FOX 6 News)
4. Murder of retired UA librarian remains unsolved 10 years later (Chip Scarborough, WVTM 13)
5. Nate Oats leaves door open for possible Jahvon Quinerly return next season (Tony Tsoukalas, Tide Illustrated)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Donald Ray Beckham, 69 of Moundville (Magnolia Funeral Home)

Shelia Harbin, 63, of Tuscaloosa (Magnolia Funeral Home)

Reuben Cecil Hubbard, 48, of Brent (Rockco Funeral Home)

Dewey Lee Barger, 84, of Cottondale (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

Grover Leland Smith, 93, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

Jessie E. Woodard, 86, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

You're officially in the loop for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— RP

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