Pedestrian Struck On 15th Street + TCS School Vaccine Clinics

Good morning, neighbors! Ryan Phillips here with your Thursday edition of the Tuscaloosa Daily.

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

• Pedestrian struck on 15th Street Wednesday night.
• Local COVID-19 updates.
• Tuscaloosa agency funding requests.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 91 | Low: 72.

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Patch Pick

Painting continues at the Northport Civic Center, as the facade is starting to look wholesale different from when the exterior improvements first began. Click here to learn more about other improvements.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today:

1. Here are my personal takeaways and opinions following a contentious city school board meeting Tuesday that saw a temporary mask order issued for Tuscaloosa City Schools. (More on Patch)
2. DCH Health System reported a total of 126 hospitalizations on Wednesday, which is up from 60 on the same day two weeks ago and marks the highest number of virus-positive inpatients for the hospital system since late January. (More on Patch)
3. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says a pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on 15th Street Wednesday night near 33rd Avenue. (More on Patch)
4. A Tuscaloosa County man who is a repeat sex offender was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for possession of child pornography. (More on Patch)
5. As the 2021-2022 school year kicks off on Thursday, the Alabama Department of Public Health will offer free vaccine clinics for Tuscaloosa City Schools. (More on Patch)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Here's what it would take for Nick Saban to join social media (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
• Tuscaloosa area superintendents discuss COVID-19 impact on schools (Annie Mapp, ABC 33/40)
• Music-Theme Decades Pub & Grub Coming To Temerson Square (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
• Center for Public Television highlights Richard Scott's beekeeping (WVUA 23)
• Alabama mayors asked to help boost vaccinations 20 percent by Labor Day (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
• Alabama's COVID hospitalization levels highest since January (Caroline Vincent, Alabama Public Radio)
• State won't describe nitrogen execution plans for security (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
• Gallery | University Programs hosts Yoga on the Quad for first-year students (Keely Brewer, Crimson White)
• Medical issue will keep backup Alabama wide receiver out in 2021 (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
• The Brandr Group Announces Partnership with Current, Former Alabama Athletes (Joey Blackwell, Bama Central)
• What we learned from Nick Saban's second press conference of fall camp (Tony Tsoukalas, BamaInsider)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

• Numerous agencies and organizations appeared before the Tuscaloosa City Council Tuesday to make their annual requests for operational funding. Here's a quick look at the requests and how they line up with what the entities received last year. (More on Patch)
• Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre on Wednesday announced that it will postpone its fall production due to a local rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. (More on Patch)
• After lingering below the 35% vaccination rate for months, Alabama administered 94,290 vaccine doses of the COVID-19 vaccine during the week ending Saturday. This means 35% of Alabama's total population is now fully vaccinated, yet the state remains last in the nation in vaccine percentage. (More on Patch)
• The University of Alabama's Center for Business and Economic Research recently unveiled its 2021 Alabama Business Confidence Index, which found that Tuscaloosa business leaders are the second most confident in the state, following Montgomery. (More on Patch)
• Tuscaloosa County EMA says Holly Springs Road will be closed for 8 weeks beginning Thursday at 8 a.m. Check out the detour map here. (More)
• Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter will host an adoption event Saturday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Pet Supermarket in Northport. (More)
• Here are the Red Cross blood drives coming up in the Tuscaloosa area in the next few weeks. (More on Patch)
• Tuscaloosa Academy football will host a jamboree on Friday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m., featuring Bessemer Academy, Chambers Academy and Jackson Academy. (More)

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Have a great Thursday!

— Ryan Phillips

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