Picket Line Violence In Brookwood + Latest Acts Coming To T-Town

It's Hump Day T-Town! Let's get you all caught up and ready to go on this Wednesday morning.

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

• Power outage at Tuscaloosa City Hall.
• A frontline health care worker honored.
• Tuition freeze at the University of Alabama.

First, today's weather:

Tuscaloosa can expect another rainy day, Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10 a.m., with a high near 86°

Patch Pick

A big Patch Congratulations to Nan Norred, a registered nurse at DCH Regional Medical Center who was named by the hospital system as the most recent recipient of The DAISY Award, which recognizes compassionate care and clinical excellence exhibited by nurses.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa

1. Striking miners in Brookwood claim to have been the victims of several vehicular assaults on the picket lines in recent days at Warrior Met Coal. (More on Patch)

2. Earth, Wind & Fire and Harry Connick Jr. have both announced upcoming dates at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. (More on Patch)

3. A transformer malfunction Tuesday caused a temporary power outage at Tuscaloosa City Hall, Meg Summers reports, impacting business services and electronic communications. (Townsquare Media)

4. Khara Gibson-Taylor reports that for the fifth consecutive year, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees has voted not to increase tuition for most students across the UA system (WVUA 23 News)

5. Check out this column from Cecil Hurt, who writes that Nick Saban is at Alabama to stay following news of his latest contract extension. Read why he says this will spell bad news for everybody else jockeying for gridiron supremacy. (Tuscaloosa News)

Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

- Central High School will host a youth football camp June 12 for grades 5-8 (More)

- This Father's Day, get the dad in your life a gift he'll truly love and let us help with our handy Father's Day Gift Guide. (More on Patch)

- Line Dancing has returned to the McDonald Hughes Community Center on Thursdays at 5:30 pm. For membership information, call (205) 562-3215.

- The Tuscaloosa County School System's Career Technical Summer Exploratory Camp for rising 6th and 7th graders will offer skills like first aid and hands-only CPR, basic construction, machine and hand sewing, and basic electricity and hand/power tools. (More on Patch)

- The University of West Alabama announced that Jenae Jones has joined the university's athletic staff as the director of athletic communications, replacing Kent Partridge after he assumed the duties of athletic director. (More)

- Each week, Patch and ZipRecruiter put together a roundup of the latest local jobs posted in the region. Check them out here! (More on Patch)

- The Alabama District Exchange Clubs (ADEC) will hold its 100th annual convention in at Hotel Capstone in Tuscaloosa June 11-13.

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I'll see you around!

- Ryan

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