Police Officer Shot In Hale County + No More SEC Championship Game?

TGIF, T-Town! Let's get you all caught up and on to the weekend!

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

• Police officer shot in Hale County
• No more SEC championship game?
• Tide baseball and softball updates.

First, a look at today's weather: Cloudy and muggy. High: 83 | Low: 65 ☁️

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa

1. Greensboro Police Officer, Suspect Injured In Thursday Shooting: A Greensboro Police officer and a suspect were both injured in a shooting Thursday in Hale County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Pauline Love introduced as Alabama Women's Basketball Head Coach: It's the beginning of a new era at The Capstone after the UA athletic department introduced Pauline Love as its new women's basketball coach. (Jeff Speegle, ABC 33/40)
3. Shelton State ‘adopts’ Tuscaloosa County teen affected by cancer: The announcement was made during Shelton State Community College’s “No Evidence of Disease” cancer awareness town hall earlier this week. (Kelvin Reynolds, WBRC Fox 6 News)
4. No. 1 Texas Dominates No. 5 Alabama Softball in Game 1: The Longhorns rode a five-run lead to a 9-1 win over the Crimson Tide to take the first game of the series at Rhoads Stadium Thursday night. (Katie Windham, Bama Central)
5. Alabama AD Greg Byrne calls for an end to SEC Championship Game: 'The ship has sailed': Alabama's Director of Athletics Greg Byrne weighed in on the future of the SEC football title game as the possibility looms of the conference doing away with it. (Thomas Goldkamp, On3)

Now you're in the loop about what's happening today.

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