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🌱 Purple Heart Mystery + Alabama Baseball Regional

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Rise and shine, T-Town! The long weekend is over, so let's get you all caught up before you get out the door.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 85 | Low: 63 ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes to the Alabama baseball team, which will host an NCAA Tournament Regional this weekend. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

  1. A Tuscaloosa County family is hoping to return a Purple Heart found during a yard sale to the family of its rightful owner. (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
  2. Here's an analytical look at how Alabama baseball can, and can't, win and advance out of the Tuscaloosa Regional this weekend.(Maxwell Donaldson, Tuscaloosa News)
  3. Don't miss this look back on Alabama softball's 3-2 NCAA Super Regional win over Northwestern to advance to the 2023 College World Series. (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)
  4. Despite jumping out to a 5-0 lead, Shelton State dropped its first loss of the NJCAA College World Series Monday 6-5 to Wabash Valley in the winners bracket. (NJCAA.com)
  5. Alabama football quarterback commit Julian Sayin reportedly earned Alpha Dog honors at Steve Clarkson's "The QB Retreat." (Hank South, BamaOnline)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

  • Explorers of the Wild by Cale Atkinson @ Jaycee Park (More)
  • Scott & Kristi Schatzline Book Signing & Talk (More)
  • Tuscaloosa Community Knitting & Crocheting Group (More)

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