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

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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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— RP
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