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🌱Rare Deer + Tuscaloosa Council + I-20/59 Murder Arrest
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In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Rare deer killed in West Alabama.
- Improvements for historic Tuscaloosa property.
- Woman charged with murder after hitting boyfriend on I-20/59
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Central High School defensive back Stevenson Hodges, who recently signed his Letter of Intent to continue his education and playing career at Independence Community College in Kansas. (More)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit responded Tuesday afternoon to what is being considered an accidental shooting in the 3300 block of 6th Street that left one person dead. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- In a busy day for Tuscaloosa homicide investigators, a Demopolis woman was charged Tuesday evening with murder after she reportedly struck her boyfriend with a vehicle on Interstate 20/59 in Tuscaloosa. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Tuscaloosa City Council's Finance Committee voted unanimously to move forward on $44,000 in funding for much-needed improvements to the historic Murphy-Collins House, which is home to the Murphy African-American Museum. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Northport City Council on Monday unanimously approved a funding reallocation of $105,000 to go toward a repair project involving a massive sinkhole on the east end of the City Hall property. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The City of Tuscaloosa will hold its second public meeting regarding the council districting process next week on Monday, Feb. 14, in an effort to allow for additional community feedback. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓
- T-Town Weekly Cornhole Tournaments (More)
- Men's Lunch @ One Hope Church (More)
- Alabama MBB @ Ole Miss (More)
📉 Number of the Day 📈
$1 million
- The total cost of the bid to repair the massive sinkhole on the east end of the Northport City Hall property. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
👀 Check It Out 👀
Pizza Hut has returned to the northern side of the Black Warrior River on McFarland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa after a hiatus lasting almost two years. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
Ryan Phillips (Patch.com)
✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️
An 8-point deer provided the surprise of a lifetime after being killed by hunters earlier this year in nearby Sumter County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
Stillman College baseball (1-1) opened its season with a win for the third time in the last four years Tuesday in New Orleans, splitting a doubleheader with Xavier (La.), 6-3 and 6-4, respectively. (More)
The Northport City Council Monday evening unanimously approved the city's 2022 Legislative Agenda, which will now be sent to Tuscaloosa County's delegation in Montgomery for consideration. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The University of Alabama announced Tuesday that it had placed 81 student-athletes on the 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. (More)
In other Crimson Tide news, the Alabama track and field duo of Eliud Kipsang and Isaac Odugbesan earned SEC honors following memorable performances last weekend at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. (More)
The Southeastern Conference on Tuesday released its 2022 television schedule for softball, with Alabama slated to play 12 times on the ESPN family of networks during the regular season. (More)
Alabama baseball returned to the field Tuesday afternoon to start the final week of practice ahead of the in-season schedule beginning next week. (More)
West Alabama men's basketball's Shardarrion Allen was named Gulf South Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday after his performances against West Florida and Valdosta State last week. (More)
👨💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨💻
- Former Alabama RB Santonio Beard shot dead at age 41 (Mark Heim, AL.com)
- Parking on The Strip was already frustrating. Now it's worse. (Kyrsten Eller, WVUA 23)
- Alabama swimming and diving ends regular season at Auburn Invitational (Nathan Brown, Crimson White)
- Hale County storm shelters delayed (Annie Mapp, ABC 33/40)
- Notae, Arkansas upset No. 1 Auburn 80-76 in overtime (Associated Press)
- Alabama GOP Executive Committee member submits ballot challenge against Mike Durant (John H. Glenn, Alabama Political Reporter)
- West Alabama bank opens Homewood branch (AJ O'Leary, Birmingham Business Journal)
- Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case (Associated Press)
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