🌱 Reward For Escaped Inmate + Central High Signings

Rise and shine, neighbors! It's me again, Ryan Phillips, your host of the Tuscaloosa Daily. Let's get your week started with all of your biggest headlines.

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First, today's weather: An afternoon thunderstorm. High: 84 | Low: 67. ⛈

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🗣 Patch Shout Out! 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to seniors from Central High School who signed last week to take their talents to the next level: From left to right: Michael Richardson, (football, Maryville College), Chyna Foster (flag football, Florida Memorial University), Kanye Franklin (track, University of West Alabama), Keavia Davis (women's basketball. Wallace Community College-Selma) and Omarion Mullins (football, Bethel University).

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Alabama track and field closed out its outdoor season Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the LSU Invitational, grabbing more than two-dozen top-five finishes, including three top finishes. (More)
2. A Walker County man was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Burrows Crossing Road (Nicole Cook, CBS 42)
3. The U.S. Marshals Service is offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information concerning an escaped inmate and a "missing and endangered" correctional officer who disappeared Friday after the two left a jail in Lauderdale County. (ABC 33/40)
4. Here's more ahead of President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to the Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant in Pike County (John Sharp, AL.com)
5. Alabama wide receiver Slade Bolden was not one of the names selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, but he has reportedly Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. (Nathan Reed, Tuscaloosa Thread)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Jim Shores Exhibition at Kentuck (More)
• West Alabama Winds Spring Concert @ Shelton State Community College (More)
• Pub Trivia with Blue River @ Chuck's Fish (More)
• Comedy Open Mic @ Black Warrior Brewing Co. (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Tracking Alabama's undrafted free agent signings after NFL draft (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
2. Researchers returning for assessment of last US slave ship (Associated Press)
3. Durant turns down proposed GOP debate dates (Alabama Daily News)
4. Former Alabama woman starts church in wake of anti-trans laws (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
5. Meet the BBJ's 2022 Who's Who in Financial Planning and Wealth Management (Joshua Mann, Birmingham Business Journal)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— RP