🌱 Saturday Shooting In Tuscaloosa + Tide Hoops Commitment

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Let's get this Sunday morning started with all of the most important headlines from around town.

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First, today's weather: A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 89 | Low: 74. ⛈

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to the Alabama volleyball team as it capped an undefeated opening weekend at the Crimson Tide Invitational at Foster Auditorium with a win over Southern Mississippi on Sunday. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's the latest after a Saturday night shooting on McFarland Boulevard near Midtown Village left one person in critical condition. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Alabama basketball has secured RJ Johnson, a guard from Huntsville who is ranked by one recruiting website as the top player in the state of Alabama for the Class of 2023. (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
3. The college football season officially kicked off with Week 0 on Saturday, so read this feature on three players that Alabama can count on at inside linebacker. (Clint Lamb, BamaInsider)
4. Spectrum Southeast is set to receive $4.95 million in grant funding to provide broadband access for more than 2,000 households, businesses and public institutions in the areas of the towns of Oakman and Nauvoo in Walker County. (Mike Cason, AL.com)
5. Check out this story as the city of Eutaw is requesting a takeover of the Boligee water system (Jabaree Prewitt, WVUA 23).

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That's it for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with a new update.

— RP

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