🌱 School Playground Upgrades + Northport Street Repaving

Good Morning, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and get caught up on all your headlines this Tuesday morning.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy with a t-storm. High: 92 / Low: 74. 🌦

In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...

• Northport road paving projects
• Playground upgrades at county schools.
• Bibb County newspaper feature.

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this morning goes to The Locked Band, who will cap off a summer of music at Live at the Plaza as the last performance of the season. The show is set for 7:15 p.m. Friday. TL & The Headlinerz will open at 6 p.m. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's one of the best stories you'll read/watch today. Our news partners at WVUA spotlight The Centreville Press — Bibb County's newspaper of record, which has been around since 1879. (Chelsea Barton, WVUA 23 News).
2. Residents on nearly two dozen Northport city streets will soon benefit from some fresh pavement after the City Council on Monday approved the city's 2022 list of resurfacing projects. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. State Troopers have identified a 21-year-old Northport man who drowned at Lake Lurleen State Park Sunday afternoon. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. The Tuscaloosa County Commission is set to consider $50,000 in playground equipment for two Tuscaloosa County School System schools in the northern part of the county. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon is collecting donations of necessary items for victims of recent flooding in Kentucky. You can still donate today before he heads to Lynch, Kentucky (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Tuscaloosa City Schools Seeing Spike In Mental Health Challenges (Tamika Alexander, WVUA 23 News)
2. Police Arrest Eutaw Man Accused Of Shooting Bystander Outside Tuscaloosa's Spades Lounges (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
3. Tuscaloosa City School District begins new school year with big change for teachers (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
4. Hewitt-Trussville coach Josh Floyd details what Tide is getting in Hunter Osborne (Hank South, BamaOnline)
5. Alabama Republicans to consider resolution this month to move primary elections from 'open' to 'closed' (John Sharp, AL.com)

You're all caught up for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update.

— RP.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Tuscaloosa Daily? Contact me at ryan.phillips@patch.com