🌱 Special Election Q&A + UA Golfers Honored

Get on up, T-Town! Let's get this week started with everything you need to know going on in your community.

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First, today's weather: Humid; an afternoon t-storm. High: 100 | Low: 74 🥵

🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to Alabama men's golfers Canon Claycomb (left) and Thomas Ponder, who were named to the 2022-23 All-America Scholars list by the Golf Coaches Association of America. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Here's our Q&A with studio musician and businessman Greg Lowery, who is one of six Republicans to qualify for the GOP Primary on Sept. 26 to fill the vacant District 16 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Officials with the Alabama Department of Corrections are investigating a security incident that took place at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer over the weekend (A.J. Holliday, CBS 42)
3. Scooter's Coffee drive-thru, the brand's first location in Tuscaloosa, officially opened this weekend at Parkview Plaza. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. Don't miss this story about a Sipsey Valley fifth-grader who plans to donate bone marrow to her brother. (Gary Cosby Jr., Tuscaloosa News)
5. Click here to watch Nick Saban and hear what he had to say after Alabama's first preseason scrimmage over the weekend. (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Book Discussion - "West With Giraffes" by Lynda Rutledge (More)
• Kentuck Member Social @ Hotel Indigo (More)
• Live Trivia @ Avenue Pub (More)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— RP

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