🌱 Stan Pate Bridge Latest + More On Kentuck Controversy

Happy Good Friday Tuscaloosa! Whether you're off work today or working for the weekend, get all caught up before you get out the door.

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

• Stan Pate bridge latest.
• Northport business name controversy.
• RISE Center golf, tennis fundraisers

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But first, today's weather: Showers and a heavier t-storm. High: 65 | Low: 54 🌞

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to Woodland Forrest Elementary School's Nichole Redding, who has been named the systemwide selection for Tuscaloosa City School's Support Employee of the Year in the elementary school division. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Despite Kentuck Art Center & Museum saying it would drop a trademark lawsuit against a Northport business after it changed its name, certain questions persist as to the series of the events that led up to the public spat. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A Senate resolution to rename an interstate bridge in Tuscaloosa for the father of developer Stan Pate has stalled once again before making it to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The University of Alabama RISE Center will host its women's and mixed doubles tennis fundraiser on April 13 and 15, along with the RISE Tournament of Champions golf tournament on April 19-20. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Shelton State Community College on Thursday announced its Visual Arts Department will open its free Spring 2023 Student Art Exhibition on Monday, April 24 in the Martin Campus Cadence Bank Art Gallery. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The Tuscaloosa City Council this week voted unanimously to allow more school resource officers in the city's schools. (Karnera Gafford, WVUA 23 News)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Ribbon Cutting @ Crystallized Specimen Collections LLC (More)
• First Friday Art Walk (More)
• Blackberry Breeze @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Ashten Akins @ Copper Top (More)
• South Carolina @ Alabama softball (More)
• Egg Hunt on the Bunny Trail @ Northport City Hall (More)
• WAWA PALOOZA @ Harrison Galleries (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. 112th SGA inaugurated in front of Gorgas House Museum (Alex Gravlee, Crimson White)
2. Tuscaloosa native Bill Connell, drummer for Duane and Gregg Allman, dies at 74 (Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News)
3. Deputies search for answers in Fayette County cold case (Austin Franklin & Tim Reid, CBS 42 News)
4. Tide Hoops May Be Losing Third And Final Assistant (Aidan Dollins, Tide 100.9)
5. Former Alabama offensive lineman joining New York Giants (Mark Inabinett, AL.com)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Lillie Anna Henry, 73, of Coker (Memory Chapel)

Frank Piper, 78, of Northport (Northport Funeral & Cremation)

Karla Rose Quesenberry, 59, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Norwood-Wyatt Funeral Home)

Napoleon Miller Worrell Sr., 92, of Hoover (Rockco Funeral Home)

Betty Brooks Carpenter Pratt, 96, of Carrollton (Skelton Funeral Home)

Rufus Tyrone Carter IV, 37, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

Sean Conrad Barnes, 48, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

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— RP

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