🌱 Stillman Homecoming + Senate District 21 Updates

Happy Presidents Day, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started.

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

• Update on Senate District 21 race.
• Stillman Homecoming.
• Alabama sports updates

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First, today's weather: Showers; breezy in the p.m.. High: 63 | Low: 58.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out to begin this week goes to Stillman College's Homecoming Court. Pictured, from left: Ronnie Williams, Mister Stillman; George Warnsley, SGA President; Destiny Gardner, Miss Stillman; Milan Wilson, Miss Freshman; Sade Fuller, Miss Junior; and Tay'la Stowes, Miss Senior. Not pictured: Keyshala Williams, Miss Sophomore.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Presidents Day is here and as the nation honors the highest office in the land, Alabamians will find that they are part of a state that has never produced a U.S. President. But that is not necessarily unique. (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
2. ICYMI: Here's an in-depth update and commentary following the decision by the Alabama Republican Party's Steering Committee Saturday to drop Tuscaloosa businessman Tripp Powell from the May 24 Republican Primary ballot. It's insight and perspective you won't find anywhere else. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. In other Senate District 21 news, Democratic nominee Lisa Ward has released a statement following the new of Powell being removed from the ballot. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. The University of Alabama women's basketball team used its momentum to defeat the Texas A&M Aggies, 81-79, in double overtime in College Station. (More)
5. Alabama baseball secured the sweep Sunday over the Xavier Musketeers to win the three-game series and open the 2022 season. (Roger Myers, SB Nation)

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— RP