🌱 Stillman Hoops Advance + Brandon Miller Column + UA Golfer Honored

TGIF, T-Town! Grab the coffee and breeze through this Friday morning with everything you need to know around town.

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

• Stillman hoops advance.
• Brandon Miller column.
• Tide golfer honored.

But first, today's weather: Cooler with a few showers. High: 63 | Low: 56 🌧

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this morning goes to the Stillman College men's basketball team, who advanced past Dalton State college, 66-61, in the Southern States Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship quarterfinals on Thursday.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. ICYMI: Here's my column on the media circus that has developed around the shooting death of Jamea Harris in January and after more details were confirmed regarding the case. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. University of Alabama men's golfer Nick Dunlap on Thursday was named Southeastern Conference as the Freshman of the Week. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Check out this story about how The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama is looking for solutions alongside the city and law enforcement for increased security around the University of Alabama campus. (Emily Benito, WVUA 23 News)
4. Don't miss this interesting story about how Alabama gymnastics, under new leadership, has become one of the hottest teams in the country. (Mikey DiLullo, Tuscaloosa News)
5. The Tuscaloosa Police Department has arrested a man accused of breaking into an area residence robbing a man at knifepoint. (Brittany Marshall, Tuscaloosa Thread)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• 13th Annual Evening of Art & Blues (More)
• Dukes of Country @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Brandon Malone & The Whiskey Over Ice Band @ Copper Top (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Department of Corrections struggling to comply with court order to increase staffing (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
2. How Alabama brass decided star freshman Brandon Miller would keep playing (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)
3. 'We were duped by a master manipulator and liar': Family, friends of Elliott Higgins speak on man accused in Alabama sex crimes (Drew Taylor, CBS 42)
4. Position Thoughts: Burton and Brooks return but still room for playmakers to emerge at WR (Travis Reier, BamaOnline)
5. Who was Alabama's Highest-Rated Recruit at Each Position? (Christopher Walsh, Bama Central)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Cecil Lou Barkley, 84, of Northport (Memory Chapel)

Curtis Milton Traweek, 86, of Tuscaloosa (Nelson Funeral Home)

Joyce Annette Mitchum, 63, of Brent (Rockco Funeral Home)

You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you around.

— RP

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