🌱 Temerson Shooting Arrest + Tide Soccer Advances To SEC Title Game

TGIF, T-Town! Grab the coffee, put on those cozy slippers and get this morning started with us!

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out this Friday morning goes to top-seeded Alabama (19-1-1) for beating Vanderbilt 2-1 Thursday to advance to the program's first SEC Tournament Championship appearance since 1995. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A teenage suspect has been arrested and charged following a shooting early Wednesday morning in Temerson Square that injured one person. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. t's one day closer to kickoff as No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 SEC) prepares to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Saturday to take on the No. 15 LSU Tigers (6-2, 4-1 SEC). (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Alabama State Sen. Greg Reed, a Republican from Jasper, on Thursday announced that the Tuscaloosa County Commission and the Alabama Department of Transportation have collaborated to secure roughly $2 million in Industrial Access Road and Bridge funding for improvements to Wallace Ferry and Blackburn Road. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Stillman College Focuses On A Day Of Giving (Jeremiah Hatcher, WVUA 23)
5. Investigators with the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force arrested six men on felony charges during a two-month undercover operation. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
   

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• The Rookies @ Copper Top (More)
• First Friday Art Walk @ Curtural Arts Center (More)
• Turnpike Troubadours @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater (More)
• Carson Carlile @ Rhythm & Brews (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Jessica Lopez wins graduate SGA senate seat in runoff election (Alex Gravlee, Crimson White)
2. Alabama's Confederate mansions get state funding, distort our history (Kyle Whitmire, AL.com)
3. Alabama Women's Basketball Practice (Gary Cosby, Jr., Tuscaloosa News)
4. Eli Ricks hoping to build on stellar first start in return to LSU (Charlie Potter, BamaOnline)
5. Star Comparison: How Alabama and LSU stack up (James Benedetto, Tide Illustrated)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with another update.

— RP

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