🌱 Tide Hoops Top Kentucky + Fatal Crash In Tuscaloosa

Rise and shine, T-Town! Grab the coffee, prop up those feet and get caught up on everything going on around Tuscaloosa.

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

• Fatal crash in Tuscaloosa.
• Tide tops Kentucky.
• New home for West Alabama Food Bank

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But first, today's weather: Cooler with periods of rain. High: 61 | Low: 38. 🌧

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to No. 7 Alabama men's basketball (13-2, 3-0 SEC), which made easy work out of Kentucky Saturday, 78-52, in front of 15,000 fans at Coleman Coliseum. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A Moundville teenager is dead and a Tuscaloosa teenager is hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Bradley Road in southern Tuscaloosa County. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here's everything Crimson Tide men's basketball coach Nate Oats said following No. 7 Alabama's win at home over the Kentucky Wildcats. (More)
3. The West Alabama Food Bank has moved to a new, much larger. Read here to learn more about how the nonprofit hopes the new space will aid in its mission to feed the hungry. (Tamika Alexander, WVUA 23 News)
4. In putting a local focus on the controversy involving the multiple failed votes to elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House of Representatives, Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers had to be restrained in an angry confrontation with Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz over speaker vote. (Howard Koplowitz, AL.com)
5. Alabama football signee Caleb Downs was recently named All-American Bowl Player of the Year. (Hank South, BamaOnline)

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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Newcomers Brunch @ Five Points Baptist Church (More)
• D&D Meetup @ One Up TCG Tuscaloosa (More)
• Alabama Women's Basketball @ Auburn (More)

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🏆 Winners of the Day 🏆

Stillman College men's basketball (9-7, 5-3) managed a 67-59 Southern States Athletic Conference road win at Middle Georgia State University on Saturday.

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. ACL tear returnee Jareah Branch is streaking Hillcrest girls basketball's engine (Jerell Rushin, Tuscaloosa News)
2. All-American Bowl: Five prospects whose stock is rising (Clint Cosgrove, Rivals.com)
3. Most Alabama employers to see 54 percent unemployment insurance tax cut (Jacob Holmes, Alabama Political Reporter)
4. Birmingham mayor proposes micro-shelters for unhoused people (Associated Press)
5. Cooper Green Mercy Health to break ground on $120M building (Laurel Thrailkill, Birmingham Business Journal)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Buddy Cannon, 83, of Fayette (Nelson Funeral Home)

Paul Donald Babb, 62, of Gordo (Skelton Funeral Home)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— RP

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