TPD Shooting Update + Skating Rink Opens + UA Rhodes Scholar

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Here are all of your headlines to start this Wednesday morning.

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

• Remembering Cecil Hurt.
• UA student names Rhodes Scholar.
• Update on Tuscaloosa officer-involved shooting.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 61 | Low: 38.

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🗣Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Nicholas Hayes, a University of Alabama senior from Memphis who was selected as one of 32 Americans to receive a Rhodes Scholarship and will study at the University of Oxford after graduating from UA in May 2022. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today 🗞

1. Tuscaloosa News columnist Cecil Hurt, who covered sports at the University of Alabama through the good times and bad, died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 62. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
   
2. A man has been jailed by Tuscaloosa authorities and charged with rape, sexual abuse and sodomy in connection to events that happened within the last year and involved several victims. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit has provided an update on an officer-involved shooting that injured a 29-year-old South Carolina man earlier this month at Bent Tree Apartments. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
   
4. Shelton State Community College women's basketball point guard Nya Valentine has been named the Alabama Community College Conference Player of the Week for her contributions in two big early-season victories for the Lady Bucs. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The holiday season is here and the City of Tuscaloosa officially opened the new location for its downtown ice skating rink in Government Plaza Tuesday night. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

• 'An icon of Alabama sports': UA community remembers famed sports writer Cecil Hurt (Ashlee Woods, Crimson White)
• Cottondale Man Charged With "Severe, Willful Abuse" Of Six-Week-Old Twins (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
• College Football Playoff rankings see Alabama slip a spot (Michael Casagrande, AL.com)
• Britt allows campaign contributions in cryptocurrency (John H. Glenn, Alabama Political Reporter)
  
• Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre's 'Elf! The Musical Junior' tickets on sale (Kyrsten Eller, WVUA 23)
• Lion At Birmingham Zoo Dies At The Age Of 16 (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
• City of Tuscaloosa to receive over $17 million in funding for University Boulevard improvements (Tim Reid, CBS 42)

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🏀 Tuscaloosa Patch Scoreboard: Tuesday, Nov. 23 🏀

Boy's Varsity Basketball

American Christian 52, Dora 33

Tuscaloosa Academy 49, Evangel Christian 32

Holt 72, Cordova 66

Sylacauga 52, Central 49

Tupelo (Miss.) 68, Demopolis 49

Meek 52, Carbon Hill 51

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Girl's Varsity Basketball

Hillcrest 37, Chelsea 36

Tuscaloosa Academy 65, Evangel Christian 18

Cullman 52, Northridge 50

Curry 64, Oakman 45

Winston County 48, Carbon Hill 23

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Have a great Wednesday

— RP

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