🌱 Tuscaloosa Apartment Lawsuit + Gun Violence Column

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Pour yourself a cup of coffee and get all caught up with us before you get out the door this morning.

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Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to the Alabama baseball team, which grabbed a 13-6 win over Samford on Tuesday evening at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. ICYMI: Here's my long-read opinion column following the latest chapter in Tuscaloosa's battle with high-profile gun violence. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. A civil lawsuit has been filed in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court alleging that residents of a Tuscaloosa apartment complex are faced with squalid living conditions that the property owner refuses to address. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. The Tuscaloosa Police Department says it has closed a stretch of Skyland Boulevard between Hargrove Road East and the interstate due to a commercial vehicle wreck. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Here's a look at why DCH Health System is demolishing the former Fitness One building in Northport. (Gracie Fusco, WVUA 23 News)
5. The Tuscaloosa Police Department is asking for the public's help in fighting the individual responsible for hit-and-run on April 17. (A.J. Holliday, CBS 42 News)

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