🌱 Tuscaloosa Apartment Shooting + NFL Draft Wraps Up

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and let's get you all caught up on this sunny Sunday morning.

First, today's weather: Breezy in the afternoon. High: 71 | Low: 44 🌞

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to Tuscaloosa County Park & Recreation Authority's Lee Willcutt, who is retiring from the Faucett Brothers Activity Center. Lee worked for PARA in janitorial maintenance from 1998-2006 and again from 2013-2023. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. One person was injured and an arrest is expected following a shooting Saturday at Hay Court Apartments. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here's a look back at the multiple players selected from Alabama programs during the 2023 NFL Draft, which concluded on Saturday. (Isaac Goffin, CBS 42)
3. Don't miss this look back on the closing of an Alabama institution and the "end of a Golden Flake era" as its Birmingham factory closes. (Greg Garrison, AL.com)
4. Former Alabama cornerback Jahquez Robinson has announced plans to transfer to Colorado and play for coach Deion Sanders. (Tony Tsoukalas, Tide Illustrated)
5. There's still an entire summer between now and football season, but it's never too early to take a look at the top five opposing quarterbacks on Alabama's 2023 schedule. (Travis Reier, BamaOnline)

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— RP

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