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🌱 Tuscaloosa Bridge Renaming + Bobby Sprowl Profile
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Rise and shine, T-Town! We're halfway through the week, so let's get you all caught up before you get out the door this morning.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- Bobby Sprowl feature.
- Tide baseball at SEC Tourney.
- Tuscaloosa bridge controversy.
But first, today's weather: Mainly cloudy and warmer. High: 82 | Low: 59 ⛅️
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to the Alabama baseball team for beating Kentucky 4-0 Tuesday in the opening round of the SEC Baseball Tournament. (More)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- ICYMI:Here's our in-depth profile of longtime Shelton State baseball coach Bobby Sprowl as his team prepares for the NJCAA World Series. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday officially passed a resolution to rename a Tuscaloosa bridge after the late father of developer Stan Pate. The resolution now goes to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- An 81-year-old man with a gun prompted a noticeable police presence at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa early Tuesday morning. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Tuscaloosa Patch has confirmed that Luke Hutcheson has been hired as the next boys basketball coach at Tuscaloosa Academy and former Alabama men's basketball forward Emmett Thomas will be the new varsity girls head coach. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- The highly anticipated "Bama Rush" HBO documentary was released Tuesday and filmmakers said the crew feared for their safety while working in Tuscaloosa. (Ben Flanagan, AL.com)
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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Trivia Night @ Hoppers Corner Bar (More)
- Bingo @ Copper Top (More)
- Trivia Night @ Tuscaloosa Public Library (More)
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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- Volunteer Firefighters: Residents Are Dying Without Hospital In Pickens County (Mary Barron, WVUA 23 News)
- Hale County Sheriff's Office searching for man last seen May 12 (A.J. Holliday, CBS 42 News)
- Tuscaloosa's civil axe throwing to close, major downtown Tuscaloosa bar taking over space (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- Senate committee OKs bill criminalizing absentee ballot help, but reduces penalties (Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector)
- Run for the Wall stops in Tuscaloosa on the way to Washington, D.C. (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6 News)
🙏 Obituaries 🙏
Myrta Green Moore, 97, of Tuscaloosa (Heritage Chapel)
Terry Canty Jr., 62, of Coker (Memory Chapel)
Robin H. Gray, 53, of Northport (Sunset Chapel)
Andrew Perry, 37, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)
Tieshia K. Davis, 40, of Gordo (Wills' Funeral Service)
Lillie Scott, 82, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! I'll see you soon.
— RP
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