🌱 Tuscaloosa County Spelling Bee + Northridge Claims Track Title

Rise and shine, people of Tuscaloosa! It's me again, Ryan Phillips, your host of the Tuscaloosa Daily. Let's get this Sunday morning started.

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

• Tuscaloosa County Spelling Bee update.
• Black History Month in-depth feature.
• Northridge High claims track title.

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First, today's weather: Sunny and warmer. High: 55 | Low: 35.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning going to the winner of the Tuscaloosa County Spell —Tessa Hinnen, a sixth grader at Collins-Riverside Middle School. The event was hosted by the Tuscaloosa Kiwanis Club, which saw Tessa claim the title after 20 rounds of spelling. The runner up for the countywide spelling bee was Isaiah Pope, a fifth grader at Tuscaloosa Academy. Tessa will compete at the state level in March for a chance to move on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Alabama men's basketball team fell Saturday night in a nationally-televised showdown at home 66-55 to No. 5. Kentucky. The loss drops the Tide to 14-9 overall and 4-6 in SEC play. (More)
2. As part of Black History Month in February, which coincides with the start of the 2022 baseball season for the Stillman Tigers, Patch took a closer look at the program to get a better understanding of the challenges and points of pride for the Stillman baseball program and other HBCUs across the country. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Northridge High School secured its second straight girls' 6A indoor track championship on Friday in Birmingham. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Birmingham says three EF2 tornadoes hit west Alabama on Thursday, resulting in one death and multiple injuries in the Hale County community of Sawyerville. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Here's a closer look after No. 9 Alabama gymnastics won its home tri-meet Friday night in Coleman Coliseum against No. 17 Western Michigan and No. 25 North Carolina. (Robert Cortez, Crimson White)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

- Man sues over K9 bite in Tuscaloosa that left him in hospital for month (Keli Stiglich, WVUA 23)

- University of Alabama System's Executive Embodies Black Excellence (Jhala Clark, Tuscaloosa Thread)

- Mo Brooks: Keep 'skin pigmentation' out of congressional redistricting (Paul Gattis, AL.com)

- Governor lauds Delta Regional Authority's $3.4 million investment in Alabama communities (Alabama Political Repoter)

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— RP