🌱 Mall Security + Northport School System + Stillman Dean

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! 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 ...

• Alabama women's hoops in NIT.
• New education dean at Stillman College.
• Northport city school system updates.

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First, today's weather: A few t-storms, some severe. High: 79 | Low: 62.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Tuesday morning goes to Sharon Porterfield, who was recently named dean of the Stillman College School of Education. (More)

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The Tuscaloosa City Council's Public Safety Committee plans to examine security at University Mall security its next meeting on Tuesday, which comes after a mishandled pistol went off and resulted in multiple injuries in February. (Michaela Redmond, WVUA 23)
2. Alabama women's basketball moved on in the Women's NIT Monday with a 81-77 win over Tulane in New Orleans. (More)
3. The University of Alabama plans to host a memorial service for the late Autherine Lucy Foster in Foster Auditorium at 11 a.m. on March 24, to commemorate the life of the Civil Rights icon and first Black student at the University of Alabama. (Ainsley Platt, Crimson White)
4. Northport city leaders could have more information in hand by the end of June concerning the feasibility of a proposed city school system, City Administrator Glenda Webb speculated during a City Council committee meeting on Monday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit has charged a man with first-degree rape after police responded to a call Sunday morning in Cottondale. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

➡️ Coming up ... ➡️

The Tuscaloosa Public Library will kick off this summer with a free community event in Northport on April 30 at City Hall. It'll be an event you won't want the kiddos to miss. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• The Beasley Brothers @ Druid City Music Hall (More)
• Pyro's Fundraiser for the kids (More)
• Quarterly Veteran Town Hall by Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (More)
• Trivia @ Mellow Mushroom (More)

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✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

Tuscaloosa City Schools will host a public interest meeting Thursday at Central High School at 6 p.m. concerning schools in the western part of the city. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The Northport City Council on Monday unanimously approved entering the city's fire department into the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs (AAFC) Mutual Aid Consortium Agreement, which will streamline the process of providing and receiving emergency equipment, personnel and services to other areas in times of unexpected crisis. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue and other emergency agencies responded just after 3 a.m. to a call of a structure fire at Captain D's on Skyland Boulevard. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force on Monday announced the arrest of a Northport man on four counts of possession of child sex abuse material. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

Due to the threat of severe weather in the area on Tuesday, the Alabama-UAB baseball game scheduled for March 22 has been moved to Wednesday, March 23. (More)

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👀 Check it out 👀

Alabama Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington (center) was recently honored for his leadership of the agency and for its initiatives focusing on veterans by The United States Army Central/West Alabama Chapter. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. The Extra Point: Recapping Alabama Baseball's Series with No. 9 Florida (Clayton Connick, BamaCentral)
2. Tennessee lands 5-star Nico Iamaleava, Alabama pursuing other options (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)
3. Back to work: Bama's Young and Anderson talk spring practice (WBRC Fox 6 News)
4. Broadcast journalist, entrepreneur to leave CBS 42, focusing on new business venture (A.J. O'Leary, Birmingham Business Journal)
5. Durant paid thousands in campaign funds to his own company, to buy his own book (Bill Britt, Alabama Political Reporter)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with your next update.

— RP.