Tuscaloosa Library Break-In + A Big Hire For Northport

Good Morning T-Town! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started.

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

• Northport's new city engineer.
• An update on Shelton State baseball in the postseason.
• The latest on a fatal crash involving an Alabama State Trooper.

First, today's weather:

Tuscaloosa can expect a chance of showers and thunderstorms, especially after 1 p.m., with a high near 72°

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Patch Pick

The Tuscaloosa County School System this week introduced the first assistant principal for the new Northport Intermediate School — Jessica Sartain. Sartain most recently served as the reading coach at Rock Quarry Elementary School in Tuscaloosa City and also worked at Arcadia Elementary and Northport Elementary School.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa

1. The Northport City Council on Monday voted 4-0 to hire Tera Tubbs as Northport's next city engineer. Tubbs currently works as executive director of Infrastructure and Public Services for the City of Tuscaloosa. (More on Patch)

2. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a fatal five-vehicle crash on Sunday occurred when an Alabama State Trooper struck a Jeep Cherokee driven by Jose Angel Guerrero Ortiz, 47, of Tuscaloosa. Ortiz was pronounced dead at the scene. (More on Patch)

3. Chelsea Barton caught up with Tuscaloosa County District 3 Commissioner Mark Nelson on Monday to discuss potential plans after a Duncanville landowner donated property for a community storm shelter. (WVUA 23 News)

4. Police are actively looking for a man suspected of breaking several windows at the Tuscaloosa Public Library during an attempted burglary in April. (More on Patch)

5. Here's a reminder that Tuscaloosa Patch will host its rescheduled community meeting at Northport City Hall tonight for residents impacted by the recent oil spill near Huntington Place Elementary. (More on Patch)

3 things to do today

1. Trivia tonight at Mellow Mushroom. (More)

2. 'Bugs' summer exhibit at Warner Transportation Museum. (More)

3. 'Karaoke At The Rooftop' at Hotel Indigo. (More)

Check it out!

Second graders at Tuscaloosa Academy recently studied about the Statue of Liberty and were tasked with drawing Lady Liberty. Landyn Brown's picture was even good enough to inspire a stuffed doll!

Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

- Angela Mayo, 30, was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for the 2019 murder of Shanina Smith, 27, who was shot and killed at the LEAR plant where the two worked together in Vance.

- Retired realtor and community philanthropist Sandra Hall Ray was announced on Monday as the 2021 United Way of West Alabama Campaign Chair during the organization’s 75th anniversary.

- The Tuscaloosa City Council will hold its regular meeting tonight at 6 p.m.. Check out the full agenda here (More)

- Plenty of adorable animals are up for adoption in the Tuscaloosa area. (More on Patch)

- Looking for a part-time job with good pay? The Tuscaloosa County School System is hosting orientation meetings today at 6:30 p.m. for those interested in being bus drivers and bus aides. (More)

From the cheap seats ...

- The Shelton State Bucs baseball team (36-15, 23-9 ACCC) will move on to the championship round of the ACCC Tournament after edging out Chattahoochee Valley 12-10 in an elimination game Monday in Ozark. The Bucs will take on the Wallace-Dothan Govs today at 1 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. in the event of a Shelton win in game one. (More)

- The University of West Alabama women's basketball announced the signing of Greensboro native Augusta Arnold Monday. A 5-foot-7 guard, she was named the 2021 AISA Girls Basketball Player of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association after leading Southern Academy to the AISA Class AA State Championship. (More)

- The University of Alabama claimed a distinct honor this week, with the Crimson Tide football team's social media pages becoming the first collegiate program in any sport to top 1 million followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. (More)

- Alabama softball's Montana Fouts was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday for her performance against Ole Miss this weekend, where she won two games with a combined 13 innings pitched and 20 strikeouts, allowing only one run. (More)

- Click here to check out the official online program for the upcoming SEC Softball Tournament, which kicks off Thursday at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa! (More)

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- Ryan

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