Community Corner
UA Food Drive + TCS Dress Code + DCH COVID-19 Deaths
Here's your five-minute guide to everything going on around Tuscaloosa today!
Good Morning, friends! It's me again, Ryan Phillips, your host of the Tuscaloosa Daily.
In today's Daily, we have these stories and more ...
- An in-depth look at jail overcrowding in Tuscaloosa.
- A high number of COVID-19 deaths at DCH.
- Annual rivalry food drive set to kick off.
First, today's weather: Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 85 | Low: 61.
Patch Shoutout!
A huge congratulations and "Roll Tide" to Crimson Tide Rewards member Pam Harding, who won a brand new Toyota Corolla LE from Tuscaloosa Toyota during the Alabama and Southern Miss football game on Saturday. (More)
Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa:
- Check out this in-depth report I filed yesterday that focuses on overcrowding at the Tuscaloosa County Jail, as state lawmakers gather to debate the construction of two new prisons to help alleviate the strain on Alabama's correctional facilities (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- DCH Health System has informed rural ambulance services to not bring patients to the Tuscaloosa hospital unless the situation is dire, due to the sustained surge of new COVID-19 hospitalizations. (Kyrsten Eller, WVUA 23)
- The City of Northport on Monday officially began work on the most ambitious street resurfacing project in the city's history. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Some parents of Tuscaloosa City Schools students have taken up a petition for the school system to make changes to its current dress code. (Shelby Weiss, Tuscaloosa Thread)
- The University of Alabama's College of Communication and Information Sciences and University Libraries have reached their fundraising goals for UA's 10-year, $1.5 billion Rising Tide Capital Campaign. (Zach Johnson, Crimson White)
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Patch Pick
Several Tuscaloosa-area educators were recognized by Nick's Kids Foundation on Saturday during Alabama's game against Southern Miss.
Today in Tuscaloosa:
- Slim Chickens Fundraiser (More)
- Kindness Rock Painting with Scott McQueen (More)
- Trivia at Mellow Mushroom (More)
- 2021 Women's Leadership Alliance Fall Lunch & Learn (More)
Other stories I'm reading today ...
- New Bill Will Allow Employees To Sue Over Vaccine Side Effects (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
- Tuscaloosa mayor lays out budget to address flooding issues (Ugochi Iloka, WBRC Fox 6)
- T.J. Bunn Jr. settles Megan Rondini lawsuit days before trial set to begin (Melissa Brown, Tuscaloosa News)
- UA to address COVID-19 issues in underserved communities (Annie Mapp, ABC 33/40)
- 3 issues to watch on Alabama's plan for new prisons (Mike Cason, AL.com)
- U.S. Senate candidate forum set for Tuesday in Huntsville (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
- Alabama statues honor slaves subject to experimental surgery (Associated Press)
Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook
DCH Health System reported 113 total COVID-19 hospitalizations on Monday to begin the week, which is down by 25 inpatients from two weeks ago. However, 43 people have died at the Tuscaloosa hospital over this same time period. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
United Mine Workers of America is hoping the ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement for a mine in Adger will pave the way for talks in a hotly-contested strike at another mine in Brookwood. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The University of Alabama will look to make it five straight years of wins over rival Auburn for the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger Food Drive as it kicks off on Friday, Oct. 1. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
In other Capstone news ... a team of UA researchers is working to develop tools to help tackle one of the biggest questions in physics, astronomy and cosmology – what is dark matter? (Tuscaloosa Patch)
The Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter is in urgent need of fosters to take care of five kittens, who are still feeding on a bottle. (More)
Tuscaloosa County Health Department will host a Flu Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, Oct. 14.(More)
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— RP
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