🌱 UA Hoops + VFW Fundraiser + Interstate Wreck

Good morning Tuscaloosa! Here are all of the stories I'm working on and reading on this Wednesday.

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

• Update in search for missing UA student.
• Alabama men and women open college basketball season.
• Charity drive after Elrod house fire.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 75 | Low: 58.

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Patch Shout Out!

Our Shout Out for this Wednesday morning goes to Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Specialist Jon Lambert (left) who was recently honored for his work updating the Tuscaloosa County EMA website. (More)

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Here are the top 5 stories in Tuscaloosa today:

1. Divers recovered the body of 20-year-old Garrett Walker Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m., which follows two days of searching after the University of Alabama aerospace engineering major went missing early Sunday morning. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Alabama basketball won its season opener Tuesday night over Louisiana Tech 93-64 Tuesday night in Coleman Coliseum.
3. One nursing home in Northport has made a recent list of the Best Nursing Homes In Alabama, representing the only one from Tuscaloosa County (Michael Seale, Birmingham Patch)
4. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6022 is asking for donations after one of its employees lost her home to a fire in Elrod on Tuesday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. A multi-vehicle wreck Tuesday evening impacted traffic on Interstate 20/59 in Tuscaloosa near Exit 77. (Savannah Bullard, Tuscaloosa Thread)

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Other stories I'm reading today ...

• Warrior Met Coal posts positive Q3, despite strike (Tyler Patchen, Birmingham Business Journal)
• Cheers! Booze delivery, wine shipments begin in Alabama (Associated Press)
• Britt campaign internal polling puts her ahead of Mo Brooks in Senate race (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
• UA, Mercedes-Benz, Alabama Power collaborate on electric vehicle research, development (William Thornton, AL.com)

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Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook

The Alabama women's basketball team opened the season with a win Tuesday, defeating Charleston Southern 109-32. (More)

Theatre Tuscaloosa is presenting the comedy 'Girls' Weekend' by Karen Schaeffer Dec. 10-19 in the Bean-Brown Theatre. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

The West Alabama community, University of Alabama faculty and staff raised $406,720.84 for UA's annual United Way Campaign. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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Have a great Wednesday!

— RP

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