🌱 Warrior Met Strike + Rondini Lawsuit + Stillman's NASCAR Debut

Rise and shine, T-Town! Here's everything you need to know before you get out the door this morning.

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

• Lake View sewer bill moves forward.
• Stillman College going racing.
• Megan Rondini libel lawsuit.

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First, today's weather: Pleasant with clouds and sun. High: 74 | Low: 57.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the residents and officials of the City of Lake View, who made the trek to Montgomery Wednesday. The city is one step closer to seeing a countywide vote on placing the city's private sewer system under state oversight after a bill to do so cleared a Senate committee on its way to a final vote. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

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🗞 The Top 5 stories Today In Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A federal judge this week tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by two police officers who claimed Buzzfeed's reporting on the suicide of University of Alabama student Megan Rondini. (Howard Koplowitz, AL.com)
2. Don't miss this in-depth profile of United Mine Workers of America and the 1,000 Brookwood miners who have been on strike from Warrior Met Coal for nearly a year. (Ericka Wills, Nonprofit Quarterly)
3. Here's an update on a shooting at a home on Northgate Circle in Northport Tuesday night that left one person injured (Kay Norred, WVUA 23)
4. In a first for Stillman College, the historically-Black college will make its NASCAR debut on Sunday during the Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. A Bessemer Circuit Court judge has ordered an Alabama trucking company, which has a terminal in Tuscaloosa, to pay out $750,000 in damages to the family of a former driver who was let go from his job after trying to obtain worker's compensation benefits in 2013 following an injury on the job. (Tuscaloosa Patch)

🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• St. Paddy's @ 205 Restaurant & Bar (More)
• St. Patty's Party @ 1831 (More)
• Painting to Music @ Kentuck Art Center (More)

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✏️ Tuscaloosa Patch Notebook ✏️

The University of Alabama women's basketball team (17-13) take on Troy Thursday at 6 p.m. in the first round of the 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament at Trojan Arena in Troy. (More)

The Birmingham arts and music scene lost another longstanding event Wednesday with the announcement that Secret Stages Music Discovery Festival will not be returning in 2022. (Patch.com)

The University of West Alabama rodeo team will be at the Lauderdale County Agri-Center in Meridian, Mississippi Thursday through Saturday, with performances at 7 p.m. each night. (More)

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👀 Check it out 👀

Baseball fans will be able to enjoy Spring Break for a limited time at The Right Field Terrace at Sewell-Thomas Stadium this weekend when Alabama baseball (12-6) opens SEC play against No. 9 Florida. (More)

5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Unemployment steady, wages rise in January as job openings abound (AJ O'Leary, Birmingham Business Journal)
2. Niagara Bottling to build $112M production plant in Opelika, to hire 50 (Associated Press)
3. WBRC Fox 6 News photographer helps woman get out of her flooded car (WBRC Fox 6 News)
4. $2.7B General Fund budget moves close to final approval (Maddison Booth, Alabama Daily News)
5. Multiple polls show Ivey with commanding lead in gubernatorial race (Josh Moon, Alabama Political Reporter)

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— RP