🌱 Updates From Indy + Bill Buchanan Memorial

Good morning Tuscaloosa! Let's get you all caught up to this Sunday off on an informed note.

First, today's weather: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm. High: 66 | Low: 34.

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. James E. Barnett, who served numerous terms on both the Northport City Council and the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, died Friday at DCH Regional Medical Center. He was 89 and less than month short of his 90th birthday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa will host a memorial service honoring the life of longtime newspaperman and Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports employee Bill Buchanan, who died unexpectedly in late December. Services will be on Jan. 29. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. Here's a look at final radio edition of the season for the "Hey Coach" show with Nick Saban on Saturday evening ahead of Monday's national title game in Indianapolis. (Mike Rodak, AL.com)
4. Alabama men's basketball fell 92-86 to Missouri on the road in what coach Nate Oats called the "worst defensive performance of the year" for the Tide. (Austin Hannon, Crimson White)
5. With the national championship game a little more than 24 hours away, here's a look at the different paths Alabama's Bryce Young and Georgia's Stetson Bennett took to get to the big game. (Ralph Russo, Associated Press)

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