🌱 UPS Store Coming To Northport + Historic Motel Shut Down

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Grab the coffee and get all caught up with us before you get out the door this morning.

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

• Bridge for Stan Pate's father?
• Moon Winx closed by city.
• Bama opens NCAA Tournament.

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 72 | Low: 58 ☀️

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to the late Christian Saulsberry, a former West Alabama receiver whose memory will be honored during halftime at the school's annual Red-White Spring Football game. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A joint resolution passed the Alabama Senate on Tuesday that, if passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law, would see a bridge in Tuscaloosa County renamed to honor the father of longtime Tuscaloosa businessman and developer Stan Pate. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Tuscaloosa City Hall officials have confirmed to Patch that the historic Moon Winx Lodge on University Boulevard has been closed due to code violations. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. A single-vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle has cause a lane closure on U.S. Highway 82 near the 57 mile marker, with traffic being detoured at Tuscaloosa County Road 91. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. A new UPS Store is set to take the space of the former Radio Shack location in the Hobby Lobby shopping center in Northport. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. A capital murder trial underway for a suspect charged in Tuscaloosa woman's death A man accused of capital murder in the deadly 2017 murder of 23-year-old Jennifer Nevin is on trial for her death. (Tim Reid, CBS 42)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

• Brandon Malone & the Whiskey Over Ice Band @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
• Other Boy Tonight @ Copper Top (More)

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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Alabama athletics calls report walk-on was at scene of fatal shooting 'inaccurate' (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)
2. Brandon Miller has received threats, accompanied by armed guard at NCAA tournament (Mike Rodak, Al.com)
3. Data Breach At Tuscaloosa's Northstar Paramedic Services Could Impact 82,000 Patients (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. New Northport hotel opens more than two years after groundbreaking (Bryan Henry, WBRC FOX 6 News)
5. Alabama Writer's Hall Of Fame Inducts Eight New Members (Kay Norred, WVUA 23 News)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with your next update!

— RP

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