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🌱 VFW In Need Of Help + Bama Player Declares For Draft

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Rise and shine, T-Town! Grab the coffee and get this Sunday morning started with everything you need to know going on around town.

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

  • VFW needs help.
  • Bama gymnastics concludes season.
  • Latest Tide hoops star declares for NBA Draft.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny and nice. High: 71 | Low: 54 🌤

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Sunday morning goes to the No. 8 Alabama gymnastics team, after it finished fourth at the NCAA Regional finals in the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. (More)

UA Athletics/Crimson Tide Photos

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

  1. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6022 is asking for volunteers and donations from the community as it recovers from recent flood damage. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  2. ICYMI: Here's the first installment of our four-part series on Tuscaloosa developer Stan Pate, with this chapter focus on his youth. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
  3. Don't miss this close look at how the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is focusing on school safety in the wake of the deadly shooting in Nashville. (Tamika Alexander, WVUA 23 News)
  4. Alabama men's basketball standout Noah Clowney has declared for the NBA Draft, becoming the four Crimson Tide player to announce their plans. (Nick Alvarez, AL.com)
  5. Huntsville Police Officer Garrett Crumby, a Tuscaloosa native and Hillcrest High School graduate, will be buried at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park on Monday. (Ken Roberts, Tuscaloosa News)

🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓

  • 6th Annual Tuscaloosa Heritage Festival @ Tuscaloosa River Market (More)
  • Car Wash Fundraiser @ Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter (More)
  • Easter Egg Hunt in downtown Tuscaloosa (More)

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📸 Around T-Town 📸

The Druid City Arts Festival wrapped up on Saturday in Government Plaza, with dozens of vendors set up and numerous offerings for all ages.

Ryan Phillips (Patch.com)

🙏 Obituaries 🙏

Julia Ware March, 95, of Greensboro (Magnolia Chapel)

Lamar J. Chatham, 82, of Tuscaloosa (Memory Chapel)

Laurene Finley, age 83 of Fayette (Nelson Funeral Home)

Marie Stewart Bolton, 89, of Northport (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

Kenneth Leonard "Buck" Robertson, 74, of Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa Memorial)

Rudolfo Harper, 41, of Tuscaloosa (Wills' Funeral Service)

That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with another update.

RP

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