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🌱 Warrior Met Pollution Case + Northside Teacher Mourned
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Good Morning, Tuscaloosa. Take it easy this Friday morning and get all caught up with us on the most important headlines from around town.
In today's Daily, you find these stories and more ...
- Tide soccer in semifinals.
- Tuscaloosa tourism boom.
- Northside High community mourns teacher.
But first, today's weather: Partial sunshine. High: 65 | Low: 58. ☀️
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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣
Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to the top-seeded Alabama soccer team as it prepares to take on No. 1 seed UCLA is the semifinal round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament. Here's everything you need to know before today's match. (More)
🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞
- The Northside High School community and many across Tuscaloosa County are mourning the unexpected death of longtime NHS science teacher Jennifer Bible. She was just 48 years old. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- It's worth noting that the author of this newsletter was a teacher's aide and anatomy student for Bible. I never got the chance to thank her for her impact on my life, so I put some thoughts to paper regarding what I'd say to her if I could. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- A Northport woman reported missing earlier this week has been located and is safe, Northport Police said on Thursday. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Environmental advocates say new revelations point to continued illegal wastewater discharge from Warrior Met Coal that is polluting a creek near Brookwood. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
- Visit Tuscaloosa officials say the latest tourism data collected for October underscores drastic year-over-year improvement, which seems to signal a strong bounce back for the local tourism economy following the sharp economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
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🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓
- Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre presents Disney's "Frozen JR." (More)
- Rebel Live @ Rhythm & Brews (More)
- Yellow Jammer @ Copper Top (More)
- The Jingle Bar @ Hotel Capstone (More)
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5️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today
- Some Hale County Residents Remain Without Power After Storm Damage (WVUA 23 News)
- Leroy clobbers Pickens County in Class 1A title game to clinch 6th overall crown (Evan Dudley, AL.com)
- SGA sends judicial standing and statutes of limitations bill to committee (Alex Gravlee, Crimson White)
- Duncan named president, CEO of Business Council of Alabama (Stephanie Rebman, Birmingham Business Journal)
- Mane event: Budweiser Clydesdales to visit Tuscaloosa next week (Mark Hughes Cobb, Tuscaloosa News)
🙏 Obituaries 🙏
Imogene Midyet of Northport (Northport Funeral & Cremation Service)
Quentin Lee of Tuscaloosa (Northport Funeral & Cremation Service)
Rose Marie Woolbright, 59, of Northport (Sunset Funeral Home)
Virgie M. Bobo, 92, of Northport (Sunset Funeral Home)
Maurine "Bunny" Neilson Braswell Abrams, 80, of Demopolis (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)
Dwanda Tiran Byrd, 67, of Cottondale (Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel)
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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!
— RP
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