Winter Weather In West AL + Fatal Stabbing In Pickens

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today.

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

• Temperatures drop.
• NYE fatal stabbing in Pickens County.
• Big time college football transfer.

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First, today's weather: Plenty of sun, but chilly. High: 44 | Low: 24.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. A Pickens County man was stabbed to death and three others were hospitalized for injuries they sustained during a family dispute on New Year's Eve. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred just after noon on New Years Day, resulting in the death of a Tuscaloosa man. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
   
3. Former Hillcrest High Patriot and Notre Dame's starting punter Jay Bramblett entered the transfer portal after Notre Dame's season came to a close on Saturday. (McKaylyn Crabtree, Tuscaloosa Thread)
4. After a few days of weather fitting for shorts and T-shirts, west Alabama saw temperatures drop dramatically in 24 hours. Did you see any snow where you live? Let us know!
5. Due to an influx of newly-infected patients, some Alabama hospitals are asking patients not to go to emergency rooms for COVID-19 testing unless they have severe symptoms. (Amy Yurkanin, AL.com)

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👨‍💻 Other stories I'm reading today 👨‍💻

- Alabama hits second day of record high COVID positivity rate (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)

- UNC names former head of UAB Athletics as athletic director (John Brasier, Birmingham Business Journal)

- Lawmakers face decisions on $1.5 billion in relief funds (Kim Chandler, Associated Press)

- Issues to watch in the 2022 legislative session (Alabama Daily News)

- Last living parent of girls killed in 1963 church bombing passes away (Caleb Turrentine, ABC 33/40)

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— RP