🌱 Woman Injured In House Fire + Brookwood Strike Anniversary

Hey, neighbors! Let's get your Saturday started with everything you need to know going on today.

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

• James Spann in Tuscaloosa.
• Woman injured in House fire.
• Brookwood strike anniversary.

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First, today's weather: Pleasant with clouds and sun. High: 73 | Low: 47.

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this morning goes to legendary Alabama meteorologist James Spann. Despite a busy week with severe weather, he still made time to visit Big Sandy Elementary in Tuscaloosa County. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. Friday night at 10:30 p.m. marked one year since more than 1,000 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) members walked off the job at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood. Here's a look back at our coverage over the last year. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. The University of Alabama held a groundbreaking ceremony at Bryce Man and the Randall Welcome Center on the former Bryce Hospital campus (Bryan Henry, WBRC Fox 6)
3. A 77-year-old woman was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham with serious injuries after and explosion and subsequent house fire on Shiloh Road in Ralph. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Here's a look at a Bibb County family piecing their lives back together following destructive storms earlier this week. (Chelsea Barton, WVUA 23)
5. The federal courthouse in downtown Tuscaloosa will be renamed to honor U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby after President Joe Biden signed the omnibus spending package signed. (Stephen Dethrage, Tuscaloosa Thread)

🗓 Today In Tuscaloosa 🗓

• 8th Annual Arc of Tuscaloosa Fire Truck Pull (More)
• Laugh Out Loud Comedy Show @ Bama Theatre (More)
• BINGO for Blue @ Black Warrior Brewing Company (More)
• Hagler VFD Fundraiser Fish Fry (More)
• Prom Bar Crawl in downtown Tuscaloosa (More)

1️⃣0️⃣ Other Stories I'm Reading Today

1. Comeback Effort Falls Short as Alabama Baseball Falls to Texas A&M, 3-2 (Joey Blackwell, BamaCentral)
2. Softball looking to build momentum against No. 15 Georgia (Blake Byler, Crimson White)
3. Search underway for missing teen in Moundville (CBS 42)
4. Greene County man falls from bridge, dies after five-vehicle crash on Interstate 59 (Sumner Harrell, ABC 33/40)
5. Alabama medical marijuana bill requiring negative pregnancy test 'clearly unconstitutional,' opponents say (Howard Koplowitz, AL.com)
6. Alabama State president named to White House advisory board (Associated Press)
7. Six Alabama players on the clock for Saturday's scrimmage (Travis Reier, BamaOnline)
8. Alabama Senate approves $8.2 billion Education Trust Fund budget (Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter)
9. New Lake Martin golf course crowned with clubhouse designed by Hank Long (Cara Clark, Birmingham Business Journal)
10. Charter school funding bill dead for session (Mary Sell, Alabama Daily News)

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— RP