🌱 Bama Road Win + Youth Jobs Portal + MLK Project In Northport

Tuscaloosa AL

06 January, 2022

5:55 AM

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Good morning, Tuscaloosa! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. First, today's weather: A couple of morning showers. High: 52 Low: 24. 🗣Patch Shout Out 🗣 Our Shout Out for this Thursday morning goes to Penny Browning, who was honored Wednesday by the Tuscaloosa County Commission for her 25 years of service. She was presented her service pin by her supervisor, County Engineer Scott Anders. Ryan Phillips (Patch.com) 🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞 The City of Northport seems poised to move forward on a project that is more than two decades in the making, spanning multiple City Council administrations and mayors. (Tuscaloosa Patch)The Tuscaloosa County Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved $175,000 in federal aid money to now be invested in the development of an online jobs portal for area youth, along with additional money going toward the West Alabama Works Workforce Center in Brookwood and other initiatives. (Tuscaloosa Patch)Noticing this (🥋) in your Twitter timeline? Patch caught up with Alabama Twitter celebrity Adam Weil, who brought the fanbase together with a new way to show your allegiance to the Crimson Tide — Gump Verification. (Tuscaloosa Patch) Tuscaloosa Academy has opted to not open Thursday or Friday this week, due to a "very large number of positive" COVID-19 cases in its student body. (Tuscaloosa Patch)An Aliceville man was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash roughly four miles north of Union in Greene County. (Tuscaloosa Patch) From our sponsor: Hey Tuscaloosa, are you looking to buy a house, refinance or just explore your options? Check out the new Patch Mortgage Center for all your home financing needs! 🗓 Today in Tuscaloosa 🗓 Live Trivia Weekly Game Nights at Decades Pub & Grub (More) Other stories I'm reading today Tide Tops Gators With Big Second Half (Kirk McNair, BamaOnline) A new push for a comprehensive gambling bill (Josh Moon, Alabama Political Reporter) Former Alabama WR transferring to 2022 Tide opponent (Michael Casagrande, AL.com) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: The Better Skin Co. — (Visit website) KimEssence Earth Essentials, LLC — (Visit Website) Add your business here Loving the Tuscaloosa Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected] Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update! — RP Have a news tip or suggestion on how I can improve Tuscaloosa Patch? Maybe you're interested in having your business become one of the latest sponsors for Tuscaloosa Patch? Email all inquiries to me at [email protected]