🌱 2 Girls Shot In Ensley + Alabama's Best Fried Chicken

Morning, Birmingham! Let's get this day started. Here's everything happening today in town. Yesterday afternoon, a shooting in Ensley injured two girls who were riding in a car in the neighborhood. They were both taken to Children's of Alabama for treatment of gunshot wounds. Let's hope they push through. Also, in today's newsletter, I have included the "Eat This Not That" list of the best fried chicken in each state. Of course, the best in Alabama is at a Birmingham restaurant. Read more below!

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 65 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. Two girls — ages 12 and 14 — were injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in Ensley. Birmingham police say they do not have any suspects or a motive in the case. (Birmingham Patch)
2. As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to drop in the Birmingham metro, some Birmingham area school districts have dropped. mask requirements (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Look, we all know the South has the best fried chicken, but which restaurant has the best fried chicken in Alabama? Well, one culinary website thinks they know. (Birmingham Patch)
4. Check out what veteran Birmingham florist Dorothy McDaniel is doing for Children's of Alabama. (Bham Now)
5. The Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity fired its executive director, along with five others. (AL.com)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Join Bare Hands as they celebrate life at the Día de los Muertos Festival Numero 19 at Pepper Place. (5 p.m.)
• Try some socially distant yoga and enjoy some tasty craft beer at Ferus Artisan Ales in Trussville. (6 p.m.)
• See country artist Michael Ray play live at the Tin Roof. (7 p.m.)
• Check out the classic Tennessee Williams play, "The Glass Menagerie" at the Virginia Samford Theatre. (7 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Right after the Fultondale house explosion Halloween night: photo from Hunter Martin. Thankfully only one minor injury. (Instagram)
• These local billboards want you to talk about race. (Bham Now)
• How to support one local nonprofit at Avondale Brewing Co. on Thursday, Nov. 4. (Bham Now)
• Birmingham City Schools students and staff recently celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month at Wilkerson Middle School. School-wide projects were presented, containing various topics based on grade level. (Facebook)
• Alabama Audubon teamed with Birmingham-Southern College and Southern Environmental Center to create more chimney swift habitats. Really cool. (Facebook)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

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