Birmingham Squadron Tryouts + UAB Football Recap

Welcome To Monday, Birmingham! Let's get this week started off right by getting you in the know on the news of the day, including a nice little recap of some of the stories that made headlines this past week in the Birmingham metro. So here goes!

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First, today's weather:

Rain until evening. High: 81 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. To lead off today's news, let's take a look back on some of the stories that made headlines on Patch in the Birmingham area this past week. (Birmingham Patch)
2. Alabama schools are seeing a food shortage from the COVID-19 pandemic. AL.com takes a look at how this food shortage is affecting local school systems. (AL.com)
3. A Birmingham woman has been charged with capital murder in the death of 30-year-old Johnnie Will Anderson III. (CBS-42)
4. UAB had a big win on the gridiron Saturday against North Texas. Check on all the stats and postgame chatter with Alabama Media Group. (AL.com)
5. The Birmingham Squadron, our NBA G-League basketball team, held open tryouts this weekend, which attracted basketball hopefuls from all over the state, including a 62-year-old man. (WVTM)

Today in Birmingham:

• Children’s of Alabama will host a Nursing Career Fair from 9 a.m. until noon. (9 a.m.)
• The UAB Department of Epidemiology is holding its Fall 2021 Seminar Series today. (Noon)
• Members of the Alabama Poor People's Campaign will gather simultaneously at 6:30 pm in Huntsville, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Montgomery, and Mobile to demand Medicaid Expansion in Alabama. Birmingham's event is at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. (6:30 p.m.)
• Come enjoy a wonderful evening and be entertained by one of Alabama’s most beloved personalities, with An Evening with Rick Bragg - The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People. (7 p.m.)
• Let’s Roam’s Virtual Game Night makes it easy for you to have an epic game night any night. (7 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Tuscaloosa Police Department officers are assisting Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue and their Swift Water Rescue team as they search for a motorist whose vehicle was overcome by floodwaters by this drainage ditch in the 2400 block of Greensboro Avenue." (Facebook)
• Red Mountain Theatre will present True North in this year's Human Rights New Works Festival. (Facebook)
• From one dangerous TikTok viral challenge to the next, parents and school administrators have been challenged before. (Twitter)

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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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