COVID-19 Cases In Birmingham School System + New Charter School

Get on up, Birmingham! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 85 Low: 65.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. Birmingham City Schools have reported an increase in COVID-19 cases among students and staff every week since the start of the 2021-22 school year, a discouraging trend seen unfortunately in many of the state's school systems. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
2. Come on down!!! Yeah that's right, "The Price Is Right" is coming to Birmingham Sept. 11 at the BJCC Concert Hall. (Birmingham Patch)
3. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with two counts of making terrorist threats after an Instagram post targeted several football players on the Spain Park and Hoover football teams. (Hoover Patch)
4. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission has approved the opening of the Alabama Aerospace and Aviation charter school in Birmingham. (Bham Now)
5. The Birmingham Police Department has arrested two men in connection to an Aug. 17 homicide at the Kings Inn. (WIAT - CBS42.com)

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Today in Birmingham

• Have you played at Top Golf yet? Well today from 10 a.m. to noon, its just $15 unlimited play for two hours! (10 a.m.)
• Are you the next Miss UAB? Learn more about the Miss UAB Scholarship Program by attending one of three interest sessions. (3 p.m.)
• Don't worry about what to cook for dinner. Come have dinner with the Heart Gallery Junior Board at Rojo, as 15 percent of sales go toward the HGA mission of supporting youth in Alabama's foster care system. (3-6 p.m.)
• Join UAB as they kick off Prostate Cancer Awareness Month with a talk with Dr. Jeffrey Nix, an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at UAB. (5:30 p.m.)
• UAB Football vs JSU: The Blazers and Jacksonville State open the 2021 football season in the Montgomery Kickoff at the Cramton Bowl. Join other Blazer fans at The Hive in 5 Points South for a UAB Watch Party. (6:30 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Birmingham Zoo has accepted the “Eat Like an Orangutan: Durian Fruit Challenge” to help raise funds for orangutan conservation and the Orangutan SSP! (Facebook)
• This Saturday join Birmingham Children's Theatre for "Dot and Ziggy." Great for ages 0 -5 years, Dot and Ziggy is an engaging, immersive theatre experience for very young audiences that is equal parts performance and playtime! (Facebook)
• Vaccinations will be available at Ramsay High School on Thursday from 2 - 4 p.m. Parents/guardians are required to accompany students under 16. (Facebook)
• Congrats to former Alabama QB Mac Jones who has been named the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots. (Twitter)
• Week 10 of Taking Pride Where I Reside wrapped up in Birmingham last week. Take a look at the progress made in your neighborhoods. (Instagram)

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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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