🌱 High School Football Playoffs + Birmingham Officer Injured

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Michael Seale, your host of the Birmingham Daily. Let's run some news by you while you start this weekend. Last night's high school football playoff action included multiple Birmingham metro schools, including the battle between 7A powerhouses Hoover and Thompson. Also in the news, a Biemingham police officer broke his arm when he was reportedly attacked by a man at the Circle K in Eastwood. Read more below.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 63 Low: 47.

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Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. First things first: Check out the Birmingham metro high school football scores from last night's playoff action. (Birmingham Patch)
2. Meet Cecil F. Stodghill, Jr., the new man in charge at The Altamont School in Birmingham. (thehomewoodstar.com)
3. A Birmingham police officer broke his arm in a scuffle with a man police say was intoxicated and attacked the officer at a gas station in Eastwood. (al.com)
4. If you are traveling for Thanksgiving, you'll notice gas is a lot more expensive. Well, here is where gas prices stand in Alabama right now, and which counties are paying most at the pump. (Birmingham Patch)
5. The UAB Cardiovascular Institute earned national recognition for its efforts to improve cardiovascular treatment. (UAB News)

Today in Birmingham:

• The Power of Life Foundation 2021 Annual Thanksgiving Giveaway helps families in need for the holidays. (11 a.m.)
• Junior League of Birmingham’s Brunch with the Big Guy (Santa Claus, by the way). (9 a.m.)
• Happy Birthday to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute! Celebrate at the BCRI Birthday Bash. (10 a.m.)
• This is a unique performance: The Sound of Music presented by The Dance Studio, which is the classic musical through ballet. (2 p.m.)
• Check out the awesome live show from recording artist Arlo McKinley at Zydeco. (9 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Live Music In Birmingham: Patch Music Calendar Nov. 19-25 (Birmingham Patch)
• You know you're from Birmingham if you say... (Bham Now)
• Greater Birmingham Humane Society would like you to meet Edward, the one-year-old spunky pup, who is looking for an energetic home to call his own! This natural-born herder would do best in a home without small kids and a large yard to play in! Think you're a match for this charmer? (Facebook)
• The University of Alabama's Beat Auburn Beat Hunger campaign raised 319,437 pounds of food for West Alabama Food Bank. (Facebook)
• Wilkerson Middle School has been selected to receive SREB’s 2022 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Award. The school will be recognized at the 2022 Making Schools Work Conference, July 19-22, in Grapevine, Texas. (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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