High School Football Scores + Remembering 9/11

Happy Saturday, people of Birmingham! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 86 Low: 66.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. Get caught up on all the high school football scores in the Birmingham metro from last night. (Birmingham Patch).
2. A Birmingham mother reflects on her life 20 years after losing her son in the 9/11 terror attacks. This is a heartwarming story from CBS 42. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. UAB, Ascension St. Vincent's, Grandview and other area hospitals are experiencing nurse and staff shortages as the hospitalization rate increases in Birmingham. (Birmingham Business Journal)
4. After closing down its COVID-19 vaccine clinics months ago, UAB will re-open its vaccine clinic at the Hoover Met and open a clinic in Ensley at Faith Chapel. (UAB News)
5. If you didn't know, tomorrow is National Chocolate Milkshake Day (I'm serious). Do you want to know where in Birmingham to find the best milkshakes? Well I did some research for you. (Birmingham Patch)

Today in Birmingham:

• Want to learn more about the adoption process? Try the Domestic Adoption Seminar at University of Alabama at Birmingham (8:30 a.m.)
• Remember those we lost on 9/11 during the Patriot Day Ceremony sponsored by the Homewood Chamber of Commerce. (8:30 a.m.)
• UAB football takes on Georgia today, and there's a watch party to cheer on the Blazers at Iron City. (2:30 p.m.)
• The Birmingham Barons take on the Rocket City Trash Pandas during the Barons final homestand of the season, Fireworks will follow the game. (7 p.m.)
• Come on down!! Yep, The Price is Right Live comes to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex tonight. (8 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• Join Birmingham City Councilor Clinton Woods in a District 1 Cleanup Day today starting at 9 a.m. (Facebook).
• The Birmingham Police Department would like to send condolences to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency as they mourn the loss of Senior Trooper Jason Vice. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jason Vice's family and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. (Facebook)
• Sheriff's deputies report that they are on a missing persons case. Anthony Lee Nichols was last seen in the Hwy 280/Brook Highland area. Please be on the lookout! (Twitter)
• The Birmingham Botanical Gardens' incredible volunteers are busy today, eager to welcome you to Fall Plant Sale 2021! (Facebook)
• James Spann never disappoints on these sunset photos. Still my favorite Instagram account. This sunrise is from Friday morning at Orange Beach from Jay Sowers. (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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