Oak Mountain State Park Expansion + Tropical Storm Fred

Happy Monday, people of Birmingham! Hope everyone had a great weekend, and you're ready to tackle the week! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Birmingham today.

First, today's weather: Humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 87 Low: 71.

Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. Catch up on some of the stories that made headlines on Patch in the Birmingham metro this past week. (Birmingham Patch)
2. Tropical Storm Fred steadily strengthened as it tracked toward the Florida Panhandle on Sunday, followed by Tropical Storm Grace, which is near Haiti. (CNN)
3. A UAB expert offers five ways to prevent cyberattacks, a growing problem in corporate America. (Alabama NewsCenter)
4. Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama is asking the public for assistance locating a man wanted on burglary and theft charges. (Trussvilletribune)
5. The Forever Wild Land Trust board voted Aug. 5 to go forward with the purchase of 1,600 acres of land - known as the Belcher tract - adjacent to Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County. (AL.com)

Today in Birmingham

• Wear RED for Kindergarten color week (8 a.m.)
• Girls Tennis Evaluations - Mountain Brook High School (8 a.m.)
• Coastal—Bird ID Walk - Alabama Audubon (6:30 a.m.)
• Friends of the Library Book Sale - Birmingham Public Library (9 a.m.)
• Canvas Basics: Canvas Modules - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Career and Professional Develo... (11 a.m.)
• SafeZone Training - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Diversity and Inclusion (11:30 a.m.)
• BME Frontiers of Bioengineering Seminar: Dr. Joseph Wu (1 p.m.)
• MBS Board Meeting @ Mountain Brook Board of Education (3:30 p.m.)
• Board of Zoning Adjustment - City of Mountain Brook (5 p.m.)
• Grades PreK, K, 1 Parent Night - Rocky Ridge Elementary School (6 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• James Spann: "Thunderstorm over Birmingham this afternoon. Photo from Dalton Payton." (Instagram)
• #DogsOfBham: "rainy saturday mood @yourdailypinky #dogsofbham #instagrambham #bhamnow." (Instagram)
• US National Weather Service Birmingham Alabama: "8/15, 7am: This morning's update on Fred continues to indicate that it will re-organize into a tropical storm today." (Facebook)
• The University of Alabama: "“I have been meeting with local K-12 teachers to engage the needs of their students and coordinate literacy workshops." (Facebook)
• YMCA of Greater Birmingham: "Keepin ya safe, all summer long photo x @r_q.s on IG." (Facebook)

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— Michael Seale

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