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🌱 Patch AM: Where can Birmingham drivers still find gas near $2.17 a gallon?

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Good morning Birmingham! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where can Birmingham drivers still find gas near $2.17 a gallon?
  • How a familiar pastor is helping relaunch a major Hoover church campus
  • Toddler’s Birmingham hospital trip leads to federal prison sentence

Also on today's calendar: 10% Tuesday for Railroad Park and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Tuesday: Sunshine, with a high of 58 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 52, low: 27.
  • Thursday: Colder with clouds and sun, with a high of 41 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Birmingham Gas Prices Continue to Fall, Averaging $2.46 Per Gallon (abc3340.com) — Birmingham drivers are paying about $2.46 per gallon for gas this week, with prices as low as $2.17 at some stations around the metro. Local prices are significantly cheaper than a month and a year ago, and remain below recent years’ January averages. The report also compares Birmingham’s prices with Montgomery, Huntsville, and statewide and national trends.
   

• Former BSC chaplain to lead Trinity's new Hoover campus starting summer 2026 (al.com) — A former Birmingham-Southern College chaplain, the Rev. Jack Hinnen, is returning to the Birmingham area to lead Trinity United Methodist’s new Hoover campus starting summer 2026. Hinnen, who previously served churches in Hoover and West Homewood, will leave his Pensacola congregation in June and help Trinity relaunch ministry at the former Discovery United Methodist property near the Hoover Met.
   

• ‘Cutthroat Mafia' gang member sentenced on gun charge after shooting injured toddler, others (al.com) — Two shooting victims, including a 3-year-old boy, were airlifted to UAB Hospital and Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham after being wounded in an April 2024 gunfire incident in Anniston. A 25-year-old man has now been sentenced to over two years in federal prison for illegally possessing the converted machine gun used in the attack.
   

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    Tuesday January 13
  • Coffee & Connections
    Courtyard Birmingham Homewood , 500 Shades Creek Parkway , Homewood
    8:00 am
  • Monthly Luncheon
    Vestavia Hills Civic Center , 1090 Montgomery Hwy , Vestavia Hills
    11:30 am
  • Libby Meet & Greet
    Hoover Public Library - Circulation Lobby
    3:30 pm
  • Vestavia Hills Rebels vs Oak Grove
    Vestavia Hills High School , 2235 Lime Rock Rd , Vestavia Hills
    5:00 pm

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