🌱 Handbags Worth $12,000 Stolen + Regions Tradition To Stay In Hoover

Welcome back, Hoover! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in Hoover.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 84 Low: 65.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Hoover:

1. Police are looking for four people who reportedly stole one Dior handbag and seven Louis Vuitton handbags from the Belk inside the Riverchase Galleria. Police said the group fled the store with the bags without paying and left the scene in a red Hyundai sedan. The total value of the bags is over $12,000. (Alabama's News Leader)
2. A new state pay plan will give teachers a 4 percent raise, but Hoover City Schools is already paying teachers the proposed salary. Under the new plan, teachers with a bachelor’s degree and two or fewer years of experience would earn a minimum of $43,358 a year. Currently, a first-year teacher with a bachelor’s degree in Hoover City Schools is paid a $43,359 salary. (AL.com)
3. The Regions Tradition will stay at the Greystone Golf and Country Club through at least 2032, the PGA Tour Champions and Regions Bank announced. The Hoover/Birmingham area country club has hosted the golf championship since 2016, and the nine-year extension is the third-longest extension in PGA TOUR Champions history. The 2022 Regions Tradition is happening now through Sunday. (Alabama's News Leader)

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Today in Hoover:

• Grand Isle Friday & Happy Hour - Cajun Steamer Bar & Grill (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Summer is calling! Check out these getaway destinations less than five hours away. (Bham Now)
• A group of children raised thousands with a lemonade stand at the Regions Tradition. The lemonade stand, which is an annual event, helped raise money for the Children's of Alabama Hospital. (WVTM13 Birmingham)

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Events:

• Jewish Food and Culture Fest (May 15)
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That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with your next update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.