🌱 Tuscaloosa Man Charged In Christmas Eve Kidnapping + Rose Bowl Updates

Good morning, Tuscaloosa! It's the start of a new week, so get all caught up with us on this chilly Monday morning.

First, a look at today's weather: Cloudy, cooler and less humid. High: 46 | Low: 26 🌤

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Our Shout Out for this Monday morning goes to Stillman College students Lorenzo Winston (left) and Countess King for being selected as West Alabama Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa

1. Tuscaloosa Man Charged With Christmas Eve Kidnapping, Sexual Assault: A Tuscaloosa man has been charged with kidnapping and sodomy after abducting a woman at a convenience store on Christmas Eve. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Untold stories from Curt Cignetti’s Alabama grind and Kalen DeBoer’s Indiana rise: Both coaches in the Rose Bowl have connections with their opponents after spending time on staff, so don't miss this feature on untold stories from both coaches. (Nick Kelly, Al.com)
3. Alabama's Bray Hubbard, Keon Sabb Have Mindset Geared Toward Turnovers: Alabama's starting safeties are locking in and hoping for turnovers in the Rose Bowl against Indiana later this week. (Will Miller, Bama Central)
4. COLUMN: West Alabama Banking Titan, Civic Leader Sam Faucett Dead At 90: ICYMI, the West Alabama community is mourning the loss of banking legend, politician and philanthropist Sam Faucett, who died Friday at the age of 90. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Two arrested on drug and firearms charges in Walker County: Two people were arrested Saturday night in Walker County after a search warrant was executed at a home on Boldo Road. (John Mann, ABC 33/40)

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