🌱 USFL Season Launch In Birmingham + BCS Have Gone Remote

Kayla Harrison
Updated ·3 min read

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 48 Low: 29.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Birmingham:

  1. USFL officially announced their season launch will take place in Birmingham on April 16 at Protective Stadium. Officials shared that the league will play all their 2022 regular-season games in Birmingham, agreed upon by the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Authority and the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board. The league opener will be between the Birmingham Stallions and the New Jersey Generals. (Birmingham Patch)

  2. Birmingham City Schools have gone remote amid absences and teacher concerns. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, 304 students and 103 staff members have tested positive for COVID since Jan. 14. During remote learning, teachers have been working from home and providing students with work via remote platforms. (Birmingham Patch)

  3. A barrage of gunfire off of a busy Birmingham roadway left one man seriously wounded. Police reported the male victim was shot while inside his vehicle and was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators found at least 15 shell casings at the crime scene, though no further details have been released. (AL.com)

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Today in Birmingham:

  • MLK Drop-In Activity - Pratt City Branch Library (All Day)

  • Winter Reading Program - Homewood Public Library (All Day)

  • Pickleball Clinics - Levite Jewish Community Center (9:00 AM)

  • Storypalooza - Homewood Public Library (9:30 AM)

  • 1-on-1 Computer and Tech Help - Five Points West Regional Branch Library (10:00 AM)

  • 1-on-1 Computer and Tech Help - Birmingham Public Library (10:00 AM)

  • Teaching Foundations: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy - University of Alabama at Birmingham (12:00 PM)

  • William Downs: Rumbling & Stumbling - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Arts and Culture (12:00 PM)

  • Lily Reeves: Between Futures - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Arts and Culture (12:00 PM)

  • New Year, New You - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Career and Professional Developement (1:00 PM)

  • Saturday Matinee "No Time To Die" - Five Points West Regional Branch Library (2:00 PM)

  • Windows 10 - Homewood Public Library (2:30 PM)

  • Movie Night: The Great Gatsby - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Social and Entertainment (6:00 PM)

  • Language Club - North Shelby Library (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • The Birmingham Police Department is working diligently to combat exhibition driving and illegal street racing. In the last week, 22 citations were issued to exhibition drivers. Thank you to community members for reporting these activities. (Facebook)

  • Shop online and order your favs from the Market at Pepper Place this week for a Curbside pickup. Order online weekly between 9 a.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Friday.The items you'll see are made available to you by the farmers and producers who grow & make them! (Instagram)

  • The Junior League of Birmingham is accepting applications for Academic Scholarships through the JLB Scholarship Fund! The JLB Scholarship application is available for both traditional and non-traditional students. All applications and recommendation forms are due Feb. 1, 2022. (Facebook)

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— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.

This article originally appeared on the Birmingham Patch