Good morning, Tuscaloosa.

Nick & Terry Saban's Nick's Kids Foundation funded framing of a new Habitat for Humanity home in West Tuscaloosa Wednesday morning for Lauren and her two daughters.

Volunteers will add a STEM-focused technology and learning package tailored to the girls' interests, and Habitat expects the house to be finished in February or March.

Flatwoods Elementary opened a free clothing boutique called Flatwoods Fancy and Flatwoods Fellas about a month ago to provide students and family members with clothes, shoes, and toiletries at no cost.

The boutique also teaches needs versus wants and is asking the community for more donations to stay stocked.

UA RISE Center will host its annual BUY for RISE fundraiser Nov.

6 and 7 at 600 Johnny Stallings Drive (RISE Center), offering discounted new items from dozens of local retailers. A preview party is Nov. 6, 5 to 8 p.m. with $100 golden and $20 general tickets; the free public sale is Nov. 7, 8 to 11 a.m., with items up to 90% off.

The University of Alabama has joined the DOE-supported Battery Manufacturing (BattMan) Accelerator to move energy-storage discoveries from lab to U.S. factories, with UA lead Dr. H.

Hohyun Sun adapting a Dow polymer to cut PFAS and scaling a dry-electrode process.

The University of Alabama launched Project LIFT after a $9.9 million Department of Education grant to train teachers in 75 rural elementary schools over five years to deliver a phonics program for K-2 struggling readers, with lessons 25 minutes three times a week starting this school year.

Walmart is recalling 15-ounce Great Value Fruit Cocktail sold in Alabama and six other states after the FDA found elevated lead levels; the recall was initiated Oct.

1 and reclassified as Class II on Oct. 20, and customers should discard or return cans (lot 6FCB 04 C2263; best if used by Sept. 1, 2027).

City leaders and developers broke ground on ALUM, a 116,000 sqft luxury hotel with 68 condo-hotel residences, a private members club, and rooftop dining near Emerson Square at 22nd Avenue and Fourth Street.

Developers say the project will create 70 to 80 jobs and aims to open in July 2028 + condo owners can join a branded rental pool.

Alabama brings back guards Aden Holloway and Amari Allen and added three transfer bigs as it aims for a seventh straight NCAA Tournament under coach Nate Oats, opening the season Nov.

3 at home vs. Sam Houston and facing Miami (Coral Gables), Houston in New York, and St. John's in Birmingham.

Coach Kalen DeBoer says he still trusts wide receiver Noah Rogers even though Rogers has played 12 snaps and caught one 36-yard pass since returning from a lower-body injury (A-Day); Rogers may see fewer snaps as Alabama favors 12 personnel and could lose reps if Ryan Coleman-Williams returns for the Nov. 7 trip to Baton Rouge.

Alabama is in an open week and will face LSU on Saturday, Nov.

7, with College Football Playoff hopes hinging on five players: the cornerback opposite Zabien Brown, pass rusher Yhonzae Pierre, running back Daniel Hill, center Racin Delgatty, and quarterback Keelon Russell.

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer told The Tuscaloosa News on Oct.

28 that the program remains competitive in the NIL era and that coaches will keep developing players to build a complete team.