Excited to see another Tuesday come around. Here we go with this week’s tidbits:
✅ WOW! Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is acquiring California-based Foundation Building Materials and their 370 locations in an $8.8b deal.
👀 HIRING: The Bell Center is hiring a Marketing Coordinator. Go be a part of their fantastic mission.
🎵 OCT 14, 1982: Jimmy Buffett was playing Auburn University‘s Memorial Coliseum.
👀 OCT 14, 1912: Teddy Roosevelt was shot today while campaigning in Milwaukee. He survived the assassination attempt, but lived the rest of his life with a bullet in his chest.
🏈 The New York Jets retired Joe Namath’s #12 today in 1985.
🎙️Thanks to Todd Yelton (Samford University Women’s Soccer Coach) and Josh Looney (Athletic Director, University of North Alabama) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend. Check it out at truittnewsradio.com or download the podcast version.
🏀 Tiny Archibald (who stood over 6-feet) led the National Basketball Association (NBA) in scoring & assists during the 1972-1973 season. He is the only player to ever do that.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: The word “dinosaur” was coined by Richard Owen in 1842 from the Greek words for “fearfully great lizard”.
👀 CONGRATS: to the Port of Mobile, who now has the deepest port on the Gulf Coast. Ribbon was cut yesterday wrapping up a huge project for Alabama.
✅ Fifth Third Bank is planning on opening 60 locations across GA & AL over the next 2 years.
🍕 CONGRATS: Valentina’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar in Madison, AL, which is consistently voted as one of the top pizza joints we have, is celebrating 5 years in business!
📅 NOV 13: the Birmingham Business Alliance luncheon at The Mountain Brook Grand Bohemian Hotel. Senator Tommy Tuberville (odds-on-favorite to be the next governor) is the speaker.
🎙️ Looking forward to having Mike Walton (BOO Halloween Party) and Jeremiah Stone (Epilepsy Foundation Alabama) join us on Truitt News Radio this Saturday (10/18/25). Show starts at 7am on Bham’s Talk 99.5.
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👀 HIRING: Soca Clothing is looking to hire a Team Lead for their retail empire in Homewood, AL.
🏒 Wayne Gretzky scored his first NHL goal today in 1979. He ended up with 1,016. He was pretty good.
✅ CONGRATS: Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe cut the ribbon on two new places, one in San Marcos and one in San Antonio’s Encino Park.
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📅 OCT 17 & 18: The very first Calera Stampede Rodeo takes place on Main Street. Love this!
🎵 Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman & Jason Aldean to headline New Year’s Eve Live in Nashville. Let’s go. That’s going to be awesome.
🎵 My favorite band, KISS, released ALIVE II today in 1978.