Since we are sitting on a Tuesday, let’s get to some tidbits, kudos and events:

✅ Love the new Jimmy Buffet statue that went up recently at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf in Mobile. Great idea!

🎙️Thanks to Jeff Lynn (President, Central Alabama Community College) and Sean Sullivan (Owner, FM Talk 106.5 in Mobile) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend. Listen to all the great guest interviews at truittnewsradio.com.

📅 OCT 16: The Rick Burgess Show “Are You Ready Live Tour” hits the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham.

✅ Lehman Brothers filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy today in 2008, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. History.

🎙️ We are looking forward to having Joey Jones (Director of Sales, ACCi) joining us this week on TRUITT NEWS RADIO. Show starts at 7AM on Bham’s Talk 99.5.

👀 HIRING: John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham needs a Girls Golf Coach for their program.

✅ Nola Bank just opened in New Orleans and is Louisiana’s first new bank since 2010.

⚾ Nolan Ryan’s #34 was retired by the Texas Rangers Baseball Club today in 1996. It was the first number they ever retired.

📅SEPT 29: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering Career Fair.

📺 Ponch & Jon rolled into my life as CHiPS premiered on NBC today in 1977.

🏈 14.3% of the college football regular season is already gone.

❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: The Gulf of America is the largest Gulf in the world covering about 600,000 square miles?

👷 How awesome is this?! Birmingham-based Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC is projecting revenue to top $10b in 2026.

✅ Milo’s Hamburgers now has their awesome Double-O Sauce available at select Piggly Wiggly’s in Alabama.

✅ Bham’s Southpace Properties is accepting application for their 2027 Summer Internship Program. Great opportunity to learn commercial real estate business with some of the best!

✔️ The very first Costco Wholesale store opened today in 1983. Seattle was where it started.

🎵 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS released “Sports” today in 1983. It went on to sell over 7,000,000 copies with hits like “I Want A New Drug”, “If This Is It”, “Heart And Soul” and more.

👷 SEPT 23: Alabama Road Builders Association Annual President’s Luncheon & Officer Installation.

☑️ Take a look at DoItWithTruitt.com for more great info & reports.

☑️ Put my team at @Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. to work. We want to be your agent. BUSINESS COVERAGE, HOME & AUTO, SURETY BONDING – tony@truittinsurance.com.

🐂 Sept 24 – 26: The University of West Alabama Rodeo Showdown

👀 The Greater Birmingham Auburn Club is accepting applications for their Board right now.

🛑 Thanks for the read.