Heads up! It is Tuesday and that means tidbits, kudos & events. Check it all out:
🎙️ Thanks to Jake Carlisle (Eventive Sports) and Paul Payne (Manduu Birmingham) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend. Go to truittnewsradio.com to listen to all the great guest interviews.
🎙️ We’re looking forward to having Karen Poth (National Maritime Museum of the Gulf) and Gregory Stone (Shelby County Arts Council) joining us on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this weekend. Show starts at 7AM on Bham’s Talk 99.5 every Saturday morning.
👀 HIRING: Red Mountain Theatre needs an Operations Manager for their team.
✔️ COOL ALERT: Get by and check out Ralph’s Listening Room LLC on 2nd Ave North in downtown Bham.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, is the richest person in Louisiana?
✅ CONGRATS: BJ’s Wholesale Club on getting their new place open down in Foley, AL. Another big pick-up in fast-growing Baldwin County.
🎵 “Baby One More Time” was released today in 1998 and made Brittany Spears a massive star.
📅 NOV 25 – DEC 27: Elf The Musical is playing at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. More info at asf.net.
📺 Cheers premiered today in 1982 on NBC.
👷 I’m starting a new TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT: Alabama newsletter. Thanks to CompTRUST AGC for being our first sponsor. First issue goes out next month. If you like construction, sign up for it here: https://lnkd.in/e-eS_HFQ
👀 HIRING: Oak Mountain State Park is hiring Gate Attendants. Great place to work.
🍕 WAY-TO-GO: Montgomery’s Bibb Street Pizza on being listed by The Takeout as one of the “11 Best Family-Owned Pizza Joints in the United States”. I have been and The Takeout picked a good one. Great to see them get the recognition.
📅 NOV 7: 2026 Oyster Ball at Braided River Brewing Company in Mobile.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: Only about 2,500,000 people lived in the United States in 1776? We’ve grown a little.
📺 The series finale of Breaking Bad aired today in 2013 and it was outstanding!
💲 The world got its first billionaire today in 1917 when John D. Rockefeller became the first to reach that level of wealth.
☑️ We’re building everybody up over at DoItWithTruitt.com. Check it out for more great reports & info.
🍤 OCT 8 – 11: the 53rd Annual National Shrimp Festival is coming up in Gulf Shores. Get more info at myshrimpfest.com.
✅ Texas has a new tallest building as the 74-story Waterline Tower in Austin is officially open.
☑️ Remember my team at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. for all your insurance needs – HOME & AUTO – BUSINESS COVERAGE – SURETY BONDS – 205-254-3005.
✅ CONGRATS: How about Auburn University ranking as the 17th best college for Quality of Life based on Princeton Review 2027 rankings! Only school from Alabama to make the list.
🛑 Thanks for the read.