Tuscaloosa city leaders met with local state delegates for breakfast Monday to discuss their needs before the new legislative session begins Tuesday. One of the main issues brought up was the need for more tornado relief funding for various areas of Tuscaloosa.

Fox6 Reporter Kelvin Reynolds will have more details on other items discussed tonight.

Statement from the Alabama Democratic Party announcing the candidacy of Penny Huggins Baily for Alabama's 6th Congressional District:

LEEDS -- Retired USAF Colonel Penny Huggins Bailey announced her candidacy for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District today, bringing 24 years of leadership in the United States Air Force to the race against the eventual Republican nominee.

Penny Huggins Bailey is a longtime Leeds resident and graduate of Leeds High School and Samford University. She served in the US Air Force and retired at the rank of Colonel after 24 years of duty. Her husband, an active duty Air Force Colonel, will serve his third deployment overseas this year. The Baileys have been married for more than 30 years and have three children.

From the Office of the Governor Robert Bentley:

MONTGOMERY— Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded grants totaling $684,300 to combat illegal drugs and drug-related violent crime in 10 counties primarily in west Alabama.       

The funding will support four drug task forces that operate in Bibb, Dallas, Fayette, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Pickens, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox counties. The task forces conduct undercover operations to arrest and prosecute drug offenders, find and dismantle dangerous methamphetamine laboratories and assist with other violent crime investigations.  

“We must remain aggressive in our battle against illegal drugs,” Bentley said. “I commend the agents of these drug task forces for their efforts to put the sellers and distributors of illegal drugs behind bars.”