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🌱 Food and winter essentials available today at Zinn Park

Anniston, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Anniston! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Food and winter essentials available today at Zinn Park
  • Anniston's Thanksgiving race brings runners and walkers to Golden Springs
  • Anniston Middle School moves beyond a failing grade

Also on today's calendar: Blueprints and Bold Conversations and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fallen horse say? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, but cool, with a high of 56 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 56, low: 34.
  • Monday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Anniston event to provide food, clothing and community help (annistonstar.com) — Residents needing food or winter essentials can get help at Anniston's Zinn Park today, Nov. 14, from noon to 2 p.m. The Martin Foundation's Community Day of Service will offer hot meals, groceries, clothing, blankets and hygiene supplies, along with information about community services. It will go ahead rain or shine.
   

2. 15 Turkey Trots across Alabama this Thanksgiving (thebamabuzz.com) — Anniston's Thanksgiving morning race returns November 26 at 8 a.m. at Norwood Hodges Community Center, with a certified 6.2-mile course through Golden Springs. Walkers are welcome, and proceeds benefit the YMCA. Registration costs $40 through November 24, rising to $45 the next day, plus fees.
   

3. Anniston Middle School rises from F to C on state report card (annistonstar.com) — Anniston Middle School has climbed out of the failing category, raising its state report card score from 59 to 74 and earning a C. The district also improved overall, though graduation and attendance measures slipped. Superintendent D. Ray Hill says closer monitoring of student progress and better attendance are priorities.
   

4. Kent Davis earns Mobile's 2026 Patriot of the Year award (annistonstar.com) — Former Anniston city manager Kent Davis has been named the Mobile Bay Area Veterans Commission's 2026 Patriot of the Year. The retired Navy rear admiral also served as Anniston's economic development director and worked at the Center for Domestic Preparedness. He now leads Vets Recover in Mobile after overseeing Alabama's veterans affairs department.
   

5. Calhoun County Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Firearms Offenses (calhounjournal.com) — Logan Chase Turner, who has three prior Calhoun County felony convictions, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearms offenses. The 28-year-old pleaded guilty in June after investigators seized more than 300 grams of methamphetamine and a handgun during a search of his home.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What did the fallen horse say?" — I can’t giddy up… (Thank you Kathy J. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Anniston

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