🌱 How the new I-57 and Highway 5 interchange will change your drive

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In today's newsletter:

• How the new I-57 and Highway 5 interchange will change your drive
• Lonoke community mourns longtime resident and aviation pioneer Dana Baker

Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 87, low: 72. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; warm, with a high of 90 and low of 70 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Cabot Arkansas Highway 5 Interstate 57 Interchange Project Begins with $53.9 Million Investment with Ground Breaking Ceremony (arkansasradio.com) — Drivers in Lonoke County can expect major changes as a $53.9 million project begins to rebuild the Highway 5 and Interstate 57 interchange in nearby Cabot, aiming to ease congestion and improve safety across the county. State and local leaders say the new Single Point Urban Interchange and related widening work will support long-term economic growth, though residents should prepare for construction disruptions over the next two years.
   

• Dana Dianne Baker, age 93 (anaturalstatefuneralservice.com) — Lonoke neighbors are remembering longtime resident Dana Dianne Baker, 93, who moved here in 1996 to care for her mother and remained part of the community for decades. A pioneering chief stewardess for PSA Airlines, she will have her ashes scattered off the San Diego coast, while friends and family in Lonoke honor her life and caregiving spirit.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Jacksonville. Apply here.
• Whataburger posted a job opening for Team Member - Cabot 1627 (Cabot, AR) in Cabot. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lonoke here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Jacksonville

• 130 Joiner Ave, Jacksonville, AR 72076 (realtor.com)
• Hot shooting highlights regionals; junior and senior YSS state tourneys set (stuttgartdailyleader.com)
• Community members hoping to form new 'Sherwood School District' (thv11.com)

Cabot

• Cabot Arkansas SPUI Interchange Project Begins at Highway 5 and Interstate 57 Exit 16 (arkansasradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Sundae School (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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