🌱 Lexington searches for police chief as Whitehorn takes interim role
Lexington, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Lexington! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Lexington searches for police chief as Whitehorn takes interim role
- Remembering Randy Joe Lanier of Anderson
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 60, low: 37.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 50 and low of 31 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lexington accepting applications for new police chief following Hendershot's resignation (whnt.com) — Lexington is accepting police chief applications through Nov. 20 after Augie Hendershot resigned amid a workers' compensation dispute. Officer T.J. Whitehorn, the department's only other officer, is serving as interim chief. Hendershot has sued the town over injuries he alleges he suffered on duty, and the mayor said several candidates have already applied. 
• Randy Joe Lanier (radio7media.com) — Randy Joe Lanier, 64, of Anderson, died Nov. 9 after a brief illness. The Lauderdale County native is survived by family including his sister Connie Beavers of Lexington. Visitation begins at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at Loretto Memorial Chapel, with the funeral at 2:30 p.m. and burial afterward at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Wednesday Morning Bible Study →
Shiloh Church of Christ, 2605 County Road 344, Florence
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Basketball (BG, VG) at Huntsville
Lauderdale County High School Killen, AL 35645
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Wednesday Evening Bible Study →
Shiloh Church of Christ, 2605 County Road 344, Florence
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Jr High Basketball vs Sheffield
Rogers High School Killen, AL 35645
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Reception: The Historic Florence Project | UNA Photographic Exhibition →
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, 217 East Tuscaloosa Street, Florence
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Ribbon Cutting Hummingbird Laser & Design →
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November 14th @ Lauderdale County High School Schedule Complete →
Lauderdale County High School, 201 Cedar St., Rogersville -
November 14th @ Brooks High School Schedule Complete will take a 4th boys →
Brooks High School, 4300 US-72, Killen -
November 14th at Rogers High School →
Rogers High School, Lauderdale County 47, Florence -
Paint and Create!- Guided Community Painting Event at the UNA Honors College →
Florence AL -
Storytime Atop the Mound →
Florence Mound and Museum, 1028 South Court Street, Florence
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Teen Tech Club
Florence-Lauderdale Public Library - Teens, 350 North Wood Avenue, Florence
1:30 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Saturday November 14
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- Show us your smile!
ADPH's Oral Health Office is having the 10th Annual Share Your Smile With Alabama Photo Contest. Your child must be in third grade and live in… (Nextdoor ) - National Nurse Practitioner Week is November 8-14.
Nurse Practitioners are on the frontlines of health care, increasing equitable access to quality care. ADPH would like to thank all our NP colleagues… (Nextdoor )
- TurfNet Media Network posted a job opening for Assistant Golf Course Superintendent in Killen. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Florence
- Aniah's Law hearing set for man charged in fatal shooting (timesdaily.com)
- LEAD Team's charity drive is successful (timesdaily.com)
- Christmas Update 11/8 (blogspot.com)
Muscle Shoals
- Fisherman nets following on social media (timesdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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