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🌱 Landlord tells Randolph County deputies he shot tenant's dog

Roanoke, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Landlord tells Randolph County deputies he shot tenant's dog
  • Remembering Calvin Ussery Veal, Roanoke native and Air Force veteran

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 63, low: 39.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 54 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Randolph County Sheriff's report: Landlord shoots tenant's dog (therandolphleader.com) — A landlord near Foster's Crossroads told Randolph County deputies he shot a tenant's dog after it attacked his pig, saying he feared for children playing nearby. The Nov. 5 incident appears in a sheriff's report that also documents firearm thefts and multiple thefts at an Ofelia RV park.
   

• Week of Nov. 9, 2026 — The LaFayette Sun (thelafayettesun.com) — Roanoke native Calvin Ussery Veal, a Korean conflict Air Force veteran and longtime church deacon, died Nov. 4 at his LaFayette home at 93. Services were held Nov. 8 at Rock Springs Baptist Church, where he was a member. A monument dealer, he also worked horse shows with his wife for 39 years.
   

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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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