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🌱 Blytheville man killed after late-night crash on U.S. 61

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  • Blytheville man killed after late-night crash on U.S. 61

Also on today's calendar: 5K Color Run for Cancer and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Hot with clouds and sun, temps: high: 93, low: 72.
  • Thursday: An afternoon t-storm; warm, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two people killed in separate crashes on Arkansas roads in 11-hour period (arkansasonline.com) — A 59-year-old Blytheville man, Larry Z. Harris, died late Friday night after his SUV crossed the center line, hit a guardrail, went airborne and overturned on U.S. 61 near Burdette in Mississippi County. Another fatal motorcycle crash in Crawford County earlier that day brought the statewide toll to two deaths within about 11 hours.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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