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🌱 How a 2023 Chadwick Drive shooting just led to 40 years

Paragould, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Paragould! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a 2023 Chadwick Drive shooting just led to 40 years
  • How rising costs are changing senior meal deliveries in Paragould

Also on today's calendar: ThunderBeard: A Tribute to ZZ Top and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why wouldn't the little shrimp share his fries with his friends ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 62 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 68, low: 50.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 19-year-old sentenced to 40 years in prison for Paragould double shooting (kait8.com) — A 19-year-old has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for a 2023 shooting at a home on Chadwick Drive in Paragould that left one person dead and another injured. Investigators say the surviving victim identified the shooter, and police reported incriminating statements during an interview at the Paragould Police Department before his arrest.
   

• Rising costs strain meal delivery program for older adults in Arkansas (kait8.com) — Older adults in Paragould and nearby communities are feeling the squeeze as rising food and gas costs force the East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging to cut back daily hot meal deliveries and check-ins. The agency is shifting some clients to weekly frozen meals, partnering with farmers’ markets and food banks, and using limited new state funding to reach more people, but waiting lists keep growing.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he was shellfish ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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