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Hi there, Boynton Beach! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Mark Sohn's return means for Boynton Beach policing now
  • Lightning near Boynton sends child to trauma center—what officials say now
  • How a deadly lightning outbreak also injured a child in Boynton Beach

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 93 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, temps: high: 90, low: 79.
  • Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fired officer involved in deadly 2021 Boynton Beach pursuit to get his badge back (cbs12.com) — Former Boynton Beach police officer Mark Sohn is being reinstated to the department more than four years after a 2021 pursuit in the city that ended in a 13-year-old's death. An appeals court upheld an arbitrator's ruling overturning his firing, so he'll return without back pay, while city leaders and community members continue to grapple with the decision and its impact on trust.
   

• Child Taken to Trauma Center After Reported Lightning Strike Near Boynton Beach – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — A child was rushed to a trauma center Sunday after an apparent lightning strike near the Sand and Sea Village area just outside Boynton Beach. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says bystanders began first aid before paramedics arrived, and officials are using the case to remind residents to seek shelter indoors whenever thunderstorms and lightning move through the area.
   

• Lightning strike kills mother and 2-year-old daughter in Broward County, Florida (watchers.news) — Severe storms moving from Boynton Beach toward Broward County led to a tragic lightning strike in Margate that killed a mother and her 2‑year‑old daughter, according to police and the National Weather Service. Around five minutes later, another child in Boynton Beach was hospitalized after a separate lightning strike, underscoring the danger of being outdoors during South Florida thunderstorms.
   

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