🌱 Cross City K-9 teams help find suspect after Jena crash

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In today's newsletter:

• Cross City K-9 teams help find suspect after Jena crash

Also on today's calendar: Tour to the Putnam Lodge.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A stray afternoon shower, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 77, low: 47.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 67 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Live Wires, Topiary Blades, And An Aluminum Hideout: A Very Florida Standoff (tampafp.com) — Corrections K-9 teams from Cross City helped track a suspect to a locked camper after a rollover crash in Jena on Nov. 8. Deputies say Frederick Anthony Milito III struck a bystander and threatened two witnesses with trimming shears before fleeing. He surrendered and was booked on outstanding warrants and new charges.
   

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📸 Around Cross City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cross City

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 3

• Suwannee Valley Watermelon Institute - 2026 →
  Suwannee River Fair, 17851 90 Ave, Fanning Springs
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday November 14

• Tour to the Putnam Lodge →
  Historic Putnam Hotel, 15487 Northwest Highway19, Cross City

Thursday November 26

• DIXIE COUNTY 2026 TURKEY TROT →
  56 Northeast 210th Avenue, Cross City
  7:00 am

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📣 Cross City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday November 12

• Master Irrigator Overhead Irrigation Workshop →
  4150 U.S. 129, Bell
  8:30 am

Friday November 13

• Makers Market presented by the City of Trenton →
  Trenton FL
  4:00 pm
• CMHS FALL DRAMA PRODUCTION
  Chiefland Middle\/HIgh Chiefland, FL 32626
  6:30 pm

Friday November 20

• Faster Than Flash Live at Fiddler’s →
  Fiddler’s Restaurant, 1306 S Riverside Drive, Steinhatchee
  7:00 pm

Saturday November 21

• Otter Springs 5k Run/Walk →
  Trenton FL

Monday November 23

• Levy County Farm Bureau Women's Program Luncheon →
  Ebenezer Baptist Church, 12250 Northeast 30 Avenue, Chiefland
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 🚛 FLSERT continues to mobilize resources in response to recent flooding across Central & South Florida.
  Teams at Florida’s Central Operations & Coordination Office (FL-COCO) in Auburndale are loading & deploying supplies and equipment to support… (Nextdoor )
• 🤝 Human Services Support Teams are on the ground in Brevard County following recent flooding.
  In coordination with Brevard County Emergency Management, teams are preparing to deploy to the county’s hardest-hit areas to assist residents with… (Nextdoor )

• City Wide Facility Solutions posted a job opening for Independent Contractor - Janitorial Services in Bell. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Chiefland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cross City here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Chiefland

• Reusse: North Dakota school remains a lifeline for Minnesota junior college football (startribune.com)

Newberry

• White supremacist Nick Fuentes linked to college Republican group, records show (newsbreak.com)
• O-Zone: Ultimate Goal (jaguars.com)
• Cheapest premium gas in cities across Alachua County in week ending Oct. 31 (ncfloridanews.com)

High Springs

• High Springs commissioners select interim city manager, vote to negotiate contract (wcjb.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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