🌱 Hunting camera helps investigators trace copper theft near DeFuniak Springs

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• Hunting camera helps investigators trace copper theft near DeFuniak Springs

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

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clouds and breaks of sun, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 45.
• Friday: Cooler with plenty of sun, with a high of 65 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• DeFuniak Springs men accused of stealing copper from power substation (wjhg.com) — Two DeFuniak Springs men face grand theft and criminal mischief charges after about 200 feet of copper wire disappeared from a power substation off Millard Gainey Road. Walton County deputies say a hunting camera captured the Oct. 20 theft, and investigators identified the suspects after learning copper was scrapped hours later.
   

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Saturday November 14

• Adult Chess @ DFS Library →
  Walton-DeFuniak Public Library, 3 Circle Dr, Defuniak Springs
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday November 12

• Pearson Testing
  Emerald Coast Technical Coll Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  11:00 am
• Soccer @ Freeport
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  5:00 pm
• Soccer vs Freeport
  Walton Middle Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
  5:00 pm
• Boys BB @ Freeport
  Walton Middle Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
  5:00 pm
• Girls Weightlifting vs. South Walton
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  5:30 pm

Friday November 13

• Prometric Testing
  Emerald Coast Technical Coll Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  9:00 am
• Soccer @ Rutherford
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  5:00 pm
• Girls BB vs Freeport Varsity
  Walton Middle Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
  5:00 pm
• Football vs. Gadsden County
  Walton High Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
  7:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Girls BB vs Ruckel
  Walton Middle Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
  4:00 pm
• Soccer vs ECMS
  Walton Middle Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• One month post-Isaias, cleanup crews still work ‘sunup to sundown.' (midbaynews.com)
• Florida Raises the Homestead Exemption: What Amendment 3 Changes for Homeowners (prlog.org)

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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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