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  • How a stolen car chase ended on a Plant City pool deck

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Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Periods of sun; less humid, with a high of 89 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 89, low: 66.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Winter Haven man steals car, vape before fleeing to pool deck: HCSO (wfla.com) — A man from Winter Haven was arrested in Plant City after deputies say he stole a car from an occupied home on Alafia Hills Drive, grabbed a vape at a gas station on Paul Buchman Highway, and fled across local roads. An HCSO aviation unit tracked him until he bailed out on East Trapnell Road, where deputies arrested him on multiple theft, burglary, and traffic-related charges.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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