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🌱 How a Cordele home became a hub in a national drug ring

Cordele, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Cordele! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Cordele home became a hub in a national drug ring
  • How Light it Up Pink is rallying Cordele around survivors
  • Cordele-born Marjorie Gay Allen remembered after a long, full life

Also on today's calendar: Crisp County vs Cook and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why was the scarecrow given an award? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 71 degrees.
  • Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 78, low: 65.
  • Tuesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Southwest Georgia father and son sentenced in transnational fentanyl, synthetic drug ring (newsbreak.com) — Two Cordele men, a father and son, received lengthy federal prison sentences after investigators said their 4th Avenue home served as a conversion lab in a nationwide fentanyl and synthetic cannabinoid ring. Authorities seized drug-soaked papers, chemicals, and cryptocurrency, and the son’s term will run consecutively to an existing Crisp County sentence, underscoring the case’s impact on the local community.
   

• Melanie Godfrey Insurance Agency hosts Light it Up Pink (cordeledispatch.com) — A Cordele-area insurance agency’s Light it Up Pink event brought more than 180 people together to support breast cancer survivors and encourage early detection, with care at Crisp Regional Hospital highlighted as life-saving. Local survivors shared powerful faith-centered stories, urged regular mammograms, and invited neighbors to show support by displaying pink bulbs around town.
   

• Marjorie Gay Allen (villages-news.com) — A woman born in Cordele in 1930, who began school there after a tornado destroyed the local elementary, has died at 96 after a long life centered in New Jersey. Her obituary recalls her Georgia childhood, long marriage, career, love of travel, and close-knit family, with services planned later this month in Tuckahoe, New Jersey.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Phoebe Sumter Encourages Women to Prioritize Breast Health Through Sip & Screen Mammography Events (phoebehealth.com)

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  • FRIDAY NIGHT SCOREBOARD: East Laurens upends unbeaten ACE, West wins second-straight in Pooler (courierheraldtoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the scarecrow given an award?" — Because he was outstanding in his field! (Thank you Teresa M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Cordele

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.