🌱 Why Fort Oglethorpe officers were called into East Ridge cases
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- Why Fort Oglethorpe officers were called into East Ridge cases
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- Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 71.
- Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Law and Order July 14 (eastridgenewsonline.com) — Recent police activity around East Ridge included a vehicle pursuit that ended in Fort Oglethorpe where deputies arrested the driver of a stolen truck. Later, a Fort Oglethorpe Police K9 team assisted East Ridge officers during a narcotics-related vehicle check on Mack Smith Road, alongside several other routine calls, warrant services, and welfare checks. 
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