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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Moss Farms diver rose to Hall of Fame honors
  • Indictment moves deadly Colquitt County crash case toward trial

Also on today's calendar: CCHS Homecoming Parade and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 92 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Heavy afternoon thunderstorms, temps: high: 88, low: 70.
  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hall of Fame: Helms a superb Packer, Diving Tiger, Volunteer (moultrieobserver.com) — A former Moss Farms diver from Moultrie, Ryan Helms, is being inducted into the Colquitt County Sports Hall of Fame, with a public ceremony at Willie B. Withers Auditorium on Oct. 15. His journey from four straight Georgia high school diving titles to SEC and NCAA honors highlights how Moultrie's own programs helped launch a nationally recognized athletic and academic career.
   

• Man indicted in connection to fatal crash that killed mom, daughter in South Ga. (walb.com) — A Colquitt County family from the Moultrie area is closer to seeing a fatal 2024 crash case go to trial after a grand jury indicted George Montgomery in the deaths of Jessica and Ellie Phillips. Prosecutors say he failed to yield at a stop sign and entered an intersection at high speed, and the case may appear on the county's next trial calendar.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Serial shoplifters whose targets included Walmart stores in Hall Co. sentenced (wgtjradio.com)

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  • Thomasville PorchFest draws nearly 900 to celebrate music and preservation (timesenterprise.com)
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  • Bulldogs dominate Berrien, earn first region win (timesenterprise.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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