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🌱 Why did ICE pay quadruple for a Social Circle warehouse?

Social Circle, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why did ICE pay quadruple for a Social Circle warehouse?

Also on today's calendar: Kingdom Explorers Adventure Camp and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 84, low: 67.
  • Monday: Cloudy, humid; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘A New Level of Corruption': DHS Bought ICE Warehouses From Trump Cronies For 10x Markup (commondreams.org) — Federal immigration officials reportedly paid nearly $130 million for a warehouse in Social Circle that had been valued at about $30 million, as part of a broader national plan to convert warehouses into detention centers. Investigators say similar purchases across the country involved steep markups and sellers with ties to former President Trump, raising questions about how taxpayer money is being spent and what this could mean for detention operations in and around your community.
   

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  • The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for General Education Teacher in Covington. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Covington

  • Karla Hooper wins State House 113 Democratic bid; Brett Mauldin, Sharonda Bell claim party nominations (covnews.com)
  • Tonya Anderson retains State Senate seat over Sharon Henderson (covnews.com)
  • Former deputy sentenced to prison over sexual offenses on the job (covnews.com)

Monroe

  • Breaking: 14-Year-Old charged with murder in Monroe shooting death (monroelocal.org)
  • We Will Remember: A tribute this Memorial Day 2026 (monroelocal.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: One weighs a ton, and the other is a little lighter (Thank you Laurie B. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Social Circle

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