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🌱 Walnut Grove High alum Nic Smith remembered after tragic death ruling
Walnut Grove, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Walnut Grove! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Walnut Grove High alum Nic Smith remembered after tragic death ruling
Also on today's calendar: Walnut Grove Family Fair.
Today's riddle: What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 84 and low of 65 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 87, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tragic Cause of Death Released for Kentucky Player Nic Smith (fanbuzz.com) — Walnut Grove residents are mourning former Walnut Grove High School standout Nic Smith, whose death at the University of Kentucky has been ruled a suicide. The 20-year-old Loganville native and three-star recruit was remembered as a beloved teammate and student, with the university offering counseling resources and noting his dreams of an NFL career and future food business. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Loganville
- Loganville man who tortured his children for years, gets four life sentences for abuse, 10-year-old daughter's death (ocgnews.com)
- Inside Football Player Nic Smith's Final Days Before Death (usmagazine.com)
- RHOA Pinky Cole Loses Home & All Her Investments: Company Worth $0! (mediatakeout.com)
Monroe
- Walton County Republicans favor Jackson, Senate race decided by 64 votes in split with eventual result (monroelocal.org)
- Bhrett John Pizza - The Center Post-Dispatch (centerpostdispatch.com)
- Art Workshop encourages reflection through creativity at Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts (monroelocal.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Synonym buns (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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