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🌱 How Morton Grove police helped catch an alleged hit-and-run driver

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Morton Grove police helped catch an alleged hit-and-run driver

Also on today's calendar: Farm Picnic Concert with The Sullivan Sisters and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny spells with a shower, temps: high: 69, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Driver charged after hit-and-run crash seriously injures pedestrian in Evanston (chicagotribune.com) — Morton Grove police helped track down and detain a 71-year-old Texas driver accused of fleeing after a serious pedestrian crash in nearby Evanston. The victim, struck in a marked crosswalk, is now in stable condition. Multiple departments, including Skokie and Evanston, coordinated to identify the vehicle, secure evidence, and bring felony hit-and-run charges.
   

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  • Free Mental Health Walk At Gallery Park Aims To Raise $50K (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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