🌱 Covington restaurant investigation leads to felony charge for local resident

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In today's newsletter:

• Covington restaurant investigation leads to felony charge for local resident
• Can Covington volleyball keep its home streak alive Thursday night?

Also on today's calendar: Festival of Quilts 2026 and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 90 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Not as warm with some sun, temps: high: 81, low: 67.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Covington Man Held on Felony Assisting a Criminal Charge Linked to Restaurant Investigation (wlfi.com) — A Covington man has been arrested on felony assisting a criminal and related charges following an investigation into alleged misconduct at the Agave Azul restaurants in Covington and Attica. State police say he's accused of giving false information and not reporting serious allegations involving employees, and he's currently being held in the Fountain County Jail.
   

• Volleyball Preview: Covington Looks to Keep Home Streak Alive Against Fountain Central (maxpreps.com) — Covington volleyball fans can watch the Trojans try to extend their eight-game home winning streak when they host Fountain Central at 6 p.m. Thursday. Covington enters the match 15-3 after a hard-fought win over Benton Central, while Fountain Central is coming off a sweep of Attica.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Covington

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Festival of Quilts 2026 →
  St Andrew United Methodist Church, 4703 N 50 W, West Lafayette
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 24
• Crosspointe Christian Academy at Covington →
  Covington High School, 1017 6Th St, Covington
  6:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Monthly Female Entrepreneur Meet Ups - Covington →
  Juli's Java, 322 4th St, Covington
  10:00 am
Friday October 16
• Riverton Parke at Covington →
  Covington Community High School, 1017 6th St, Covington
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• Tennis (Boys V) - Attica
  Fountain Central
  4:30 pm
• Tennis (Boys V) - North Montgomery High School
  Seeger Memorial Jr-Sr High School
  5:00 pm
• Cross Country (Co-ed V) @ Central Catholic Invitational
  Lafayette Central Catholic
  5:30 pm
• Football (Boys JH) - Parke Heritage Middle School
  Fountain Central High School
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball (Girls V/JV) - Benton Central
  Seeger
  6:00 pm
• Football (8/7) - South Vermillion
  Seeger
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball (Girls V) @ Covington
  Covington
  6:00 pm
• Tennis (Boys JH) @ Crawfordsville Middle
  Crawfordsville Middle
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball (Girls 8) - North Putnam Jr-Sr HS
  Fountain Central
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A One-Stop Shop is open today in Henry County to assist storm survivors.
  Representatives from local, state and federal agencies are available to provide in-person support, answer questions and help homeowners and renters… (Nextdoor )

• Premium Retail Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Covington. Apply here.
• CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor Trainee in Covington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Covington here.

🗞 Nearby News

Crawfordsville

• Kiwanis Pancake Day returns (journalreview.com)
• Local Record: Sept. 16, 2026 (journalreview.com)
• Daniel Ray Moore (journalreview.com)

West Lafayette

• Ashley Cooke announces pop-up tour ahead of sophomore album release (newmusicweekly.com)
• Purdue exhibit highlights Idlewild's role in Black history (jconline.com)
• 17-year-old pedestrian seriously injured in West Lafayette accident (bluewaterhealthyliving.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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