🌱 How Wamego ended up in a global ATM hacking crackdown.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Wamego ended up in a global ATM hacking crackdown.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 74 and low of 51 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 45.
• Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• US sanctions Tren de Aragua gang members in ATM hacks crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com) — Federal authorities have sanctioned members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang after a nationwide ATM hacking spree that included failed jackpotting attempts in Wamego and nearby Manhattan. The group is accused of stealing tens of millions from U.S. ATMs, and nearly 100 suspects have been charged, underscoring why local banks and law enforcement are on high alert in this region.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• V Volleyball @ Silver Lake Invitational
  Silver Lake High School, PO Box 39, 200 E Lake St, Silver Lake
  8:00 am
• HS JV Volleyball Tournament @ Jeff West
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  8:00 am
• HS Varsity and JV Cross Country @ Junction City Milford State Park
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  9:00 am
• HS Varsity Volleyball Tournament @ Ottawa HS
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  9:00 am
• AHA Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED →
  Pottawatomie County EMS, Wamego Station, Wamego
  9:00 am

Monday October 5

• JH Volleyball @ Sabetha
  Sabetha Middle School, 751 Blue Jay Dr, Sabetha
  4:30 pm
• HS JV Volleyball Quad Home vs. Sabetha, Centralia, and Valley Hei
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  5:00 pm
• HS JV Football v. Royal Valley
  Rossville Junior-Senior High School, 800 Main St, Rossville
  5:00 pm
• HS JV Football @ Tonganoxie
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• C/JV/V Volleyball @ St. Marys Triangular
  St Marys High School, 601 E Lasley St, St Marys
  5:00 pm
• HS Volleyball Dual Home vs. Abilene (Senior Night)
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  5:15 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Touch A Truck & Flu Shot Clinic at SGE
  Rock Creek USD 323 Westmoreland, KS 66549
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Solar Turbines Incorporated posted a job opening for Machinist in Wamego. Apply here.
• FAR Inspections posted a job opening for Occupancy Check Specialist in Wamego. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wamego here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Manhattan

• The man behind the golden dumbbells (kstatecollegian.com)
• Budgets for city, county, USD 383 mean average property tax hike of 5.5% (themercury.com)
• Why are the roads so bad? (themercury.com)

Junction City

• St. Louis cartel distributor gets 20 years for cocaine operations (kttn.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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