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🌱 How Denton is honoring Police Chief Bacorn after Friday’s fatal crash.

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Good day Denton! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

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  • How Denton is honoring Police Chief Bacorn after Friday's fatal crash.

Also on today's calendar: Seven Secrets of Drawing and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Pleasant with variable clouds, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Increasing clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Humid with partial sunshine, with a high of 82 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police chief killed in head-on collision with delivery driver (cleveland.com) — Denton residents are grieving after Police Chief George William Bacorn Jr. was killed Friday in a head-on collision with a delivery truck in nearby Talbot County. State police are investigating the cause, while town officials, the police department, and the governor have honored his decades of service and asked the community to keep his family and Denton in their prayers.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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