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🌱 How a targeted PGCC shooting led to Largo school lockdowns

And check out Free Chair Yoga Class for Breast Cancer Awareness Month on the Largo Patch calendar

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  • How a targeted PGCC shooting led to Largo school lockdowns

Also on today's calendar: Free Chair Yoga Class for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and 4 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Clouds and breaks of sun, with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 79, low: 61.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teen arrested in Thursday shooting at Prince George's Community College (newsbreak.com) — A teen has been arrested after another teenager was shot and wounded Thursday on the Largo campus of Prince George's Community College, prompting lockdowns at PGCC and nearby Largo High School. Police say the 16-year-old suspect from Upper Marlboro is charged as an adult, while the 15-year-old victim from the Largo campus has been released from the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
   

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    Tuesday September 29
  • Technology Help
    Hillcrest Heights -
    2:00 pm
  • Sew it Seams: Open Sewing Lab
    New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
    3:30 pm
  • Legos: Creative Club
    Fairmount Heights - Large Meeting Room
    4:00 pm
  • Game On: Hispanic Heritage Month Lotería (Bingo)
    Largo-Kettering - LK Program Room
    5:30 pm
  • Pajama Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
    New Carrollton Branch Library New Carrollton -
    7:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 30
  • Get Active: Quick Sweat Zumba
    Spauldings - Large Meeting Room
    12:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • District Heights Man Shot Dead Inside Clinton Home; Charges Now Being Weighed: Police (newsbreak.com)

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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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