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In today's newsletter:
- How a D'Lo Water Park confrontation escalated into a nighttime shootout
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 88, low: 70.
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Shootout leads to arrest (simpsoncounty.ms) — A recent shootout at D'Lo Water Park led deputies to detain an armed camper and later arrest a Richland man now facing expected aggravated domestic violence and aggravated assault charges. The confrontation reportedly grew from an earlier altercation at a campsite, with both the suspect and a camper allegedly exchanging gunfire before the suspect fled and was later taken into custody.
📸 Around D'Lo
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🗓 Events Nearby
Thursday October 1 - Hartfield Academy at Simpson Academy →
Simpson Academy, 124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm Sunday October 4 - Weird Al Yankovic →
Brandon Amphitheater, 8190 Rock Way (Off, Boyce Thompson Dr, Brandon
7:30 pm Monday October 5 - Pillow Academy at Simpson Academy →
Simpson Academy, 124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:30 pm - Simpson Academy vs Pillow Academy →
124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:30 pm - Pillow Academy Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Simpson Academy →
Simpson County Academy, 124 Academy Circle, Mendenhall
6:30 pm Tuesday October 6 - Simpson Academy at Sylva Bay Academy →
124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm - Sylva Bay Academy at Simpson Academy →
Simpson Academy, 124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm - Simpson Academy vs Sylva Bay Academy →
124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm Thursday October 8 - Lamar at Simpson Academy →
Simpson Academy, 124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm - Simpson Academy vs Lamar →
124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
6:00 pm Friday October 9 - Brookhaven Academy at Simpson Academy →
Simpson Academy, 124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
7:00 pm Tuesday October 13 - Simpson Academy vs Hattiesburg HomeSchool →
124 Academy Cir, Mendenhall
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Roses Discount Stores posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Mendenhall. Apply here.
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College posted a job opening for Workforce Plumbing Instructor (Independent Contract Worker) in Mendenhall. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near D'Lo here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mendenhall
- Sharing God Through Love (mageenews.com)
- Southern football turned a pair of DBs into lanky linebackers. The move is paying off. (nola.com)
- Betty Jean Case (mageenews.com)
Magee
- Peoples Bank promotes Tiffany Mangum to Senior Operations Officer (mageenews.com)
- Locking Up the Bad Boys (blogspot.com)
- Brenda Amason McCall, 54 of Brandon, Mississippi Formerly of Magee (mageenews.com)
Ok D'Lo! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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