🌱 Holly Springs family presses for tougher charges after deadly dog attack

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• Holly Springs family presses for tougher charges after deadly dog attack

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Turning sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunshine and some clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 63.
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Family wants justice as they remember woman mauled by dogs (wreg.com) — Family and friends in Holly Springs are demanding tougher charges after 35-year-old mother of three Lakesha Newsom died from devastating injuries suffered in a dog attack off Highway 178 East. Relatives gathered at the site to place flowers, remember her resilience during weeks in the hospital, and press for more accountability from authorities as the dog owner awaits a June 18 court date.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• ECO Fest 2026
  The Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union , 218 Student Union Dr , University
  10:00 am

Thursday April 23

• Ole Miss Crawfish Boil
  Harrison's , 1210 Harrison Ave , Oxford
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Double Decker Arts Festival 2026
  Oxford Square North , 265 N Lamar Blvd , Oxford
  5:00 pm
• Double Decker Festival 2026
  Oxford Square North , 265 N Lamar Blvd , Oxford
  5:00 pm
• Double Decker Doozy — mTrade Park
  mTrade Park , 4259 Old Sardis Rd , Oxford
  5:30 pm
• 29th Annual Double Decker Arts Festival
  118 Oxford Sq Dr , Oxford
  6:00 pm
• Georgia Bulldogs at Ole Miss Rebels Baseball
  Swayze Field
  6:30 pm
• Georgia Bulldogs at Mississippi Rebels
  Swayze Field (OM Baseball)
  6:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Community Shred & Drug Take Back Day
  Olive Branch, MS Calendar , 10470 MS-178 , Olive Branch
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• Paint, Sip, & Karaoke!
  Costa Mexican Bar & Grill at Oxford, Ms , 10 Thacker Loop , Oxford
  2:00 pm
• NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group – Oxford
  The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library , 401 Bramlett Blvd , Oxford
  3:30 pm

Thursday April 30

• Playing With A Purpose Golf Tournament
  Olive Branch, MS Calendar , 5206 Tournament Dr , Olive Branch
  8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Olive Branch

• Olive Branch police host dual-purpose K-9 graduation (desotocountynews.com)
• Olive Branch Police Demonstrate Traffic Enforcement, DUI Testing to Citizens Police Academy Class (desotocountynews.com)
• DeSoto County Dining Week is back. See the restaurants and their deals (commercialappeal.com)

Oxford

• Woman uses adversity to make dreams come true (oxfordeagle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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