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🌱 Planning a weekday outing? Consider Meridian’s trackside railroad museum
Coming up: Comic Commons at The MAX on the Lauderdale Patch calendar
Cheers Lauderdale! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Planning a weekday outing? Consider Meridian's trackside railroad museum
- How a forgotten opera house helped revive downtown Meridian
- How Lauderdale County deputies helped crack a months-long international manhunt
Also on today's calendar: 32nd Annual Coors Light Fall Classic Night One.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 91 and low of 68 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 86 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• This Little Railroad Museum In Meridian, Mississippi Gets Grandparents And Grandkids Swapping Stories While Real Trains Roll By (takingthekids.com) — Families in Lauderdale County have a hands-on rail history stop right in downtown Meridian at the Meridian Railroad Museum on Front Street. With weekday hours, real trains rolling by, and volunteers welcoming school groups and small celebrations, it offers grandparents and kids a low-cost way to explore local railroad heritage together just steps from active tracks and the nearby Amtrak depot. 
• Historical Deep Dive: Meridian's Grand Opera House (wtok.com) — Residents of Lauderdale County may be surprised to learn how Meridian's once-forgotten Grand Opera House, now the MSU Riley Center, helped spark downtown's revival. A meticulous restoration 20 years ago preserved its ornate 19th-century design and turned it into a regional cultural hub that still anchors local commerce and celebrates shared history across East Mississippi and West Alabama.
• Alleged suspect taken into custody following extensive investigation by the Kemper Co. Sheriff's Office (wtok.com) — Law enforcement from Lauderdale County helped Kemper County investigators execute key search warrants in a months-long sexual battery investigation that ultimately led to a suspect's arrest in the Philippines. Authorities seized significant digital evidence, turned it over to the state Attorney General's Office, and say the case remains active, with more information to be released as it becomes available.
📸 Around Lauderdale
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lauderdale
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★ Featured events ★
- Comic Commons at The MAX →
Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX), 2155 Front St, Meridian
10:00 am
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- 32nd Annual Coors Light Fall Classic Night One →
Whynot Motorsports Park, 4680 Old Hwy 19 SE, Meridian
7:00 pm
Friday October 23
📣 Lauderdale Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Football vs. Bay Springs @ Home
Clarkdale High School Meridian, MS 39301
7:00 pm - HOME FOOTBALL GAME: Bay Springs vs Clarkdale
Clarkdale Elementary School Meridian, MS 39301
7:00 pm - 5PF PRESENTS WHITE BOY WASTED →
Frank building, 2119 MS-19, Meridian
9:00 pm - Homecoming Block Party and Blackout Pep Rally
Clarkdale High School Meridian, MS 39301
5:00 pm - Homecoming Block Party
Clarkdale Campus
5:00 pm - NRCA Chargers Football at Russell →
Meridian MS
7:00 pm - THIRD THURSDAYS – Meridian Council For The Arts →
Dumont Plaza, 400 22nd Ave, Meridian
8:30 pm - Coffee with Christians: Meridian →
Restaurant of the Week, Poplar Springs Drive, Meridian
1:00 pm - Do The Halloween Pub Crawl in Meridian! →
Brickhaus Brewtique, 2206 Front St, Meridian
4:30 pm - When A Woman's Fed Up Stage Play-Meridian, MS →
Temple Theater for the Performing Arts, 2320 8th Street, Meridian
3:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Friday October 9
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
Saturday October 24
Sunday October 25
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Meridian. Apply here.
- Ladgov Corporation posted a job opening for Bulk Storeroom Custodian in Meridian. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lauderdale here.
🗞 Nearby News
Meridian
- Meridian stores begin early prep for spooky season and holidays (twinstates.news)
- Meridian Police Officers Complete Crisis Intervention Team Training (queencitynewsfeed.com)
- Upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Day in Meridian (wtok.com)
Newton
- Highway 15 Yard Sale Marks 10th Year with Four Day Run Oct. 1st through 4th (newtoncountyappeal.com)
- St. Anthony, Teutopolis, Newton, WSS, Cumberland, SEB Win In Volleyball, EHS Falls - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3 (thexradio.com)
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-- 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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