🌱 Mendenhall faces high-scoring McComb at home Friday

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In today's newsletter:

• Mendenhall faces high-scoring McComb at home Friday
• Mendenhall-based development foundation seeks its next executive director

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, temps: high: 70, low: 39.
• Friday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 63 and low of 34 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Football Preview: Points Aplenty Lately for Mccomb Ahead of Mendenhall + Official Tickets (maxpreps.com) — Mendenhall hosts McComb at 7 p.m. Friday, bringing together two football teams coming off lopsided wins. Mendenhall shut out Bay 42-0, while McComb beat Choctaw Central 61-14. McComb has scored at least 31 points in six straight games, setting up a test for Mendenhall's defense.
   

• Job Announcement: Simpson County Development Foundation (mageenews.com) — The Simpson County Development Foundation is hiring a full-time executive director based in Mendenhall to lead economic development efforts, including business recruitment and retention. Salary depends on qualifications, and benefits include medical insurance reimbursement and retirement contributions. Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to scdf@bellsouth.net.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Story Time at the library →
  Magee Library, 120 First Street NW, Magee
  11:00 am
• Weekly Live Trivia Nights at Backwater Grill - Brandon →
  Backwater Grill, 2643 Spillway Road, Brandon
  6:30 pm
• Wine Dinner at Cypress Point Resort →
  874 Holly Bush Road, Brandon
  7:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Progress Reports
  Learning Center Brandon, MS 39043
• G. W. Carver Elementary Open House
  Jefferson Davis County School District Prentiss, MS 39474
  4:00 pm
• Live Music - B3 Patio →
  Burgers Blues Barbecue – Brandon, 168 W Government St, Brandon
  5:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Encounter Retreat 2026 →
  Twin Lakes Camp & Conference Center, 155 Milner Road, Florence
• 242 Network: The Gathering →
  Crossgates Church, 8 Crosswoods Road, Brandon
  5:30 pm

Monday November 16

• Business Development Committee Meeting →
  101 Service Drive, Brandon
• City of Brandon Board Meeting →
  Brandon Municipal Complex, 1000 Municipal Drive, Brandon
  6:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Board of Aldermen meeting →
  City Hall, 123 Main Avenue North, Magee
  5:00 pm
• DJ 042 Music Bingo - B3 Patio →
  Burgers Blues Barbecue – Brandon, 168 W Government St, Brandon
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I need true advice I need someone to close my porch in with a few windows I need some to put pre installed cabinet in kitchen please tell me who you know?
  I need someone to who has done this .thank you (Nextdoor Cato Area Community Watch)

• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Mendenhall. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Mendenhall. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mendenhall here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Magee

• US consumer prices expected to have risen at slower pace in October (kentucky.com)
• Football Preview: Magee and Hazlehurst Arrive with the Scoreboard Rolling + Official Tickets (maxpreps.com)
• Robert Cecil Pearce Sr., 77 (mageenews.com)

Brandon

• Mississippi's Senate ballot deadline looms, as Democratic candidate's lead remains steady (adn.com)
• Time running out for state voters who cast affidavit ballot without photo ID (msindy.org)
• Mississippi prep football playoffs Nov. 13 (leader-call.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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