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🌱 Patch AM: How a Eureka camera helped track a suspect in school threat.

And on the Eureka Patch calendar - Harvest Moon 5K Run

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  • How a Eureka camera helped track a suspect in school threat.

Also on today's calendar: Harvest Moon 5K Run and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 54. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 82 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Franklin County schools put in 'secure mode' due to terrorist threat, sheriff's office says (firstalert4.com) — Schools across Franklin County, including those near Eureka, spent much of Wednesday in secure mode after a Facebook post threatened a school shooting. Investigators traced a person of interest whose vehicle was captured on a Flock camera in Eureka, and the suspect was later stopped in Sullivan and taken into custody. Authorities say there is no ongoing threat following the arrest.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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