🌱 Cotton Carnival Parade and 11 more events

What's up Oran! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 53.
• Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.

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📸 Around Oran

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Cotton Carnival Parade
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  8:30 am
• The Heart of Worship Explosion →
  330 Petty Street, Sikeston
  4:30 pm

Monday October 5

• Volleyball vs Richland A
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  5:00 pm
• JH Basketball vs Zalma H
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  6:00 pm
• Farmington JV Football @ Sikeston →
  Sikeston High School, 200 Pine St, Sikeston
  6:00 pm
• Scott City vs Oak Ridge →
  Scott City MO
  7:00 pm
• Oak Ridge at Scott City →
  Scott City High School, 3000 Main St, Scott City
  7:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball vs Oran H - SR Night
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  6:00 pm
• Clearwater at Scott City →
  Scott City High School, 3000 Main St, Scott City
  6:30 pm
• Scott City vs Clearwater →
  Scott City MO
  6:30 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Workforce Wednesday
  Career & Technology Center, 1080 S Silver Springs Rd, Cape Girardeau
  9:00 am

Thursday October 8

• JH Basketball vs Scott Central H
  Bell City R-iI Bell City, MO 63735
  6:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Premium Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Reset Merchandiser - Houchens in Chaffee. Apply here.
• Quikrete Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Scott City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oran here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Sikeston

• 82nd annual American Legion Cotton Carnival runs through Oct. 3 (kfvs12.com)
• Remembering Dr. David Pfefferkorn's decades of care and service in southeast Missouri - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com)

Cape Girardeau

• Zero citations issued under Cape Girardeau's aggressive panhandling ordinance, nonprofit credits outreach (kfvs12.com)
• Guns, cash, various drugs seized in Cape Girardeau raid; suspect held on $75K bond (kfvs12.com)
• Cape Girardeau man charged with animal sex offense, promoting obscenity - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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