🌱 How a Connelly Springs traffic stop tied into a massive meth bust
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- How a Connelly Springs traffic stop tied into a massive meth bust
Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 95 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: A thunderstorm, temps: high: 97, low: 71.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 27+ pounds of meth seized, 2 arrested in yearlong Burke County drug investigation (wbtv.com) — Law enforcement recently arrested a suspect during a traffic stop in Connelly Springs as part of a yearlong Burke County drug investigation that seized more than 27 pounds of meth. Two people now face serious trafficking and related charges, with high secured bonds set while authorities continue probing the wider operation. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Hickory
- Microsoft to Hold Public Drop-In Session on Catawba County Data Center Project (whky.com)
- Lenoir-Rhyne Bears Club Readies For Annual Social (whky.com)
- ICCV, Morning Star First Baptist Church to host ‘Good Trouble Lives On' event on July 18 (iredellfreenews.com)
Lenoir
- Notice of Intent to Issue an NPDES Wastewater Permit No. NC0041220-Oak Hill Elementary School (nc.gov)
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