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🌱 How a Garysburg drive-by shooting led to a prison sentence

Garysburg, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min read

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

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Garysburg drive-by shooting led to a prison sentence

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 68, low: 43.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 74 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man pleads guilty to shooting at occupied property in Garysburg (wavy.com) — A man has been sentenced to just over two to three and a half years in state prison after pleading guilty to firing into an occupied property during a June 2024 drive-by in a Garysburg neighborhood. Deputies say no one was reported injured, but both real estate and personal belongings were damaged before investigators traced the gunfire to a gold Nissan Maxima and arrested the driver days later.
   

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  • Halifax Community College posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty (Part Time) Career & Technical Education (CTE) in Weldon. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Roanoke Rapids

  • Operation Spring Cleaning nets 158 total charges (rrspin.com)
  • Roanoke Rapids woman arrested in Feb. 23 homicide (rrdailyherald.com)
  • Grenade found during Weldon stop determined not to be live (rrspin.com)

Gaston

  • $5 million grant means more scholarships for STEM at Gaston College (gastongazette.com)
  • EPA approves plan to remove vehicle emissions testing requirement in 19 North Carolina counties (wfmynews2.com)
  • How LV Petroleum Is Building the Workforce Behind Its Record Growth (transittomorrow.com)

Ok Garysburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Garysburg

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