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🌱 How a deadly Conover crash shut down a key local roadway

Hickory, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a deadly Conover crash shut down a key local roadway

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 80 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 85, low: 58.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 88 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Conover husband, wife killed in car crash after hitting telephone pole, overpass (hickoryrecord.com) — A Conover couple died Monday in a single-vehicle crash on Conover Boulevard after their car struck a telephone pole and an overpass, shutting down the road. The tragedy comes amid other local developments, including leadership changes at Hickory High School, a new 7 Brew coffee shop opening in Hickory, and increased June traffic enforcement by Hickory police.
   

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  • 🐾After years of dedicated service, K9 Loki is officially retiring from the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.
    Loki joined our office on July 1, 2019, thanks to the generous support and donations from GKN, Poppleman Plastics, and the Maiden Sportsman Club… (Nextdoor )
  • Where's the best place to meet other single older folks !
    Not talking about a rest home or anything like that but a place older single folks might be able to talk meet see if there is common interest maybe… (Nextdoor Hickory Springs / Woods)
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