🌱 Judge’s decision keeps Belpre youth soccer coach held on $50,000 bond

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• Judge's decision keeps Belpre youth soccer coach held on $50,000 bond

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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 74, low: 50.
• Saturday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 67 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge keeps $50K bond for Belpre soccer coach accused of posting altered sexual image of child (wtap.com) — A Belpre youth soccer coach will remain jailed on a $50,000 bond after a Marietta judge declined to reduce it in a case involving an allegedly fabricated sexual image of a 12-year-old player. The judge also barred him from any contact with minors and warned that additional charges could follow after a grand jury review.
   

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• Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Belpre. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Marietta

• Elderly woman sues hospital after surgeons amputate the wrong leg (justthenews.com)
• Ohio Woman Sues Hospital Over Wrong Leg Amputation (iheart.com)

Waterford

• COLUMN: Tip of the cap to area golfers (mariettatimes.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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