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🌱 Why an Okmulgee man’s unsolved case now carries a $25K reward.

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why an Okmulgee man's unsolved case now carries a $25K reward.

Also on today's calendar: Just Keep Swimming: A Suicide Prevention & Resource Event and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 92 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Breezy with heavy t-storms, temps: high: 87, low: 68.
  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 75 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• FBI increases minimum reward to $25K for cases in Indian Country (mvskokemedia.com) — A Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen who went missing from his Okmulgee home in 2021 is now part of an FBI initiative that raises minimum rewards to $25,000 for certain unsolved cases in Indian Country. The program also covers another Oklahoma case in Tulsa and follows recent federal shifts in how Missing and Murdered Indigenous People investigations are funded and managed.
   

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    Tuesday September 29
  • FFA Kellyville Leadership Contest
    Morris Public Schools Morris, OK 74445
    4:00 pm
  • 4/5/6 Basketball @ Midway
    Morris Public Schools Morris, OK 74445
    5:00 pm
  • HS Softball vs Cleveland
    Morris Public Schools Morris, OK 74445
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    • Thursday October 1
  • 4-H Tulsa State Fair Cattle Grading
    Dewar Public School District Dewar, OK 74431
    6:00 am

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  • Muscogee (Creek) Nation Department of Health posted a job opening for Epic Billing Analyst - I.T. - Tulsa/Okmulgee in Okmulgee. Apply here.
  • Bios Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Direct Support Professional in Okmulgee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Okmulgee here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Best corn mazes in northeast Oklahoma to explore this fall (newson6.com)
  • Local author receives accolades for first novel (claremoreprogress.com)
  • mods, can you please move this to the for sale forum. Mistakenly posted here (golfwrx.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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