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🌱 Gilbert resident claims $150,000 Powerball prize far from home

Gilbert, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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  • Gilbert resident claims $150,000 Powerball prize far from home

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 74 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Windy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 70, low: 42.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 58 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• South Carolina Lottery Player Hits $150K Powerball Jackpot at Connecticut Gas Station (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A Gilbert resident claimed a $150,000 Powerball prize November 5 after buying a ticket at a West Hartford, Connecticut, gas station. The Connecticut Lottery has not released the winner's name or what brought them north. Another player claimed $50,000 from a ticket sold at the same station two days earlier.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Does anyone know a good spot that serves fresh, simple meals like grilled chicken, green beans, and rice?
    Somewhere the food isn’t overly greasy, just clean, well-prepared meals. (Nextdoor Shull Island)
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🗞 Nearby News

Batesburg-Leesville

  • Update: Missing Lexington County infant found buried alive in dog crate (thestate.com)
  • Baby found buried alive in crate for 24 hours in South Carolina woods, father arrested (king5.com)

Lexington

  • Greenwood County Republican Women to host Michael Burgess (tncontentexchange.com)
  • Baby Found Alive After Being Buried in Dog Crate (thesylvaniatimes.com)
  • Missing 11-month-old found, survived 24 hours after father buried him alive in a dog crate, sheriff says (kold.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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