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🌱 What’s next in the Blountville Dollar General police shooting lawsuit?

Blountville, Tennessee Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • What’s next in the Blountville Dollar General police shooting lawsuit?

Also on today's calendar: BOOK SIGNING Tin Can Kids Book Club for ages 6-10 at Tri-cities HOMESCHOOL EXPO.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 47.
  • Friday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Attorney explains denial of immunity in SCSO shooting suit (wjhl.com) — A federal wrongful-death lawsuit over a 2023 shooting at a Blountville Dollar General is moving forward after a judge denied qualified immunity to two Sullivan County officers, meaning a jury could eventually weigh the evidence. Appeals and further discovery are underway, and the case could still end in a settlement or proceed to a full trial.
   

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  • Pints for Paws campaign helps local homeless pets (wcyb.com)
  • 3 major truck shows, convoys to be held May 7, 8 & 9 (truckersnews.com)
  • Girl Scouts raising money for trip to Washington, DC (wcyb.com)

Kingsport

  • Beloved Husband and Father Caleb Hodges Remembered After Sudden Passing (theunionstar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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