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In today's newsletter:

  • How a stolen 18-wheeler chase ended in a 30-year sentence
  • How high can Trinity Valley climb after cracking the national top 15?

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

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  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and very warm, with a high of 95 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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  • Thursday: Humid with a t-storm or two, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Semi-truck theft, 20-mile police chase lands Kaufman County man a 30-year prison sentence (kltv.com) — A Kaufman County man has been sentenced in Athens to 30 years in state prison after stealing an 18-wheeler and leading police on a 20-mile chase across multiple counties. Henderson County prosecutors say the April incident began in Gun Barrel City and ended in Van Zandt County, and note the defendant's long history of vehicle theft and evading arrest convictions.
   

• Hutch cements position at the top (on3.com) — Trinity Valley Community College in Athens is now ranked No. 13 nationally in the JCGridiron Dirty 30, making it the top team in the ultra-competitive Southwest Junior College Football Conference. The Cardinals, sitting at 4-1, host New Mexico Military this week as part of a brutal stretch that also features ranked Tyler, Navarro, Kilgore, Blinn, and Cisco programs from around Texas.
   

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    Tuesday September 29
  • JV2,JV1, V Volleyball @ Mineola
    Eustace ISD Eustace, TX 75124
    4:30 pm
  • MHS Volleyball
    Malakoff ISD Malakoff, TX 75148
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🗞 Nearby News

Tyler

  • Dee Brock, Cowboys cheerleading pioneer and Tyler community advocate, dies at 96 (kltv.com)
  • Tyler woman accused of trying to hit construction worker released from jail (kltv.com)
  • 4 dead after Tyler shooting turns into police chase that resulted in crash on Highway 31 in Smith County (tylerpaper.com)

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