🌱 Can Brazoria County really read 10 million minutes together?
Brazoria, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Brazoria! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Can Brazoria County really read 10 million minutes together?
- What we know so far about the fatal Brazoria County deputy shooting
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 72 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 73.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Can Brazoria County read 10 million minutes this summer? (thefacts.com) — Brazoria County families are being challenged to log a combined 10 million minutes of reading through the Brazoria County Library System’s annual Summer Reading Challenge, open to kids, teens, and adults. Participants track their reading over summer vacation and can earn a small prize at the finish, all to keep the community turning pages together. 
• Brazoria County deputy shoots, kills Texas State University student after car chase, report says (tspantx.com) — A Brazoria County sheriff’s deputy shot an 18-year-old Texas State University student after a brief car chase that ended in a Lake Jackson neighborhood, and the student later died at the hospital. The deputy is on administrative leave while Texas Rangers investigate, and both Brazoria County authorities and Lake Jackson police have not yet released further details.
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🗞 Nearby News
Lake Jackson
- Family identifies 18-year-old man shot by deputy in Lake Jackson (ktsm.com)
- Brazoria County deputy shoots, kills driver after Lake Jackson chase, authorities say (houstonchronicle.com)
Angleton
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- Marshall welcomes new City Manager Greg Smith following Vossmer retirement (ktalnews.com)
- Vickie Arendell Ennis House fulfilling decades-long vision for survivors (thefacts.com)
Freeport
- Hurricane Season's Start: Where Atlantic Storms Form In June (weather.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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