🌱 Why DPS and FBI raided a Converse home before dawn

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In today's newsletter:

• Why DPS and FBI raided a Converse home before dawn
• How a Converse arrest helped avert a Texas Capitol attack

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, heavy t-storms; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 74 degrees.
• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 71.
• Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Converse man arrested for planning violent attack on Texas State Capitol, DPS says (tspantx.com) — A Converse man was arrested at his home after state and federal authorities say he planned a violent attack on the Texas Capitol scheduled for October 1, 2026. He's charged with a third-degree felony and held on bond in Bexar County, while DPS keeps the Capitol open but under watch and urges residents to report suspicious behavior.
   

• Man Arrested Over Alleged Texas Capitol Attack Threat (ijr.com) — Authorities arrested a 40-year-old man at his Converse home after what DPS called a credible threat of a violent attack on the Texas Capitol set for October 1, 2026. He faces a felony terroristic threat charge, was briefly jailed in Bexar County, then released on bond with a GPS monitor as security at the Capitol increases during the ongoing investigation.
   

📸 Around Converse

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Friday October 2
• Volleyball at Clemens HS
  Samuel Clemens High School, 1001 Elbel Rd, Schertz
  5:30 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Volleyball vs. Wagner HS
  Judson High School, 9142 Fm 78, Converse
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 8
• 9th Football vs. Comal Pieper HS
  D. W. Rutledge Stadium, 900 S Seguin Rd, Converse
  5:00 pm
• JISD Dyslexia Night
  Converse El, 8205 Palisades Dr, Live Oak
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Varsity Football vs. Comal Pieper HS
  D. W. Rutledge Stadium, 900 S Seguin Rd, Converse
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• 7th/Nimitz @ Krueger (VB)
  Krueger Middle School, 438 Lanark Dr, San Antonio
  4:30 pm
• 8th/Krueger vs Nimitz (VB)
  Nimitz Middle School, 5426 Blanco Rd, San Antonio
  4:30 pm
• V Football vs Lee (Home, Homecoming)
  Heroes Stadium, 4799 Thousand Oaks Dr, San Antonio
  7:00 pm
Friday October 2
• OES - BLOCK PARTY
  Olympia El Universal City, TX 78148
• Benefit Application Assistance with SA Food Bank
  Thousand Oaks Library
  1:00 pm
• Let's Create!: Arts & Crafts Fridays
  Thousand Oaks Library
  3:15 pm
• Science National Honor Society Family Science Nights
  Molly Pruitt Library, 5110 Walzem Rd, San Antonio
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello!
  Any lawn service people in the area today? I'm looking for possible long-term services for my yard as well. (Nextdoor Horizon Pointe)
• Lost cat in horizon pointe neighborhood.
  please reach me if found . SIMBA he has a very unique pattern in his side (Nextdoor Horizon Pointe)

• SilverCrest posted a job opening for Dining Server in Converse. Apply here.
• Elevate Entertainment Group posted a job opening for Runner in Schertz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Converse here.

🗞 Nearby News

Alamo Heights

• Liberty Hill tennis tops Legacy Ranch in first district rivalry match (kdhnews.com)

San Antonio

• San Antonio pizzeria offers an $8.99 deal with a 9-inch pizza (mysanantonio.com)
• 'American Revival' tour aims to inspire hope in San Antonio (expressnews.com)
• Saten Hovhannisyan: Honored to Attend SIOP 2026 Congress (oncodaily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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