🌱 Why Hewitt pulled the plug on its Flock camera system

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• Why Hewitt pulled the plug on its Flock camera system

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 81 and low of 71 degrees.
• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 78, low: 69.
• Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hewitt ends Flock camera contract as state funding pause leaves cities weighing next steps (kcentv.com) — Hewitt officials are ending the city's contract for Flock license plate reader cameras, citing a deficit budget and a state-ordered pause on grant funding that helped pay for the system. City Manager Jim Devlin says the roughly $45,000 contract isn't affordable without reimbursement and stresses the move is a financial choice, not a response to public petitions, while Hewitt waits to see what lawmakers decide about funding and privacy rules.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• LMS Football vs. McGregor
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  5:00 pm
• Football vs. McGregor
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  5:00 pm
• MHS Freshman Football vs Temple @ HOME →
  Panther Stadium
  5:30 pm
• Football JV at McGregor
  McGregor High School, 903 Bluebonnet Pkwy, McGregor
  6:00 pm
• LHS Football JV at McGregor
  McGregor High School, 903 Bluebonnet Pkwy, McGregor
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• District Wide Homecoming Pep Rally
  Leopard Field , Lorena, TX 76655, USA
  9:00 am
• LHS Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity vs. West
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity vs. West
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  4:30 pm
• MHS Volleyball vs. Temple @ HOME
  MHS Arena
  5:00 pm
• MHS Varsity Football vs Temple @ HOME →
  Panther Stadium
  7:00 pm
• LHS Football Varsity vs. McGregor (Homecoming)
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  7:30 pm
• Football Varsity vs. McGregor (Homecoming)
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Waco, TX, has been safely reunited with their family after 46 minutes. More details here https://www.pawboost.com/nd… (Nextdoor Industrial - Spring Valley)
• Looking for some tires for an electric scooter.
  If anyone has this size hmu. If not I will order some more. BTW don't waste your money on the "Run Flat" tires on Amazon. What a joke!!! (Nextdoor Devonshire)

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Hewitt. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in Hewitt. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hewitt here.

🗞 Nearby News

Robinson

• Best Pumpkin Patches & Fall Things to Do in Waco, TX (2026) (thewacobuzz.com)
• Greenwood looks to rebound against Glen Rose after Wall loss (mrt.com)

Lorena

• 11821 Ceres St, Lorena, TX 76655 (zillow.com)
• Exclusive Spotlight Series: Kimberly Kelly (thecountrynote.com)

Waco

• Waco Advocacy Center celebrates 50 years, receives Forever Fund Grant (kcentv.com)
• American Red Cross to 'Sound the Alarm' in Waco on Saturday (fox44news.com)

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