🌱 How a roadside refrigerator led to a Life Flight from Highlands
Highlands, Texas Patch AM: a 2 min readHello Highlands! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a roadside refrigerator led to a Life Flight from Highlands
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 73 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 82, low: 73.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Motorcyclist Airlifted in Harris County After Nighttime Crash Involving an Overturned Stainless-Steel Refrigerator (motorbiscuit.com) — Emergency crews from the Highlands Fire Department helped airlift a critically injured motorcyclist after a nighttime crash in Harris County that also involved an overturned commercial refrigerator near a roadside business. Deputies shut down the multi-lane road for 3D accident reconstruction, and while the rider reportedly broke a leg and is expected to survive, investigators are still sorting out how the refrigerator figured into the wreck. 
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Solar Turbines, Inc. posted a job opening for Project Air Tester B-2 in Channelview. Apply here.
- Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Baytown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highlands here.
🗞 Nearby News
Baytown
- J-Star Holding Completes Site Assessments and Engineering Designs for Baytown Battery Facility (geneonline.com)
- 305 W 22nd St, Houston, TX 77008 (zillow.com)
- North Texas growth surge continues as 7 DFW-area cities land on America's top boomtowns list (wfaa.com)
Crosby
- 831 White Pine Haven Ln, Crosby, TX 77532 (zillow.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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