🌱 Patch AM: How a wrong-way driver turned SH 114 deadly overnight in Irving

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In today's newsletter:

• How a wrong-way driver turned SH 114 deadly overnight in Irving
• What investigators are now examining after a woman was shot in Irving
• How an alleged $11M PPP scheme reached a man tied to Irving

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Gloria R.!

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Record-breaking heat, with a high of 108 and low of 85 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Record-tying heat, temps: high: 107, low: 83.
• Tuesday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 108 and low of 84 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wrong-Way Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Motorcyclist Killed on SH 114 in Irving (irvingweekly.com) — A wrong-way crash on SH 114 in Irving's Las Colinas area early Saturday left a motorcyclist dead and a 30-year-old driver facing an intoxication manslaughter charge, police say. The wreck shut down part of the highway for hours as investigators worked the scene, and a passenger was also arrested for public intoxication.
   

• Irving Police Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Woman During Domestic Disturbance in South Irving (irvingweekly.com) — An Irving police officer shot and wounded a knife-armed woman during a domestic disturbance on Rolston Road in South Irving Saturday evening, after a less-lethal weapon failed to stop her advance, according to police. Officers and Irving Fire Department medics provided aid before she was taken to a hospital, and three separate investigations, including one by Dallas County's Public Integrity Unit, are now underway.
   

• Dallas Man Accused In 561-Loan, $11M PPP Kickback Machine (dallasexpress.com) — Federal prosecutors say a man who has lived in both Dallas and Irving is accused of helping generate more than $11 million in fraudulent pandemic PPP loans, alongside a Chicago co-defendant. A grand jury indicted both on conspiracy and wire fraud counts, with authorities alleging hundreds of bogus applications and kickbacks but stressing they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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