🌱 How Robinson’s fire crews are gearing up for more emergency calls

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• How Robinson’s fire crews are gearing up for more emergency calls

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid with times of rain, with a high of 79 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: Humid with a passing shower, temps: high: 78, low: 67.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Robinson Fire Department adds new vehicles, equipment to combat rising call volume (dailydispatch.com) — Robinson residents should know their fire department has expanded its fleet with a new ladder truck, brush truck, UTV, and updated protective gear to handle a 38% jump in emergency calls this year. Funded through state grants and local tax dollars, the upgrades aim to improve response to house fires, commercial sites, and hard-to-reach areas around town.
   

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📸 Around Robinson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Robinson

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Monday October 5

• LMS Volleyball 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B vs West
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  5:30 pm
• Volleyball 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B vs West
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  5:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• LHS Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity at Round Rock Stony Point
  Stony Point High School, 1801 Tiger Trail, Round Rock
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity at Round Rock Stony Point
  Stony Point High School, 1801 Tiger Trail, Round Rock
  5:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• LHS Golf VB at Bobby Peschel Memorial
  Mill Creek Golf Club, 1610 Club Cir, Salado

Thursday October 8

• LMS Football at Franklin
  Franklin High School, 1252 FM1644, Franklin
  5:00 pm
• Football at Franklin
  Franklin High School, 1252 FM1644, Franklin
  5:00 pm
• Football JV vs. Franklin
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  6:00 pm
• LHS Football JV vs. Franklin
  Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Ln, Lorena
  6:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Special Olympics Bocce at Midway
  Midway High School, 8200 Mars Dr, Waco
• Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity at Clifton
  Clifton High School Baseball Field, Hwy 6, Clifton
  4:30 pm
• LHS Volleyball JV2/JV1/Varsity at Clifton
  Clifton High School Baseball Field, Hwy 6, Clifton
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Hewitt

• Flock Safety to rollout mandatory audits and lockout system, ALPR cameras spark debate across Central Texas (kwtx.com)
• Red, White & Brew coffee shop at Midway High helps Panther Enterprise students build real-world job skills (kxxv.com)

Lorena

• Emory, Texas Announced as Location for MLF's Starlink Team Series B&W Trailer Hitches Challenge Cup Presented by MillerTech (anglerschannel.com)

Waco

• Changes could be coming to Waco Solid Waste services (fox44news.com)
• Structure fire displaces one, two pets on Johnson Street in Waco (kwtx.com)
• Waco tool shop burglarized; co-owner says thieves stole $2,000 in tools (kxxv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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