🌱 Why a Fayette County trail ride shooting ended at a Smithville hospital
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In today's newsletter:
- Why a Fayette County trail ride shooting ended at a Smithville hospital
Today's riddle: Where do you learn how to make ice cream ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid with sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 88, low: 73.
- Sunday: Humid with clouds and sun, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Somerville man charged in shooting death of Snook man at trail ride event in Fayette County (kwtx.com) — A Snook man shot at a Fayette County trail ride later died at a hospital in Smithville, and a 19-year-old Somerville resident has now been indicted on murder and aggravated assault mass shooting charges. Authorities say the April incident at the Cozy Corner venue is one of several recent violent episodes tied to large trail ride events in the county, raising safety concerns but leaving officials limited options because the gatherings occur on private property. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Bastrop
- Data center developer plans another massive Bastrop County campus (statesman.com)
- Desalination, aquifer ‘savings account' could bolster Austin's water supply (statesman.com)
- Bastrop joins push for road safety, seeks grants (elgincourier.com)
La Grange
- Property Tax Protest and Appeal Procedures (fayettecountyrecord.com)
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