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Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Missing for nearly a decade: Donna Kay Cloud mysteriously disappeared at age 19 from Spring, Texas (newsbreak.com) — A Spring family is still searching for answers nearly 10 years after 19-year-old Donna Kay Cloud vanished, and local authorities are again asking residents for any information that might help. The article details her last known movements between Splendora, Conroe and Houston, her physical description and tattoos, and how Spring-area readers can share tips with Montgomery County investigators and national missing-children organizations.
2. Four Texans win $5 million in Texas Lottery scratch-ticket prizes (beaumontenterprise.com) — A Spring resident has claimed a $1 million Texas Lottery scratch-ticket prize after buying a Premier Play ticket at Time Saver Food Mart, bringing a big win right into the neighborhood. Three other Texans from Baytown, San Antonio and Arlington also scored major prizes, while officials remind players that help is available for anyone struggling with gambling issues.
3. Leslie's is closing 8 Houston stores. Is yours on the list? (houstonchronicle.com) — A Leslie's pool supply store at Spring Stuebner Road in Spring is among eight Houston-area locations closing as the chain restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company says it will keep operating most stores while cutting debt and expects to emerge from bankruptcy in early 2027, but local customers will need to shift their pool supply shopping elsewhere.
4. Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Find Buyer for $1.2 Million Texas Home-Just 6 Days After It Hit the Market (lmtonline.com) — Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens have quickly found a buyer for their four-bedroom home in Spring, which hit the market at $1.2 million and went pending in just six days. The contemporary Benders Landing property sits on over an acre near Houston and The Woodlands, featuring resort-style amenities, a media room, and a pet-friendly mudroom that may interest Spring-area luxury home watchers.
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