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Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• EOC meeting teases new facility and flood warning systems progress (uvaldeleadernews.com) — Uvalde and Uvalde County officials are moving ahead with a new 7,000‑square‑foot emergency operations center and upgraded warning systems after this summer's damaging floods. Local residents can expect a new mass alert system, 18 modern flood siren sites including four inside city limits, and repairs to rain gauges that failed during July's storms, all backed by state and federal support.
• City of Uvalde takes step toward memorial at former Robb Elementary campus (star-telegram.com) — Uvalde leaders are taking a key step toward turning the former Robb Elementary campus into a memorial and community park, with the school district planning to sell the property to the city. Backed by $10 million in state funding, the project will be shaped by victims' families and residents, though details on price, timing, and any changes before an upcoming trial remain unsettled.
• U.S. Border Patrol agents rescue four from locked train car (border-security-report.com) — Border Patrol agents from the Uvalde station recently rescued four migrants locked inside a freight train car near Knippa, the latest in a string of dangerous smuggling incidents tied to the area. Officials say smugglers repeatedly seal people into autorack cars without food or water, and they're warning migrants that these crossings are life-threatening and driven purely by profit.
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