🌱 Whitney passenger recounts cruise interrupted by murder investigation

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• Whitney passenger recounts cruise interrupted by murder investigation

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 78 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 77, low: 49.
• Friday: Sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Child found in cruise ship murder room after East Texas man charged in wife's death at sea (click2houston.com) — Whitney resident Lynn Stack was aboard the MSC Seascape when it returned to Galveston for a murder investigation, staying on the same deck where she said the killing occurred. Federal authorities charged Jason Watford with killing his wife, Susan. Investigators said a child found in the cabin is now safe in foster care.
   

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📸 Around Whitney

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Whitney

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 21

• Touch of Grey at JJ's Roadhouse →
  JJ's Roadhouse, 3261 Farm to Market Road 933, Whitney
  9:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Veterans Day Ceremony
  Hillsboro ISD Hillsboro, TX 76645
  9:00 am

Friday November 13

• Double Creek Angus Farms →
  Meridian TX
• Heart of Texas LDE Contest
  Hillsboro ISD Hillsboro, TX 76645
• VG Basketball vs Oglesby
  Meridian High School, 500 Yellow Jacket Dr., Meridian
  5:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Ag Extravaganza
  Hillsboro ISD Hillsboro, TX 76645
• Heroes Among Us 5k Run/Walk →
  Hillsboro TX
• Our Lady of the Lake Anglican Church Reading Club →
  660 FM 56, Clifton
  9:30 am
• Community Health Fair
  Itasca ISD Itasca, TX 76055
  10:00 am
• West Education Foundation - Mother/Son Event
  West ISD West, TX 76691
  10:30 am
• Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Luncheon
  Hillsboro ISD Hillsboro, TX 76645
  11:00 am

Monday November 16

• MES Book Fair
  MERIDIAN ISD Meridian, TX 76665
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The quality of tables Joe makes is absolutely amazing!
  He can make things personalized too!!! I've been watching him work for years it's always blown my mind! (Nextdoor Shore Acres)
• Hey, does anyone know if the track at the high school is accessible by the public in the evenings ?
  With the sun going down so early this time of year I sometimes miss the window of opportunity for my evening walks. Looking for a place to walk where… (Nextdoor Juniper Cove)

• Whitney Nursing and Rehab posted a job opening for Occupational Therapy Asst in Whitney. Apply here.
• Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Shift Leader - Unit 564 in Hillsboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Whitney here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hillsboro

• How a Rare Firefly Species Strengthens Community in a Rural Texas City (simonsfoundation.org)
• You Miserable Offender (blogspot.com)
• P.S. to 'Letters to My Young Adult Children and to a Woke, Deceived, and Unloved Generation: 2 Services in 1: Gospel Light House of Prayer International Communion Service October 2026 / The Lamb Who R (blackchristiannews.com)

Bellmead

• Bellmead police promote Grisham to assistant chief amid search for new chief (kwtx.com)
• La Vega enters playoffs with No. 1 ranking and strong Bellmead community behind them (kxxv.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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