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🌱 GCHS teammates land among Mountain Empire’s top returners

Independence, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • GCHS teammates land among Mountain Empire’s top returners

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 65 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers, temps: high: 52, low: 36.
  • Friday: Colder with showers around, with a high of 40 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mountain Empire Football 2026 Varsity Total Return Yards Stat Leaders (maxpreps.com) — GCHS players Parker Dowell and Mason Carico rank third and fourth in the Mountain Empire varsity football total return-yard standings. Dowell has 169 yards across kickoff and punt returns, while Carico has 139, putting the Independence teammates behind two Auburn players from Riner.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Galax

  • Melted wire sparks brush fire in Galax Solar Farm (wfxrtv.com)
  • Tri-Area Community Health receives rural health award (swvatoday.com)
  • Gala brings beach to the mountains (pmg-va.com)

Wytheville

  • Gift of a Guitar: FG4K provides free guitars to Wytheville Minnick School (swvatoday.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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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Independence

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