🌱 Leads Group Meeting - VIP Network and 11 more events

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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 63 and low of 29 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 50, low: 39.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 65 and low of 40 degrees.

📸 Around England

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Leads Group Meeting - VIP Network
  Sherwood Chamber of Commerce , 7510 Hwy 107 , Sherwood
  8:30 am
• Jefferson County Young Professional's Network
  PINE BLUFF REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE , 510 MAIN STREET , PINE BLUFF
  12:00 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Jacksonville, AR Calendar , 1 Municipal Dr , Jacksonville
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Music & Movement
  Nixon Library -- Central Arkansas Library System , 703 W Main St , Jacksonville
  10:30 am
• Bring the Hammer - Boys
  Game Time at the Grounds , 300 Champions Drive , Cabot
  3:00 pm
• Button Trading Post
  Nixon Library -- Central Arkansas Library System , 703 W Main St , Jacksonville
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Girl's Basketball at McGehee High School
  McGehee High School White Hall, AR 71602
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Boy's Basketball at McGehee High School
  McGehee High School White Hall, AR 71602
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Monthly Food Giveaways
  821 Hickory St , North Little Rock
  4:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• The Virgin Islands @ Ark.-Pine Bluff
  H.O. Clemmons Arena , 1542-1598 L A Prexy Davis Dr , Pine Bluff
  12:00 pm
• Virgin Islands Lady Buccaneers vs. Arkansas-pine Bluff Golden Lions
  H.O. Clemmons Arena , 1542-1598 L A Prexy Davis Dr , Pine Bluff
  12:00 pm
• Virgin Islands Lady Buccaneers at Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions Women's Basketball
  H.O. Clemmons Arena , 1542-1598 L A Prexy Davis Dr , Pine Bluff
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• All lanes on State Highway 300 north of State Highway 10 have been cleared after being blocked due to a structure fire.
  1:37PM on Dec 16: A structure fire has been reported on State Highway 300 approximately 0.4 miles north of State Highway 10, with all lanes blocked. (Nextdoor )

• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Crew Member-WORK TODAY, PAID TOMORROW!! in England. Apply here.
• Sonic Corporation posted a job opening for Assistant Manager-WORK TODAY, PAID TOMORROW!! in Lonoke. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near England here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Little Rock

• ENTERTAINMENT: Quartet programs holiday music for Candlelight Concert (arkansasonline.com)
• Shorter College Gardens tenants speak out amid apartment troubles (kark.com)
• ASP investigation results in 120 year sentence for double murder (ktlo.com)

Pine Bluff

• Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Named Arkansas Department of the Year for 2025 (deltaplexnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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