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🌱 Why a 1973 Asheville campus murder still matters to Lexington today

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  • Why a 1973 Asheville campus murder still matters to Lexington today

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 52 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Thursday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 53, low: 47.
  • Friday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 53 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 1973 murder, rape of woman on UNC Asheville campus still under investigation: What to know (wbtv.com) — Lexington readers may feel a special connection to this case, since the murdered UNC Asheville student’s family later moved to Lexington. The story revisits the 1973 killing of 19-year-old Virginia “Ginger” Olson, outlines new DNA testing and investigative leads, and explains how Asheville police and true-crime authors are still working to identify a suspect more than five decades later.
   

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