🌱 Where the Sparta-White County Help Center just reopened with more space
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In today's newsletter:
- Where the Sparta-White County Help Center just reopened with more space
- How did a Sparta student get left behind on a school bus?
Also on today's calendar: It's A KILLER BEAZ New Year's Eve.
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 38 degrees.
- Thursday: Rain and a t-storm; breezy, temps: high: 60, low: 29.
- Friday: Much colder, with a high of 39 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Help Center has moved to old middle school property (spartalive.com) — Sparta-White County Help Center has moved into the old middle school band building by the soccer fields at High School Street and East Bronson, with a larger space and better parking. The center is now open Monday–Friday from 1–4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.–noon, and residents are encouraged to donate food and clothing or stop by to see the new facility. 
• Nonverbal child with autism left alone on TN school bus, parent says (wsmv.com) — A Sparta parent is calling for stricter White County school bus policies after her nonverbal son with autism was mistakenly left on a bus and then driven to school in the driver’s personal car. She says she was never notified and wants new end-of-route checks, while school board members apologized and promised to review procedures.
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★ Featured events ★
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It's A KILLER BEAZ New Year's Eve
2121 Event Ctr Dr, Cookeville
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
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Other local events
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Killer Beaz New Year's Eve!
Putnam County Convention Center | Jessica Rector Clark Welcome Center & Fairgrounds (new Expo Center under construction) , 2121 Event Ctr Dr , Cookeville
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Southside Lions Club
BB's Bistro , 4 E Main St , Gordonsville
6:30 pm -
Auditorium - Band Christmas Concert
Cookeville High School Cookeville, TN 38506
7:30 pm -
2nd Annual Snowball Classic
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Cookeville
10:00 am -
Sugar Lime Blue @ BB's Bistro
BB's Bistro , 4 E Main St , Gordonsville
7:00 pm -
The upper Cumberland Christmas Light show
155 Fairground St , Cookeville
11:00 pm -
Christmas Eve Pajama Party
Bowling World , 545 Neal St , Cookeville
9:00 am -
FACS' DOWNTOWN CRAFT FAIR
FACS: For Art, Crafts & Sports , 65 W 5th St , Crossville
10:00 am -
Riverdale Women’s Retreat — LifePoint Church
The Retreat At Center Hill Lake , 358 Relax Dr , Smithville
3:30 pm
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
Wednesday December 24
Saturday December 27
Friday March 20
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Scam leaves Tennessee couple without retirement savings (newsnationnow.com)
McMinnville
- ICE Arrests Worst of Worst Murderers, Pedophiles, and Drug Traffickers Over the Weekend (einpresswire.com)
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