🌱 Is this new invasive pest already damaging Brazoria County pastures?

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In today's newsletter:

• Is this new invasive pest already damaging Brazoria County pastures?
• Why this Brazoria County child shooting case is drawing national attention

Also on today's calendar: West Columbia - All Ages: Build-a-Bolt Snowman Ornament.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Friday: Areas of morning fog, temps: high: 78, low: 60.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, a shower or two, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Commissioner Sid Miller Issues Alert to Producers on Pasture Mealybug (ksstradio.com) — Brazoria County pastures are now in the estimated impact zone for a newly detected invasive pasture mealybug that’s damaging forage grasses across Texas. State agriculture officials urge local producers to scout fields for yellowing, dying patches and fuzzy white insects, and to report any suspicious findings immediately so the pest can be contained before it severely affects livestock operations.
   

• Mother accused of shooting her 4 kids breaks silence in exclusive interview from jail (khou.com) — Brazoria County residents are watching closely as a mother jailed there on $14 million bond, accused of killing two of her four children, insists she is innocent in a televised interview. Authorities say evidence shows she was the shooter at a Highway 288 gas station near Angleton, while she offers a conflicting account and denies making the disturbing statements quoted in court records.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brazoria

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Kansas VIP Photo Op Package Upgrade: The Clarion at Brazosport College
  The Clarion at Brazosport College, Lake Jackson
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 13

• West Columbia - All Ages: Build-a-Bolt Snowman Ornament
  518 E Brazos Ave , West Columbia
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Eighty Plus - Cooter Browns
  Cooter Brown's Country Club , 128 S Brooks St , Brazoria
  9:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Polk 4th Grade Music Program
  Gladys Polk El Freeport, TX 77541
  1:45 pm
• AJH 8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Clute
  Clute Intermediate School , 421 E Main St , Clute
  5:00 pm
• HJH 8th Grade Boys Basketball vs Freeport
  Heritage Junior High , 25455 FM 521 Rd , Angleton
  5:00 pm
• Lake Jackson Intermediate vs Santa Fe Junior High School
  Lake Jackson Intermediate School , 100 Oyster Creek Dr , Lake Jackson
  5:00 pm
• AJH 8th Grade Girls Basketball vs Clute
  Angleton Junior High , 1201 E Henderson Rd , Angleton
  5:00 pm
• HJH 8th Grade Girls Basketball @ Freeport
  Freeport Intermediate School , 1815 W 4th St , Freeport
  5:00 pm
• Winter Concert (3-5) & Minute to Win it
  S F Austin STEM Academy Freeport, TX 77541
  5:30 pm
• 4th Grade Musical
  T.W. Ogg Elementary School , 200 N Lazy Ln , Clute
  5:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Angleton Wildcats vs Fulshear Chargers
  Angleton High School , 1 Campus Dr , Angleton
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Lake Jackson

• Texas set to open two new Buc-ee's in 2026 and 2027. Here's where (elpasotimes.com)

Angleton

• Angleton ISD employee flown to hospital after being hit by school bus while walking to work (click2houston.com)
• Basketball Transition in Full Bloom (thepostnewspaper.net)
• December birthday sufferers, I may have found a solution (brazoriacountybulletin.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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