🌱 How a Hillsville fire crew handled a dangerous I-77 truck rollover

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• How a Hillsville fire crew handled a dangerous I-77 truck rollover

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 46 and low of 33 degrees.
• Wednesday: Becoming cloudy, temps: high: 49, low: 36.
• Thursday: A shower in the p.m.; breezy, with a high of 49 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Injuries reported after overturned tractor-trailer incident: Officials (wset.com) — Hillsville Fire Department crews responded Saturday to an overturned tractor-trailer on I-77 North near the 23-mile marker, where the driver had already gotten out of the cab. The driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and firefighters contained a large diesel fuel leak before turning the scene over to a tow company and state police investigators.
   

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Wednesday December 17

• [CCPL] Youth Book Club
  Carroll County Public Library, 101 Beaver Dam Rd, Hillsville
  4:00 pm

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Thursday December 18

• [CCPL] Santa Storytime
  Carroll County Public Library , 101 Beaver Dam Rd , Hillsville
  10:30 am

Monday December 29

• [CCPL] Adult Book Club
  Carroll County Public Library , 101 Beaver Dam Rd , Hillsville
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• [GPL] Writer’s Group
  Galax Public Library , 610 W Stuart Dr , Galax
  2:00 pm
• MS Basketball vs Scott
  Galax High Galax, VA 24333
  4:00 pm
• High Country Lights
  Felts Park , 601 S Main St , Galax
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Pulaski InSpire hybrid gathering
  InStill Mindfulness , 246 N Washington Ave Suite E , Pulaski
  2:30 pm
• MS Basketball vs Bland
  Galax Middle Galax, VA 24333
  5:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• [GPL] In the Loop (Fiber Friends Meeting)
  Galax Public Library , 610 W Stuart Dr , Galax
  5:00 pm
• Auditorium/Cafeteria - NEHS-NJHS
  Galax High Galax, VA 24333
  5:00 pm
• VG BKB vs Floyd
  Galax High Galax, VA 24333
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• B BKB vs CCHS
  Galax High Galax, VA 24333
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Hillsville. Apply here.
• Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Center Store Associate in Hillsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hillsville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pulaski

• Cougars compete in Liberty Christmas Track & Field Invitational (pcpatriot.com)
• Bane, Jr., Ned Barbee (nrvnews.com)
• APCo warns about rising water levels (nrvnews.com)

Wytheville

• Deputies seize more than 100 grams of meth and 20 grams of fentanyl in Wytheville operation (wvva.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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