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🌱 Who’s behind the high-end thefts at Teays Valley Kroger?
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- Who’s behind the high-end thefts at Teays Valley Kroger?
Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Cloudy; p.m. rain, breezy, with a high of 62 and low of 38 degrees.
- Friday: Sunshine, windy and cooler, temps: high: 41, low: 24.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Search underway for Kroger thieves (wchsnetwork.com) — Deputies are asking Teays Valley residents to help identify four men who twice stole high-end wine, steaks, and crab legs from the local Kroger, slipping the goods out a back door to a waiting car. Sheriff Bobby Eggleton says the thieves have made off with thousands of dollars in merchandise and hopes new tips will lead to arrests soon.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Santa's Candy Gift Drop
South Charleston Farmers Market , 4006 Maccorkle Avenue S.W. , South Charleston
11:00 am - Lil' Tinkers Playgroup
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library , 301 12th St , Dunbar
11:00 am - Holiday Movie Night
Community Center , 601 Jefferson Rd , South Charleston
2:00 pm - MMNA Monthly Meeting
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library , 301 12th St , Dunbar
5:30 pm - Clay Play Event — MadeBy Pottery
MadeBy Community Pottery Studio , 2805 Main St , Hurricane
6:00 pm - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder!" with Murder and Merriment
The Venetian Estate , 14690 US-60 , Milton
6:30 pm - Reindeer Encounters at The Old School Christmas Farm
148 Northview Ln , Red House
4:00 pm - Roane County Boys JV Basketball @ Poca
Poca High School , 1 Dot Way , Poca
5:30 pm - North Pole On Ice with Santa
Memorial Ice Arena , 20 RHL Boulevard , South Charleston
4:00 am - Freestyle Session
South Charleston Memorial Ice Arena , 20 RHL Blvd , South Charleston
9:00 am - Peaceful Reading Club
Dunbar Branch-Kanawha County Library , 301 12th St , Dunbar
2:00 pm - Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.’s Home for the Holidays
Alban Arts Center , 65 Olde Main Plaza , St Albans
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Monday December 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Hurricane. Apply here.
- Monro, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Automotive Store Manager in Hurricane. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Teays Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hurricane
- Update provided on new Hurricane Middle School (wsaz.com)
- School building authority to fund 12 West Virginia projects, denies 18 (wowktv.com)
- Obituaries for Week of December 18 (hurricanebreezenews.com)
Milton
- DEP tells feds to back off enforcement oversight of troubled Lexington, Justice mines (wvpress.org)
South Charleston
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