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🌱 Patch AM: How new sonar at Bonita Lakes could speed Meridian water rescues
Also, don't miss MAC Presents: A Day for Artists 2026 on the Meridian Patch calendar
Greetings Meridian! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How new sonar at Bonita Lakes could speed Meridian water rescues
- Former Meridian Community College ace returns to the mound for Mud Monsters
Also on today's calendar: ABC Come Play with Me.
Today's riddle: What do you call a snowman that is having a temper tantrum? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 101 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: An afternoon t-storm; hot, temps: high: 99, low: 74.
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 99 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• LEMA Public Safety Divers cut search times with new sonar (meridianstar.com) — Public safety divers from Lauderdale County and the Meridian Fire Department are training at Bonita Lakes with new sonar gear that sharply cuts search times in local waters. Using Garmin live scopes, new trolling motors, and Humminbird sonar, the team can now guide divers within feet of a drowning victim or object, improving response for rare but critical emergencies around Meridian. 
• Braden Forsyth Activated off Injured List (oursportscentral.com) — Mississippi Mud Monsters pitcher Braden Forsyth is back from the injured list, giving the bullpen a boost as the team wraps its Washington series and heads to Canada. The Coldwater native's path ran through Meridian Community College in Meridian, where he piled up strikeouts before moving on to Ole Miss and other NCAA programs.
📸 Around Meridian
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Meridian
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★ Featured events ★
- MAC Presents: A Day for Artists 2026 →
Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX), 2155 Front St, Meridian
9:00 am
Friday August 21
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Other local events
- ABC Come Play with Me →
Mississippi Children's Museum - Meridian, 403 22nd Ave, Meridian
10:00 am
Tuesday August 25
📣 Meridian Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tadlock Stockyard →
Tadlock Stockyard, 1100 MS-35, Forest
11:00 am - Meet the Bobcats
Sebastopol Attendance Center Bobcat Football Field
7:00 pm - Storytime at the Library: 10 AM -11 AM
Jones County Chamber of Commerce 153 Base Dr, Laurel, MS 39440
10:00 am - ToolBox Tuesday
Forest-Scott County Career & Technology Center Forest, MS 39074
2:00 pm - TAG Parent Night
Newton County School District Decatur, MS 39327
6:00 pm - NCES School Pictures
Newton County School District Decatur, MS 39327
8:00 am - Board of Supervisors Meeting →
Pearl River County, MS Calendar
9:00 am - LOTTIE the Trolley @Calhoun
Laurel-Jones County Library Calhoun Community Center, 5204 US-84 W, Laurel, MS, 39443, United States
3:00 pm - Fine Free Thursday
Laurel-Jones County Library MS - Baby + Me @ELL
Laurel-Jones County Library Ellisville Public Library, 201 Poplar St, Ellisville, MS, 39437, United States
9:00 am
Monday August 17
Tuesday August 18
Wednesday August 19
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Meridian. Apply here.
- Hardee's Restaurants, LLC posted a job opening for Shift Leader Trainee - Meridian 2 - 2021 in Meridian. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Meridian here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lauderdale
- Sheriff's rodeo to return to Lauderdale County in November (meridianstar.com)
- Supervisors to consider approval of insurance for volunteer firefighters (meridianstar.com)
- Extreme Heat Warning Issued for Lauderdale County, Heat Index Could Reach 111 (queencitynewsfeed.com)
Newton
- Pedestrian Bridge Replacement Project At Newton's Westwood Golf Course Officially Completed (kniakrls.com)
- Burglary, DUIs, and Disorderlies in Philadelphia and Neshoba County Arrests - BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7 (breezynews.com)
Philadelphia
- Record Temperatures Possible As Worst Heat Wave of the Season Sets In (kicks96news.com)
Ok Meridian! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A meltdown ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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