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🌱 How new neighborhood watch groups could help curb Yazoo City gun violence

Yazoo City, Mississippi Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How new neighborhood watch groups could help curb Yazoo City gun violence

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• String of shootings in Yazoo City prompts new neighborhood watch push (wlbt.com) — A recent string of shootings in Yazoo City, including a bullet striking near a sleeping child’s bed, has pushed local leaders and residents to organize new neighborhood watch groups. Police, the sheriff and the mayor are urging neighbors, churches and community groups to share tips, use home cameras and report suspicious activity so they can better prevent and solve violent crime.
   

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