🌱 Texas Rangers probe inmate’s sudden death after collapse at courthouse work crew
Huntsville, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Huntsville! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Texas Rangers probe inmate’s sudden death after collapse at courthouse work crew
- How a Huntsville prison hospital factors into a rare parole bid
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 92 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 93, low: 77.
- Sunday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Walker Co. inmate dies while on work crew (fox44news.com) — An inmate from a Walker County work crew collapsed Tuesday morning while doing grounds maintenance at the Walker County Courthouse in Huntsville and later died at Huntsville Memorial Hospital despite life-saving efforts. Texas Rangers have taken over the investigation, and the inmate’s identity is being withheld until family are notified. 
• Judge recommends medical parole for inmate who had been on Texas death row for 47 years (houstonpublicmedia.org) — A longtime Texas death row inmate has been re-sentenced to life in prison, and the judge is recommending medical parole because of his severe physical and mental health issues. Now housed at the Estelle Unit prison hospital in Huntsville, he could be released under intensive medical supervision if the state parole board agrees, highlighting Huntsville’s central role in Texas’ prison healthcare system.
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Found this puppy around the neighborhood she has no home I cleaned her up and gave her something to eat but I cannot adopt any animals in my home.
Anyone willing to pick her up please contact me I tried calling a shelter but it’s full I asked neighbors and they said no because they have pets… (Nextdoor Woodfarm) - Looking for someone in Huntsville to braid my hair.
I am wanting tree braids. Is there anyone that can do this for me? I don’t want to go to the African shop. Is there anyone out there? (Nextdoor South Huntsville)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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