🌱 See what a Kennedale inventor just patented in medical monitoring tech

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• See what a Kennedale inventor just patented in medical monitoring tech

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy; windy, humid, with a high of 83 and low of 52 degrees.
• Saturday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 66, low: 46.
• Sunday: Sunshine and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Patented: AT&T's Quantum Security and More North Texas Inventive Activity » Dallas Innovates (dallasinnovates.com) — A Kennedale-based inventor, Pannaga Sameer Kaushik Gummuluru, just received a U.S. patent for technology that improves oxygen-saturation readings, especially for patients with darker skin tones. Their work appears in a broader Dallas–Fort Worth patent roundup highlighting 140 newly granted inventions tied to North Texas companies and researchers, underscoring how local innovators—including one from Kennedale—are contributing to advances in healthcare, transportation, energy, and more.
   

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Saturday April 18

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  Sonora Park, 263 S New Hope Rd, Kennedale
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Softball vs Arlington V/JV
  Arlington High School , 818 W Park Row Dr , Arlington
  6:00 pm
• Baseball Varsity vs Centennial Spartans @ Burleson
  Burleson H S Burleson, TX 76028
  7:00 pm
• V Baseball vs Sam Houston
  Martin High Baseball Field , 4501 W Pleasant Ridge Rd , Arlington
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Bluegrass in Burleson Festival 2026
  Holy Cross Christian Academy , 1233 Tarver Rd , Burleson
  11:30 am
• Family Magic & Comedy for All Ages
  Arlington Improv Comedy Club , 309 Curtis Mathes Way #147 , Arlington
  12:00 pm
• Baseball Varsity vs Midlothian Panthers @ Burleson
  Burleson H S Burleson, TX 76028
  12:00 pm
• Sundancer Spring Performance
  Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts , 900 E Sanfor , Arlington
  7:00 pm
• Texas Western Work Night
  Texas Western Model Railroad Club , 6808 Forest Hill Dr , Forest Hill
  7:00 pm
• 10FOUR10 Live at Cave's Lounge
  Caves Lounge , 900 W Division St , Arlington
  7:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Choir Spring Concert
  Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts , 900 E Sanfor , Arlington
  7:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• V Baseball vs Arlington
  James Martin High School , 4501 W Pleasant Ridge Rd , Arlington
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Arlington

• Arlington weighs $273M public deal to keep Cowboys at AT&T Stadium through 2055 (wfaa.com)
• Launch Family Entertainment Announces Arlington, Texas Opening on May 1 (whatnow.com)
• AT&T Stadium to rebrand for 2026 FIFA World Cup due to sponsorship rules (fox4news.com)

Mansfield

• Starring soon: Hollywood ambitions head to Mansfield with $750M studio project (therealdeal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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