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Coming up on the calendar:
- 50th Annual Rotary Shrimp Boil, Fish Fry, & Auction
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Friday: Turning cloudy; windy, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.
- Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 86, low: 55.
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- Sunday: Windy and not as warm, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
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Friday April 17
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SHS JV Baseball vs. Wharton
Sweeny H S
Sweeny, TX 77480
4:30 pm
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Wharton JV Softball @ Sweeny
Sweeny High School , 600 E Ashley-Wilson Rd , Sweeny
5:00 pm
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JV/Varsity Softball @ Texas City
Texas City High School Softball Field , 1431 9th Ave N , Texas City
5:00 pm
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SHS Softball V vs. Wharton
Sweeny H S
Sweeny, TX 77480
6:00 pm
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SHS Varsity Baseball vs. Wharton
Sweeny H S
Sweeny, TX 77480
7:00 pm
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Varsity Baseball @ La Porte
La Porte High School , 301 E Fairmont Pkwy , La Porte
7:15 pm
Saturday April 18
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Region Tennis Tournament
A&M Consolidated High School , 1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S , Bailey's Prairie
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SHS Robotics State Meet @ NRG
Sweeny H S
Sweeny, TX 77480
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2nd Annual Kite Festival
Angleton Chamber of Commerce , 1902 Parks Edge Ln , Angleton
11:00 am
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Windrose Green Kite Festival
Windrose Green , 1902 Parks Edge Ln , Angleton
11:00 am
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Nature Day at Sea Center Texas
Sea Center Texas , 302 Medical Dr , Lake Jackson
11:00 am
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Angleton's 'Sunshine' Morales a team player through and through (thefacts.com)
- Police blotter for April 16, 2026 (thefacts.com)
Lake Jackson
- How Selena Called Me Home to Texas (thebarbedwire.com)
- Selena would be 55 today. 5 lesser-known facts (statesman.com)
- What happened to Selena Quintanilla's husband Chris Perez? Where he is 31 years after the singer's death (hellomagazine.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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