Therapy Dog Reading, Theft of Vehicle and the Number of the Day

It’s Thursday, Sept. 26. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: Children ages 6 to 10 can read to a therapy dog at 4 p.m. at Chinn Park Regional Library.

2. You Said It: “Entering the prison system will harden, not rehabilitate them." Reader comments on the arrests of six suspects in the murder investigation into the death of Kenny Diaz. [Editor's note: Arrests and charges are not the same as convictions and sentences. ]

3. ICYMI: Police: Man steals vehicle, iPad at gunpoint. 

4. Number of the Day: 1000. That's the number of free commemorative T-shirts being handed out to customers at the grand opening of the Apple Store at Potomac Town Center. 

5. Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny with a high of 75 degrees.