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Braves offering shots | Library ready to open | Cicadas for pets? | Census brings little change | Mass sites close | Ahmaud Arbery top news.
GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include mass vaccine sites closing, Hate Crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery, 17-year cicadas, Methodist Exodus and Braves give a clinic. Georgia Census results, Brookhaven redistricting, and libraries reopening were more big stories this week.
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- REAL ID Deadline Extended Again For Georgia, Rest Of Nation
- Brookhaven Hosts 2nd Redistricting Town Hall Wednesday
- Braves Will Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Saturday
- Georgia Keeps The Same Congressional Seats After 2020 U.S. Census
- Cobb Church Breaks With Methodists Over Pastor's Reassignment
- Closure Of Mass Sites Means New Phase In Georgia Vaccine Plan
- Federal Hate Crime Charges Filed in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
- Will Eating 17-Year Cicadas Make Georgia Pets Sick?
- Fulton County Library Set To Reopen For In-Person Services
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- Full Pink Supermoon: When And How To See It Over Georgia
- Cobb Schools Budget Proposes 4-8 Percent Raise For Most Employees
- Milton Firefighters To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
- DeKalb County Now Offering Free Voter ID Cards
- Housing Summit Plans Future Of Cherokee Housing Options
- North Georgia Professor Seeking Help To Research Cicadas
- Wild About Autrey Mill Event Set For Saturday
- GreyOrange To Establish Global Headquarters In Roswell
- Woman Arrested After Hit-And-Run Kills Sandy Springs Owner, Dog
- Raising Backyard Chickens In Marietta: 5 Things To Know
- Raising Backyard Chickens In Smyrna, Vinings: 5 Things To Know
- Raising Backyard Chickens In Decatur: 5 Things To Know
- Raising Backyard Chickens In Brookhaven: 5 Things To Know
- Atlanta Police Officer Accused Of Sexual Assault: Police
- Georgia's Juvenile Detention Struggles With Staggering Correction Staff Churn
- Smyrna Mayor Rescinds Citywide Mask Mandate
- Woodstock Visitors Center Launches Downtown Tour Series
- Airbnb Prevents 1-Night July 4 Weekend Rentals 'In Georgia'
- All GA Mass Vaccine Sites Will Shift To J&J, Pfizer 2nd Dose Only
- Lanes Reopen After Multi-Vehicle Crash Shuts Down I-285 In DeKalb
- Man Killed In DeKalb Drive-By Shooting
- Georgia Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Canton Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Forsyth County Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Alpharetta, Milton Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Sandy Springs Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Roswell Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Johns Creek Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Woodstock Schools Named Top U.S. High Schools: U.S. News
- Will Eating 17-Year Cicadas Make Georgia Pets Sick?
- Lead Prosecutor In Ahmaud Arbery Case Leaves Cobb DA's Office
- GA Woman's Body Found, Four Murder Warrants Issued
- Cobb Church Breaks With Methodists Over Pastor's Reassignment
- Fight Leads To Shooting Death, Gwinnett Man Charged With Murder
- Murder Suspect At Large In Deadly Peachtree Corners Shooting
- New Information Technology Manager Named By Douglas County
- Hice's Record Rated 'Perfect' By Conservative Lobbying Group
- Gwinnett High School Ranked Among Top 10 In Nation: U.S. News
- Decatur Superintendent David Dude Leaves District
- East Cobb High School Ranked Among Top 5 In Georgia: U.S. News
- REAL ID Deadline Extended Again For Georgia, Rest Of Nation
- Brookhaven Hosts 2nd Redistricting Town Hall Wednesday
- Braves Will Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Saturday
- MotoAmerica Champ Series Kick Starts 2021 Season At Road Atlanta
- Georgia Keeps The Same Congressional Seats After 2020 U.S. Census
- Man Shoots Two At Douglas County Motel, Flees Scene: Police
- Cobb Schools Foundation To Honor School Nurses Wednesday
- GBI Hopes For ID From Video Taken During Victim's Final Hours
- Clayton County Sheriff Indicted For Civil Rights Violations
- Man Arrested For Sex Trafficking After SWAT Situation In Decatur
- Afghan Military Theft Ring Leads To Prison For Gwinnett Woman
- Fulton County Library Set To Reopen For In-Person Services
- Police Release Names Of Victims Of Fiery Gwinnett Van Crash
- MLK Marker Unveiled In Decatur Square
- Cumming Restaurant Inspection: Dairy Queen, Subway, Dunkin Donuts
- Alpharetta, Milton Food Inspections: Favors and Flavors, Schools
- Roswell Restaurant Inspections: Wings 101, Lazaro's Cuban Cuisine
- Canton Restaurant Inspections: Domino's, Applebee's, Las Palmas
- Woodstock Food Inspections: El Jinete, Bojangles, Sahara Grill
- Fulton Schools Receives Georgia’s First Blue Bird Electric Bus
- Pets Rescued, People Safe After Fire Ignites East Cobb Apartments
- Braves, Mercedes-Benz Stadium Will Return To Full Capacity In May
- Silverspot Cinema Sets May 28 Opening At The Battery
- First Brood X Cicadas Spotted In North Georgia
- DeKalb Co. Will Buy 20K Boxes Of Girl Scout Cookies For Donation
- Cobb Planning Commission Chairman To Resign
- Federal Hate Crime Charges Filed in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
- State Election Board Reconvenes After Secretary Of State Booted From Chair
- Closure Of Mass Sites Means New Phase In Georgia Vaccine Plan
- GA Volunteer Firemen Quit To Protest Chief's Termination
- Bookman: Carr Chooses Truth-Telling Over Republican Trump Tribalism
- 8 Alpharetta, Milton Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 2 Roswell Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 2 Sandy Springs Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 7 Canton Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 4 Woodstock Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- Johns Creek Set To Begin 2021 Neighborhood Repaving Program
- Traffic Alert: Sugarloaf To Be Blocked For Thursday Biden Rally
- Van Driver In Fatal Crash Charged With Vehicular Homicide
- Cartersville Medical Scores High On Safety By Watchdog Group
- Cobb Restaurant Inspections: Cold Stone Creamery, Your Pie
- DeKalb Restaurant Inspections: Marlow's Tavern, Hattie Marie's
- Search Ongoing For Phoenix Homicide Suspect In Atlanta
- Over 50 DeKalb Jail Inmates Get COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Cobb Jail Inmate Dies In Hospital After Suicide Attempt
- Brookhaven Council Approves Murphey Candler Lake House, Parking
- Biden pitches tax plan in Georgia: Right that rich pay more
- Arizona Fugitive Who Escaped At Airport Back In Custody: Sheriff
- $2.3M Alpharetta Home Overlooks Golf Course, Private In-Law Suite
- $1.3M Canton Home Has Enclosed Porch Overlooking Saltwater Pool
- $1.2M Cumming Home Offers Double Covered Porches, Water Views
- $1.9M Johns Creek Home Has Indoor Basketball Half-Court, Lap Pool
- WOW House: Serenity Next To Chattahoochee Forest, $2.35 Million
- $1.5M Roswell Home One Block From Canton Street, Expansive Garden
- $3.8M Sandy Springs Home Sits On 2-Acres With Pool, Tennis
- $1.3M Woodstock Home On Lake Allatoona Has Private Dock, Sauna
- WOW House: Equestrian Estate With All The Amenities, $725,000
- WOW House: All-Brick Home Near Hamilton Mill Golf Club, $724,999
- 1 Dead, 2 Injured In Fatal East-West Connector Crash: Cobb Police
- At Least 100K Bees Invade Decatur Woman's Home, Again
- White Powder Mailed To Cobb Superior Court Not Hazardous
- 24 Artists Want To Design Decatur's Future John Lewis Memorial
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Dallas, Hiram, Paulding
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Douglasville
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Cartersville, Bartow
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Dacula, Gwinnett County
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Loganville, Grayson
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Gwinnett County
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Alpharetta, Milton
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Johns Creek
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Roswell
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Sandy Springs
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Forsyth County
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Cherokee County
- DeKalb County To Offer Warrant Relief Days Next Week
- Milton Fire To Host COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic On Sunday
- 20 Cobb County Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 17 DeKalb County Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Decatur, DeKalb
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Brookhaven, DeKalb
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Marietta, Cobb
- Summer Burn Ban Begins This Weekend For Smyrna, Cobb
- 10 Douglasville Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 12 Bartow County Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 16 East Cobb Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- Two Grayson High School Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- Six Dacula Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- 33 Gwinnett County Seniors Named 2021 Georgia Scholars
- COVID-19 Social Distancing Rules Relaxed In Kemp Executive Order
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