Kids & Family
GOOD NEWS! Kids Helping Kids, Who's Hiring, Ryan Seacrest Shout Out to Dunwoody + Grandma Wins Lottery
Plus, nurse free of Ebola, perfect ACT score, gas war, and Veterans Plaza to be landscaped were among this week's best news.

From new business openings to lower unemployment and seasonal hiring to more lottery winners: here are some good news stories from Georgia’s Patch sites.
- Grandmother of 10 Scores New Car in Georgia Lottery Game
- Bundles of Love: Hiram Girl Scouts Provide Blankets, Stuffed Stockings for Kids in Hospital
- Dunwoody Alum Ryan Seacrest Gives Shout Out on Homecoming Royalty
- Winning Lottery Tickets Worth $10M, $2.5M Sold in Gwinnett
- Sequoyah Student Earns Perfect ACT Score
- Forsyth County “Gas War” Sees Prices Drop Below $3
- The Home Depot Will Landscape Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Plazas
- UPDATE: Veteran Atlanta Truck Driver Wins the Lottery
- East Cobb Restaurant Offers Discounts to Teachers in November
- ICYMI: Dunwoody Haunted Farm Tour to Benefit Boy Scouts
- Kroger to Open Fourth Fuel Center in Decatur
- How to Make Halloween Less Spooky for Your Pet and Our DeKalb Animal Services Pet of the Week
- ‘Red Ribbon Week’ Declared in Douglas CountyMeet JoJo and Caleb: Douglas County Animal Shelter Pets of the WeekDespite Loss, North Paulding High Was Part of Highest Scoring Game of Season
- Emory Hospital Says Nurse’s Blood Free of Ebola
- Firehouse Subs Adds Second Douglasville LocationAvalon Gears Up For Grand OpeningLeaders ‘Get on Board’ with VIP Tour of Cherokee Schools
- Former Turner Marketing Manager Named Sandy Springs Tourism Director
- South Forsyth Animal Hospital Moving to New Location
- Forsyth Sheriff’s Office Getting into Halloween Spirit with Facebook Contest
- Atlanta Unemployment Below 10 Percent in September
- Smyrna Library Receives Response from Troops Overseas
- A New Soul in Downtown Dining at Asante
- Job Fair in Douglasville Looks to Fill Openings at RockTenn
- Run Dunwoody 5K, 1K Fun Run to Benefit Shelter
- Job Seekers: Sugarloaf Mills Stores to Fill Hundreds of Seasonal Jobs
- Spaghetti Benefit Dinner on Friday for Cumming Woman Battling Liver Disease
- Job Alert: Fox’s Pizza Den Hiring in Cumming
- Job Fair in Peachtree Corners Offers Opportunities, Information
- Dreamland BBQ Announces Return to Gwinnett
- Ebola Patient Released from Emory Hospital Cleared of Virus
- Forsyth Sheriff’s Deputies, Dispatchers Replace Destroyed Pumpkins
- Shop With a Hero Home Run Derby Rescheduled For Oct. 30
- Corps of Engineers To Host Archery Deer Hunt For Disabled Residents
- Acuity Brands to Create 700 Jobs in DeKalb, Rockdale Counties
»Hiram Girls Scouts will provide blankets and stuffed stockings to patients in Children’s Hospital of Atlanta during the holidays. Credit: Submitted photo
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