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Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from August 7 to August 13 (cobbcountycourier.com) — If you eat out in Acworth, several local spots just earned top health scores, including Chick-fil-A on Cobb Parkway, Generations Pizza, Portal Pinball Arcade, Waffle House on Mars Hill, and more. This week's Cobb County inspection report lets you quickly check how your favorite Acworth restaurants performed before your next meal out.
• Acworth man accused of fighting Cobb officers during traffic stop (ledger-enquirer.com) — An Acworth resident has been jailed without bond after Cobb County police say he resisted and fought officers during a traffic stop on South Cobb Drive earlier this month. The 24-year-old is accused of multiple traffic violations and felony obstruction after allegedly pulling two officers toward moving traffic before being booked into the county detention center.
• Acworth man charged with hanging posters promoting white supremacist group across city (ledger-enquirer.com) — An Acworth man faces a misdemeanor charge after police say he posted numerous propaganda flyers for a white nationalist group on power boxes, street signs and light poles around downtown. A resident's social media photos helped link the posters to a group described by the Anti-Defamation League as a white supremacist organization, leading to an August 10 arrest.
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