GA Top News: Butt Slap Verdict, Python Dead, Carter Raises $340K

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include the top 150 places to live in the state, a ball python found in the yard of a home, Georgia quarantine escape trips to make, a $26 million gift to a medical school and Gov. Kemp asks for a low-key holiday. Patch readers said in a survey that voter fraud in Georgia is unlikely, how to get a mail-in ballot for November, a painting by former President Jimmy Carter raises a fortune for charity and a school principal is no longer employed after an anti-Trump rant were also among the big stories this week.

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• Georgia's 150 Best Places To Live For 2020 Ranked
• Ball Python Found, Killed In Backyard Of Walton County Home
• Georgia Getaways For End-Of-Summer Quarantine Escape
• Bloomberg Gifts Morehouse School of Medicine Over $26 Million
• GA Coronavirus: Kemp Urges Georgians To Stay Safe Over Holiday
• GA Voter Fraud Unlikely, 27% Will Vote In Person Nov. 3: Survey
• Mail-In Voting In Georgia: Deadlines, How To Get A Ballot
• GA Patch Local Business Information Center: A Community Resource

Here are more headlines from this week:

• GA Coronavirus Restrictions Extended As Hospitalizations Drop
• Forsyth County Named The Top Place For Working From Home
• Delta Airlines Eliminates Change Fees For Most Domestic Flights
• Painting By Former President Jimmy Carter Draws $340K In Auction
• Racist Online Threats Follow Political Clash At Cass High School
• John Lewis Among Nominees For Trump's Garden Of Heroes Memorial
• Georgia Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Battery For TV Rear End Slap
• Gwinnett Voters Will Have To Request Absentee-Ballot Applications
• Author Of Anti-Trump Rant ‘No Longer Employed’ By Douglas Schools
• Pandemic Pushes Atlanta Movie Tours Out Of Business
• Cardi B Wants People To Register To Vote
• NFL Season Kickoff: Atlanta Falcons Schedule Here
• Missing Man’s Motorcycle Found In Dacula, Authorities Seek Leads
• Roswell Promotes ‘Come Back Safely’ Pledge
• Cobb Classrooms To Reopen Oct. 5 But You Must Wear A Mask

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