Top GA News: World Series Champs, Oprah's Fave, Election Runoffs

GEORGIA — Top news stories in the Atlanta region from the past week included the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series crown in Game 6 and hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate; a Decatur business makes Oprah's list of favorite things; the Ahmaud Arbery trial has selected a jury so the trial can begin; and the TV show "Leverage: Redemption" featured a Smyrna bartender.

Plus, the Atlanta mayor's race and two council seats head to a runoff election; Wellstar Paulding received the nation's highest nursing honor; a fundraiser has started to help pay the medical bills of a bus driver who saved students; a punch thrown on an Atlanta airliners sends a man to jail; and more in our roundup of top news stories from Georgia's Patch sites this week.

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Here are some of this week's top headlines:

Hundreds Of Thousands Celebrate Braves World Series Parade

Atlanta Braves fans took over downtown Atlanta and Cobb County for a two-part parade celebrating the World Series win, lasting nearly all day Friday — and Patch followed along live from Truist Park.

• Braves Pummel Astros To Win 2021 World Series
• PHOTOS: Atlanta Braves Win First World Series Title in 26 Years

Decatur Business Makes Oprah's Favorite Things List

Decatur business Step Stitches made Oprah's annual Favorite Things list. Owner and retired teacher and social worker Stephanie Dean is a self-taught vintage-style doll maker.

1 Black Juror, 11 White Jurors Selected In Ahmaud Arbery Trial

After 2½ weeks of jury qualifying, a final jury pool of 12 people was selected Wednesday night for the three white men accused of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man who was shot while jogging in a Glynn County neighborhood in February 2020 — and only one of the jurors is Black.

Moore To Meet Dickens In Runoff After Close 2nd-Place Finish

Felicia Moore and Andre Dickens will face off for a Nov. 30 runoff to elect the next mayor of Atlanta. The seats they each occupy now — Moore as City Council president and Dickens as a council at-large Post 3 member — also will be decided by runoff contests at the end of the month.

• Kasim Reed Concedes 2 Days After Atlanta Mayoral Election
• Cartersville Election 2021: Incumbents Sweep Unofficial Results
• Cumming Election Results 2021: Polls Close In City Council Races
• Canton Election 2021: City Council Unofficial Results In
• Sandy Springs Election Results 2021: Unofficial Results Tallied
• Alpharetta-Milton Election Results 2021: Unofficial Votes Tallied
• Marietta Election Results: Mayor, Council, School Board, SPLOST
• Douglasville Election Results 2021: Unofficial Votes Tallied
• Dallas-Hiram Election Results 2021: Unofficial Totals Released

More Top Stories:

• Teacher Charged With Distributing Obscene Material To A Minor
• Wellstar Paulding Receives Nation's Highest Nursing Honor
• Cobb Teen, Minor Face Murder Charges After Fight Ends In Gunfire
• Medical Bills Pile For Bus Driver Saved By Students, How To Help
• 'Leverage: Redemption' TV Show Episode Features Smyrna Bartender
• 3 Sisters Sexually Abused By Douglas County Man: Prosecutor
• Punch Thrown On Atlanta Airliner Lands South Carolina Man In Jail
• Lettuce Recalled In GA Because Of Listeria Risk: FDA
• 6 Arrested After Online Child Sex Sting: Woodstock Police
• Woman Billed $700 After Waiting Hours At Emory Decatur, Untreated
• $20K In Bribes Is How Much GA Woman Paid Ex DeKalb Tax Tag Clerk
• Man Accused Of Intentional Car Crash Indicted For Murder: Cobb DA
• COVID Vaccine For Kids Under 12: Where To Get One In GA

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