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A YouTube video of two Stone Mountain educators duking it out in a classroom, in front of screaming students, is the talk of the town. Plus, Georgia has displaced Hollywood as the kingpin of the movie industry, a reward is offered for the capture of shooters in a Walton County robbery/murder case, and the latest area restaurant inspections include good grades and reports of slime in ice machines. Here are the top local news stories worth reading and talking and knowing about on Wednesday, May 24, as pulled from our Georgia Patch sites.

A video showing two women, purportedly a Stone Mountain Middle School teacher and paraprofessional, fighting in a classroom is circulating on social media this week. The video shows the women tussling and slamming into the blackboard while students scream in panic and disbelief: Caught On Cam: Fight Between Stone Mountain Teacher, Paraprofessional

Recent restaurant inspections include:

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DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann will serve a self-imposed one-week suspension for "conduct unbecoming," he told staff in a memo Wednesday. The move comes as Mann tries to stem repercussions, including the loss of his job, following his arrest on obstruction and indecency charges for allegedly exposing himself in Piedmont Park earlier this month: DeKalb Sheriff Mann Suspends Himself For 'Conduct Unbecoming'

The Brookhaven City Council approved plans to build a memorial for the "Comfort Women" of South Korea to raise awareness of the injustice and depravity of the global human sex trade. Brookhaven's statue, named Young Girl’s Statue for Peace, will show that the city, a quarter of whose residents are foreign-born, is in solidarity with the women and against sex trafficking across the world: Brookhaven Monument To Memorialize 'Comfort Women'

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