🌱 Why a Fairburn welfare check ended with gunfire and state investigation.

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a Fairburn welfare check ended with gunfire and state investigation.

Also on today's calendar: Fairburn Fall Festival & Parade and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
• Wednesday: Warm with sunshine, temps: high: 86, low: 62. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairburn Police Officer Shoots Georgia Man and Two Dogs During Welfare Check in Front of Four Children After 911 Call About Mental Health Crisis (centralrecorder.com) — A Fairburn family's late-night 911 call for mental health help turned into a police shooting outside their home, injuring a father and two dogs in front of four young children. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now reviewing the Fairburn officer's actions, while the family focuses on their children's trauma and the long-term emotional impact of the incident.
   

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Wednesday September 30
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Friday October 2
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Saturday October 3
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• Fairburn Fall Festival & Parade →
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Wednesday September 30
• House Band - Wine Down Wednesday →
  6305 Shannon Parkway South, Union City
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Saturday October 3
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  Walmart Supercenter, 4735 Jonesboro Road, Union City
  8:00 am
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  Union City GA
  9:00 am
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  5047 Union Street, Union City
  9:30 am
• Ink and Innovation: Comic Strips →
  Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton, 4055 Flat Shoals Road, Union City
  11:00 am
• Literary Club Meeting →
  Palmetto Branch Library, 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy, Palmetto
  11:00 am
• Tony Young Presents The Atlanta Karate Championships →
  Union City GA
  11:00 am
Sunday October 4
• 3rd Annual FREE lace class →
  6740 Shannon Parkway, Union City
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I thank God for keeping me and my entire family this week.
  My neice is 40 and two trips to the ED discovered a blood clot in her lungs. She was in hospital for a week. She has recovered and back to work… (Nextdoor Merrywood Estates)
• Lost dog!!!
  Please send to your friends and family! She answers to Hazel. She is sweet and friendly. She got out on Cushman Circle. Please help (Nextdoor The Lakes at Cedar Grove)

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Fairburn. Apply here.
• Navistar International Corporation posted a job opening for Temp to Hire Material Handler in Fairburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Union City

• FBI deputy chief Bailey to resign (kansascity.com)

College Park

• Jury awards $164M to child sex trafficking survivor in lawsuit against metro Atlanta hotel operator (atlantanewsfirst.com)
• Howard, Reese help Dream rally from 11-point deficit, beat Mystics 92-77 in Game 1 of playoff series (wtop.com)
• Walk-In Chiropractor Atlanta: Same-Day Accident & Injury Care (news-usa.today)

East Point

• C&K Plastics expands solar power across four plants (plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com)

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