Hot Car Death, Trial in Scalding of Gay Couple, Hawks Practice Facility: News Nearby

Patch has community sites across Georgia. Here are some of our top posts from the past 24 hours.

• New Details Revealed in Roswell Publix Murders
• Feds Threaten To Sue Georgia Over Schools That 'Segregate' Disabled Students
• Amazon@GeorgiaTech Officially Opens in Midtown
• Demolition Begins For New Atlanta Hawks Facility in Brookhaven

Man Accused of Scalding Gay Couple Refuses Plea, Will Go To Trial

The man accused of throwing scalding hot water onto a gay couple while they slept in his girlfriend's apartment has refused a plea deal, meaning he will go to trial.
Martin Blackwell is facing aggravated assault and battery charges after he allegedly threw the water onto Anthony Gooden Jr. and Marquez Tolbert earlier this year. He refused a plea deal earlier this week, reports 11 Alive. Both Gooden and Tolbert suffered second- and third-degree burns over their bodies and have undergone several extensive surgeries and treatments since the attack. >>> Read more.

Hot Car Death: Jurors Will See SUV Where Infant Died

The SUV in which a 22-month-old boy died a sweltering death will be allowed to be used in the murder trial of the boy's father.
Cobb Superior Court Judge Mary Staley ruled on Friday, according to AP, that jurors will be allowed to see the SUV where Cooper Harris died on June 18, 2014. His father, Justin Ross Harris, 35, is on trial for murder, accused by prosecutors of intentionally leaving his son in the SUV while he went to work. >>> Read more.

• Rapist Sentenced to Life in Prison for Mableton Attack
• Strong Storms Bring Major Power Outages in Brookhaven, Chamblee, Dunwoody
• Buckhead's Lenox Square Home to Kanye West's 'Life of Pablo' Store

Share your local news, events and pics by clicking "+" at the top of any page.

• 3 Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Drug Theft Operation
• Fulton Commissioners Adopt Lower Tax Rate
• Woodstock Man Exposed Himself To Girl: Police
• Cartersville Teen Killed When Car Crashes Into House