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Miss Hooters, Top Schools, Walmart Child Abduction: GA Top News

Gwinnett business to pay more than $100K in back wages to employees, beloved cook killed in Stone Mountain, top Georgia high schools.

Atlanta-based SunTrust has merged with BB&T.
Atlanta-based SunTrust has merged with BB&T. (Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

It was a busy week of news around Georgia, with stories such as the top ranked Georgia high schools, Ariana Grande apologizing to fans for a homophobic protester at her Atlanta concert, a beloved cook killed in a double murder in Stone Mountain and the new name revealed for the SunTrust and BB&T merger. A Kennesaw woman making it to the finals of Miss Hooters 2019 International, a Gwinnett business has to pay more than $100K in back wages to employees, and a man was accused of attempting to abduct a child inside a Marietta Walmart were also important stories this week.

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