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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Former Kennesaw mayor convicted of child molestation up for early release (fox5atlanta.com) — A former Kennesaw mayor convicted of felony child molestation could receive early parole after serving 12 years of an 18-year prison term, and the victim's family is urging officials to keep him incarcerated. The Parole Board has tentatively granted release and invited additional input, leaving Kennesaw residents watching closely as the final decision and any opportunity for public feedback take shape.
2. Local students named to Kennesaw State Summer 2026 Dean's List (monroelocal.org) — Kennesaw State University has recognized more than 1,500 students on its Summer 2026 Dean's List, highlighting strong academic performance just down the road in Kennesaw. While the named honorees in this release are from Loganville, Monroe, and Social Circle, the announcement underscores KSU's growing reputation and scale as Kennesaw's hometown university, now serving over 51,000 students across a wide range of degrees.
3. Kennesaw State launches Presidential Fellows Cohort for high-achieving Georgia students (newswise.com) — Kennesaw State University is launching a Presidential Fellows Cohort in fall 2027, offering Kennesaw-based honors students $10,000 annually plus mentorship, leadership training, and study abroad. The highly selective program will start with just 10 Georgia high school graduates, aiming to draw more top talent to Kennesaw while connecting them with local employers and community leaders.
4. No. 15 Tennessee not looking past Kennesaw State to SEC slate – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — Kennesaw State's football team heads to Knoxville this Saturday to face No. 15 Tennessee, a major test coming off the Owls' home loss to Georgia State. Volunteers coach Josh Heupel insists his squad won't treat Kennesaw State as a tune-up, while Owls coach Jerry Mack sees a chance for a statement upset in a tough night-game environment.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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