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Canton Mayor Vetoes Fire District Plan

Canton Mayor Gene Hobgood this moring vetoed  which would include a 3.12 mill tax to improve the .

"After careful consideration I feel that I have no choice but to veto the Canton Fire District Ordinance," Hobgood said.

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Cherokee's New Concern: Heroin

In recent years, authorities have ramped up efforts to tackle prescription drug abuse in Georgia. But local officials said suburbs like Cherokee have a new problem on their hands.

It's heroin, a drug "previously known as an urban drug," said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the .

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Group Renews Call for Cherokee Schools to End Graduations at Church

Now that a federal appeals court has ruled that two Wisconsin high schools violated the U.S. Constitution when they held graduations in a church, a group that threatened to sue the  for doing the same thing said local officials "must stop this anti-liberty and repressive practice."

, the president of the North Metro Atlanta Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said Wednesday that he, along with the leaders of Georgia's two other AU affiliates, "unequivocally renew the call to stop the inappropriate use of religious venues for public school graduations.

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Charges Still Pending in Accident That Killed Smyrna Woman

A representative from Georgia State Patrol said charges are still pending as officers continue to investigate a 

Michelle Chinnis, 35, of Smyrna was driving her Nissan Sentra on a sales call with her co-worker Tracy Downer, 44, of Atlanta when the car was struck on the driver’s side by a tractor trailer. Some witnesses have reported that .

Chinnis died after being extricated from the vehicle and Downer was pronounced dead at the scene.

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