Death Toll Climbs To 10 In Overdose Wave | Patch PM

Georgia's best and brightest students who received National Merit Scholarship were announced Wednesday, while "Blue Collar Comedy" star Ron White has listed his mansion for sale. Plus, state health officials say six more people have died in a string of overdoses, and lots of flights out of Atlanta are on sale for $100 or less. Here are the top local news stories worth reading and talking and knowing about on Wednesday, June 7, as pulled from our Georgia Patch sites.

6 More Overdoses May Be Tied To 'Fake Percocet,' Georgia Officials Say

After four people died and a dozen were sickened in a two-day period this week, six more overdose cases are being investigated by the Georgia Department of Public Health, the agency said Wednesday. State officials continue to investigate a wave of presumed opioid overdoses linked to the fatalities and mass hospitalizations in Albany, Centerville, Macon, Perry and Warner Robins, and authorities warn the drugs may also be sold on the street in other parts of the state.

Master List: National Merit Scholarship Winners Of Georgia

Sixty-one of Georgia's brightest high school graduates have been named National Merit Scholars, the program announced Wednesday. The National Merit Scholarship program provides students with up to $2,000 annually for four years toward an undergraduate degree at an institution of higher learning.

• Six Atlanta Graduates Named National Merit Scholars
• 12 Cobb Graduates Named National Merit Scholars
• Brookhaven Senior Named National Merit Scholar

Plus the latest Atlanta area restaurant inspections:

• Restaurant Inspections: Mold Growth, Tacos Prepped Without Gloves
• Restaurant Inspections: Zaxby's, A Taste of Joy, Del Taco, Shane's Rib Shack
• Paulding County Restaurant Inspections: Cold Stone Creamery, McDonald's, Subway
• Forsyth County Restaurant Inspections: Windward Tavern, Pelican Petes, Taco Bell
• Douglas County Restaurant Inspections: Seabreeze Seafood, Checkers, Red Lobster
• Gwinnett County Restaurant Inspections: Hibachi Grill, Subway, Chik Fil-A
• Restaurant Inspections: 85, Or B, For Moe's Southwest Grill

More Georgia headlines:

• Replay: Watch Karen Handel, Jon Ossoff Debate
• $49 Southwest Airline Flights From Atlanta On Sale Now
• Comedian Ron White's Gwinnett County Home Is For Sale
• Mall Of Georgia Plans Fireworks, Movie For July 4th 2017
• Escapee Caught Smuggling Smokes, Liquor Gets More Prison Time
• 2 Marietta Restaurants Named to Georgia's '100 Plates' List

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