Racist Graffiti Painted In House | Atlanta Runoffs: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Friday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here's a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Racist Graffiti Found Inside Empty Cartersville Home
  
• Runoff Elections: Atlanta Voters Go To Polls Tuesday
  
• Georgia Weather Forecast: The Calm Before The Cold

Mableton Crossing Guard Killed: Charges Pending Against Driver
Criminal charges are pending against a Lithonia man who struck and killed a crossing guard in front of a Mableton school on Thursday morning, a Cobb County police spokesman said.

World AIDS Day: Southern States Lead In New HIV Cases
The Atlanta-based Centers For Disease Control and Prevention estimates that close to 40,000 people received an HIV diagnosis in 2016 and Southern states accounted for more than half of the new cases.

Woman Killed After Crash With 2 School Buses
Authorities have identified the woman who was killed earlier this week in Douglasville when her car slammed into two school buses.

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• 2 People Shot In Douglasville
  
• Decatur Dogs Exposed To Rabid Animals: Authorities
• Christmas 2017: Atlanta Children's Parade Is Saturday
• High School Football: 4 Gwinnett Squads Playing In Semi-Finals
  
• 4 Students Injured In Roswell School Bus Crash

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