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Mandatory Elementary School Recess Could Come with Proposed State Law

The state House of Representatives has passed legislation that would require all Georgia elementary schools to schedule a daily recess period for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Additionally, the bill prohibits teachers, administrators and other school officials from withholding recess as form of a punishment. Proponents of the bill contend that to focus on academics exclusively for an entire school day without any kind of break is counter-productive to learning and only serves to add to the growing numbers of children now overweight or struggling with diabetes.>>>Read more.

Police Rescue 8 Women Held Against Their Will at Sandy Springs Home

A 9-1-1 call from a woman pleading for help to escape a $1.3 million Sandy Springs home led police to discover several additional women facing the same plight. The agency on Wednesday rescued eight women who were being held against their will at a home at 100 Strauss Lane, the department confirmed to Patch. A man identified as "the boss" of the women was arrested and charged with false imprisonment and trafficking of persons for labor.>>>Read more.

Bread Aisle Beatdown: Woman Says She Was Attacked in Walmart

It happened over a loaf of bread. Police in Atlanta are looking for a shopper who allegedly punched an elderly woman repeatedly in a Walmart, Patch has learned. In images and video shared on social media, 75-year-old Sandra McClung, a grandmother, has two black eyes.>>>Read more.

Braves Opening Day: Traffic Nightmare Won’t Happen, Cobb Officials Say

Imagine making your way to Ground Zero of the very worst part of the notorious metro Atlanta traffic, where busy Interstates 75 and 285 converge. Then imagine adding thousands of more cars to the mix during a maddening evening rush hour. That’s the nightmare scenario some fear as Opening Day nears and the Atlanta Braves kick off the 2017 season at their new Sun Trust Park next month.>>>Read more.

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• Gwinnett Commission Picks Rep For 'Racist Pig' Ethics Panel
• Hundreds Pack Memorial Service For Waffle House Co-Founder Joe Rogers Sr.
• Casting Call: Disney Cruise Commercial Seeks Atlanta Families
• Man Charged In Douglas County Murder, Home Invasion
• Mom Seeks Answers In Death Of DeKalb Teen Found On Roadside
• 2 ‘Persons Of Interest’ Sought In Alleged Credit Card Fraud In Dunwoody
• Atlanta Rapper Accused Of Slapping Woman: Report
• Reward Increased To $15K In Armored Truck Heist
• Restaurant Inspections: B's For Cracker Barrel, Ming Moon, Cartersville Heights
• Restaurant Inspections: Lobster House Fails With 59, or U
• Forsyth County Restaurant Inspections: Five Guys, Mint-Indian Bistro, Papa John's, Moe's, More
• Paulding County Restaurant Inspections: Hai Hai Steakhouse, Zaxby's, Elementary Schools
• Douglas County Restaurant Inspections: American Deli, Golden Corral, Shanes Rib Shack, Tokyo Express
• Gwinnett County Restaurant Inspections: Pancake House, O'Charley's, Hannah's Home Cooking, Waffle House

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