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Oakwood, Georgia Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Oakwood! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How license-plate cameras helped crack an Oakwood smoke shop theft case
- Suspect in deadly Oakwood convenience store shooting finally captured
Also on today's calendar: Back in Time - Tributes.
Today's riddle: Why did the football player hit the vending machine? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 72 degrees.
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 71.
- Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Oakwood couple charged with separate S. Hall thefts; Flock helps track them down (wgtjradio.com) — Police say a woman from Oakwood was arrested after pseudoephedrine tablets were taken from an Oakwood smoke shop on Mundy Mill Road, with license-plate cameras helping track a suspect SUV. Investigators are still looking into whether her husband, who faces similar charges in Flowery Branch, helped in the Oakwood incident. 
• Mountain View Road murder: Man wanted in Oakwood store shooting captured (fox5atlanta.com) — A suspect accused in a deadly shooting at an Oakwood convenience store on Mountain View Road has been captured in Augusta after a weeklong manhunt. Authorities say he’s now in custody awaiting transport to Hall County, bringing some closure after the violent attack that left a woman dead inside the Oakwood store.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment for rent.
Private entrance and 2 car garage included. It does not have laundry hookup. $1450 includes rent and utilities. (Nextdoor Mountain View Rd) - Some one see my cat-I’m missing him?
Last seen by flowery branch park? Jones rd and Mitchell st (Nextdoor Thurmon Tanner Road)
- Nesco Resource posted a job opening for Material Handler I Day Shift in Oakwood. Apply here.
- Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Oakwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oakwood here.
🗞 Nearby News
Flowery Branch
- 2 men accused of multiple rapes at Tree Park Apartments (fox5atlanta.com)
- Falcons QB battle deemed NFC South's biggest roster decision (usatoday.com)
Gainesville
- Reward offered in fatal Gainesville shooting on July 3 (fox5atlanta.com)
- Richmond County SWAT arrests man wanted on Gainesville murder warrants (wrdw.com)
- Looking for Ga. grown lettuce in Gville area? GDA has a list of the places it's available (wgtjradio.com)
Suwanee
- GA 'Santa Claus,' School Bus Driver, Convicted Of Sexually Pleasing Self With Students On Board (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He wanted his quarter back. (Thank you Pat S. for sending it in!)
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