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🌱 Former Powder Springs resident tied to disturbing kidnapping and fraud cases

Be sure to catch Cobb County Extension Living Classroom Garden Grand Opening on the Powder Springs Patch calendar

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Friday August 21st Patch AM (Patch graphic)

Good morning Powder Springs! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Former Powder Springs resident tied to disturbing kidnapping and fraud cases
  • Hillgrove star from Powder Springs lines up visit to UNC
  • Where Powder Springs-area residents can now drop off dead batteries

Also on today's calendar: Cobb County Extension Living Classroom Garden Grand Opening and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 68.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woman Who Kidnapped 2 Atlanta Sisters Has Prior Cases, Alledgedly Faked Pregnancy (blackamericaweb.com) — A woman now jailed in Fulton County on kidnapping charges previously lived in Powder Springs, where deputies say she once faked a pregnancy and showed baby photos in an alleged scam. Investigators in Paulding County reported she misled them about having a newborn, while Atlanta police recently rescued two young sisters found with her in a locked trailer.
   

• Asa Montgomery Schedules UNC Official Visit (on3.com) — A standout Hillgrove High basketball forward from Powder Springs, Asa Montgomery, has scheduled an official visit to North Carolina for the weekend of Sept. 25 as part of a packed fall recruiting tour. Ranked No. 16 nationally in the 2027 class, he's drawing offers from top programs after a strong summer on the travel circuit and with Team USA.
   

• Keep Cobb Beautiful launches alkaline battery recycling program at seven library branches (blogspot.com) — Powder Springs-area residents now have a closer option to safely recycle household alkaline batteries, thanks to a new Cobb County program that includes a drop-off at the Sweetwater Valley library on Austell Powder Springs Road. Seven branches countywide are accepting common sizes like AA and AAA at their circulation desks, helping keep hazardous waste out of landfills and reducing fire risks for sanitation workers.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday August 21
  • MCAA Coffee Talk
    Marietta Center for Advanced Academics Marietta, GA 30060
    8:00 am
  • Board of Education - Mini-Retreat
    Marietta City 250 Howard St NE, Marietta, GA 30060, USA
    11:00 am
  • Back to School Dance
    Chestnut Log Middle School Douglasville, GA 30134
    4:00 pm
  • V Softball vs Kell
    Alexander High School Kell High School, 4770 Lee Waters Rd, Marietta, GA 30066, USA
    6:30 pm

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  • It started like a normal Friday morning.
    I stopped by the Marietta Walmart early to pick up a few things, loaded the bags into the car, and drove home. Somewhere in the parking lot, my… (Nextdoor Macedonia Rd)
  • These two were running around Ponderosa Ln.
    earlier today. My mom called Cobb County HS to come pick them up because her house is really close to Powder Springs rd., on the four lane… (Nextdoor Brownsville Rd)
  • KBP Brands posted a job opening for KFC Shift Manager in Powder Springs. Apply here.
  • Crown Health Care Laundry Services posted a job opening for Soiled Laundry Sorter in Austell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Powder Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Austell

  • Things to do this weekend in Cobb County: Friday August 21 to Sunday, August 23 (cobbcountycourier.com)
  • Cobb & Douglas Public Health Expands Access to Blood Pressure Checks (cobbcountycourier.com)
  • Austell man denied bond in deadly hit-and-run involving pedestrian (wsbradio.com)

Mableton

  • Arrest made after SWAT standoff in Mableton (cobbcountycourier.com)
  • Mableton Keep Mableton Beautiful Commission aims to address illegal dumping, blight (blogspot.com)
  • WWE Nixed Major Celebrity Plan for Sunday Night's Main Event After Fan Backlash — Report (wrestlezone.com)

Douglasville

  • Douglas Co. Administrator Resigns; Interim Named (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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