Rabid Raccoon, Best Sports Bars, Stores Closing: GA Top News

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include a raccoon tested positive for rabies, a bobcat was seen by a hospital and three men tried to start a race war. Amazon building a new warehouse, multiple stores announced closings and the best sports bars were more important stories this week.

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• 3 GA Men Hoped To Start Race War, Overthrow Government: FBI
• Amazon Plans To Build New Warehouse In Newnan: Report
• Where To Find The Best Sports Bar In Georgia: Daily Meal
• Express To Close 31 Stores This Month, Including 2 In Atlanta
• 11 Georgia Pier 1 Stores Closing, Workers Confirm
• GA Retail Apocalypse: Another Retailer Closing All Stores
• Bobcat Spotted In Woods Near Northside Hospital Cherokee
• Rabid Raccoon Attacks Dog In Douglasville: Officials

Here are more important stories this week:

• Cartersville Man Convicted In Dismemberment Of Woman's Body
• Aretha Franklin Documentary Filmed In Marietta Square
• ACLU Urges Water Testing At Cobb County Jail
• DNA Helps Solve 1999 Serial-Rapist Case In Cobb County
• Water Restored At Georgia Aquarium; Atlanta Hotel, Repairs Cont.
• DeKalb Man Sentenced For Armed Robbery Of Woodstock Teens
• Fire Shuts Down Buford Highway Near I-85, Lanes Reopen
• Georgia State Trooper Involved In Shooting; GBI Investigates
• Loganville Mayor Rey Martinez Travels To The White House
• Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Warns Of 'FedEx Text Scam'
• GoFundMe Launched For Family Who Lost Everything In Grayson Fire
• 7 Arrested For Attempting To Meet With Teen: Woodstock Police
• 'Georgia Recovers' License Plate; Rep. Allen Introduces HB326
• Douglas County Group Helps Affected Australian Animals
• What GA Should Expect In Social Security Payments In 2020
• Chandler Parsons Suffers Possible Permanent Injury From Car Crash
• Cartersville Man Gets Prison Time For Rape Of 12-Year-old
• Census 2020 Needs 3,000 More Fulton County Workers
• Delta Air Lines Is Giving Employees 2 Months Of Extra Pay
• Body Discovered Under Fence Of Atlanta Home
• Douglasville Man Arrested On Alabama Murder Charge
• Man Accused Of Touching Teen Girl Inappropriately
• Atlanta Airport Travelers Screened For Deadly Wuhan Coronavirus
• $10K Unclaimed By Georgia FIVE Evening Marietta Winner
• Roswell Firefighter Found Dead At Station
• Decatur Native, Kansas City Chiefs Kicker To Play In Super Bowl
• Rent In Atlanta: Prices Climbed In 2019