PRODUCE NOW A PART OF GHC’S CHARGER FOOD PANTRY
Georgia Highlands College has been growing their own produce with the intention of providing for the needs of hungry students. According to a GHC media release, Some 260 pounds of produce was grown in a 160-square-foot plot split between a greenhouse and raised beds at the college’s Cartersville location and has been donated to the GHC Charger Food Pantry.
FREEMAN IS NOW HIGHEST-PAID RUNNING BACK IN THE NFL
Devonta Freeman is now the highest-paid running back in the NFL. Freeman agreed to a contract extension with the Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday; he will be paid $41.25 million over five years. The Falcons will open the pre-season tonight in Miami versus the Dolphins.
PAM TEBOW, MOTHER OF TIM TEBOW, TO SPEAK AT 2017 FRIENDS FOR LIFE BANQUET
Pam Tebow, mother of famed athlete Tim Tebow, will be the guest speaker for the 28th annual Friends for Life Banquet. The event, sponsored by Haven Health Clinic for Women (formerly the Pregnancy Center of Rome), is slated for the evening of Tuesday, September 19th at 6:30 pm at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome.
ATLANTA BRAVES FALL TO PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
The Atlanta Braves fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of a brief two-game set at SunTrust Park, allowing Philadelphia to improve to 10-2 in the season series between the teams.
BRAVES SWEPT BY PHILLIES…AGAIN
The Atlanta Braves have been swept by the Philadelphia Phillies again. The Braves dropped the finale of a brief two-game set at SunTrust Park 3-2 to the Phillies on Wednesday night, allowing the Phillies to sweep the series.
COSTOLNICK TO LEAD HARBOR HOUSE
Joe Costolnick has been tapped to serve as the new executive director for Harbor House, The Northwest Georgia Child Advocacy Center. He succeeds Kim Davis, director of the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia, who took assumed the post of Harbor House director upon the departure of Gail Garland in February. Costolnick leaves behind a long-time career in law enforcement to take his new job.
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND GLEN CAMPBELL LOSES BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Country music legend Glen Campbell passed away at the age of 81 on Tuesday after a six-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
MOTHER OF MURDERED TODDLER SENTENCED TO PRISON
The mother of a toddler that was murdered almost four years ago has been sentenced to prison. Kayla Medckie was sentenced in Floyd County Superior Court on Monday to 10 years, four behind bars and the rest on probation, on a charge of second degree cruelty to children. Medckie was the mother of 3-year-old Ella Camp, who was beaten to death by Medckie’s boyfriend David Zachary Gresham in September 2013. Gresham is serving life without parole for murder in connection with the case.
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