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Holidays 2011

Monday, January 2, 2012

PatchCast: Another Syringe; Sunday Sales; New Laws; Legislative Agenda

Here's your roundup of top stories from Patches in Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Bartow and Paulding counties for Jan. 2.

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Parolee Arrested in Marietta Burglaries

Police call it another success for the 2011 Holiday Crime Suppression Plan.

Marietta police believe they have cracked a residential burglary spree with the arrest of a Riverdale man on parole for burglary. Police arrested Moises Sanchez Jr., 28, about 1:30 p.m. Friday at a hotel within walking distance of the neighborhood where the string of home burglaries occurred in the past week, police spokesman Detective Christopher Lindsey said in a press release this afternoon. A search of Sanchez’s hotel room turned up many items stolen in the burglaries, including electronics, jewelry, rare coins, luggage, clothes and a bicycle, Lindsey said. The burglaries all occurred in one part of police Zone 2, which is east of Cobb Parkway and north of South Marietta Parkway. Police detectives and uniform officers found Sanchez …

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Friday, December 30, 2011

PatchCast: Murder Arrest; Fake Cop; Jorelys Probe; Deck the House Winner

Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding, Douglas and Bartow counties for Dec. 30.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

PatchCast: Home Invasion Arrests; One Kmart Axed; Superschool Dreams

Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 29.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Updated: Girls Basketball Scoreboard

Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school girls basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.

It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the boys here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.  

Updated: Boys Basketball Scoreboard

Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school boys basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.

It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the girls here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

PatchCast: Trooper Mourned; Animal Rescue at Risk; Holiday Highlights

Here's your roundup of some of the top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 27.

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Update: Walton Wins, 79-51

The girls teams at Pope and Wheeler also are starting holiday basketball tournaments today.

Walton will play Fort Lauderdale's Cardinal Gibbons, which beat Gulf Coast, 70-56, the Naples Daily News says. Walton cruised to a 79-51 win over South Fort Myers this morning, the Naples Daily News reports. Sean Morgan scored 17 points to lead 12 Raiders who had points. Walton's next game will be at 9:15 Wednesday night against the winner of this afternoon's game between Gulf Coast and Cardinal Gibbons. The Naples Daily News is live-blogging the Gulfshore Shootout, so you can follow the Walton action here. Walton led 27-11 after the first quarter. Walton’s boys and Pope’s girls are hitting the courts this morning as the second wave of holiday basketball tournaments kicks off around the Southeast for East Cobb teams. The Raiders open the …

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Wishes: Capt. Burnett

The Marietta soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Afghanistan.

Army Capt. Russell Burnett is serving at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. He sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

Christmas Wishes: Lt. Col. Lang

The Marietta soldier sends her holiday greetings home to Georgia from Kuwait.

Army Reserve Lt. Col. Donna Lang is serving in Kuwait. She sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

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