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Witnesses: Truck Driver Ran Red Light Before Fatal Collision

Witnesses said that the driver of a tractor trailer ran a red light at Thornton Road in Lithia Springs before colliding with a Nissan Sentra and her Atlanta passenger, WSB reported. The Smyrna woman is survived by a 16-year-old daughter.

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Cherokee Sheriff's Office: Child Porn Seizure 'Possibly' the Largest to Date

Calling it "possibly the largest seizure of child pornography in Cherokee County to date," sheriff's investigators found more than 100,000 electronic files of child porn on a Woodstock man's computers.

Richard Ensley, 37, is in the  without bond on a charge of sexual exploitation of children after authorities conducted multi-agency sweeps Wednesday and Thursday to verify the addresses of the county's 213 registered sex offenders.

Sixteen people, including Ensley, who is not a registered sex offender, were arrested during the operation, said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the . 

Read more on Canton-Sixes Patch.

Burned at 8, McEachern Alum Now an ‘Iron Man’

For a while after the tragedy of Aug. 4, 1982, Shay Eskew didn’t remember—or want to remember—what happened that day. 

But as time went on, especially when he began to give inspirational speeches, the mental images resurfaced. 

His 15-year-old neighbor asking Eskew, who was 8, and his 7-year-old friend to help her get rid of a yellow jacket nest.

The neighbor throwing a match on the nest.

The neighbor then tossing gasoline in the nest’s direction. 

The gasoline accidentally landing on Eskew, his friend and the match, sending the boys’ bodies aflame.

Can TIA Bring Sexy Back to Metro Atlanta?

A panel of metro Atlanta business leaders called on the business community to help bring sexy back to metro Atlanta with the passage of the Transportation Investment Act at the ’s First Monday Breakfast.