Sexual Assault, Hospital Developments Top Headlines
Get a recap of all the major headlines we had April 1-7.
An Austell man faces aggravated child molestation and aggravated sodomy charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a 7-year-old boy Wednesday. We later reported the details behind Demetrius Ortez Jones’ May 2010 indictment in Cobb County on similar charges. We hope to bring you more details behind this story this week.
A Paulding County woman on a trip to Mexico has been reported missing. Learn more about the disappearance of Christina Cassin of Acworth.
Reynold J. Jennings of WellStar Health Systems focused on the future WellStar Paulding Hospital during his keynote speech at Thursday’s Paulding County Chamber of Commerce Georgia Power Luncheon. We’ll be covering Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future hospital—look for coverage of it Tuesday.
Earlier in the week, the Hiram City Council gave its approval of a variance request from hospital officials to increase the height of the future hospital’s tower from seven stories to 11 stories.
Speaking of health matters, Paulding County is among Georgia’s healthiest counties, according to a study released Tuesday. See how Paulding fared against some nearby counties and learn how the rankings were determined.
Back to government news—Gov. Nathan Deal has recently signed two bills that will impact local governments. Learn how the two bills will impact Paulding County and Hiram.
The Paulding County School System is eligible for a grant from Liberty Mutual—and you can help the district earn it.
Do you want to help local animals? Learn how you can give a potential pet life by checking out the details behind Paulding County Animal Control’s “Save a Life Tuesday” program.
The Rollins residence in Hiram was the latest historic home we profiled. We’ll feature another historic Paulding place on Monday.
In other house-related features, do you have your eyes on the real estate market? Two of our weekly features should be right up your alley. Check out several homes with acreage, and learn about real estate appraisals in the latest column from C. Mark Willix.
Four of eight restaurants inspected in recent days earned unsatisfactory grades. See how the eight Paulding establishments did.
Another local business earned better marks—readers selected Simon's & Associates as their favorite tax preparer in the week’s Readers’ Choice poll.
Lastly, if you’re wondering if you should check out American Reunion, our weekly “Dinner and a Movie” review focuses on the latest film in the American Pie series.
