Week in Review: Wrong-Way Crash, Gingrey Speaks, Elections Set

Here are the highlights of the week that was:

A wrong-way crash late Tuesday/early Wednesday, but . We aim to bring you an update early this week.

McKenna Farms Therapy Services in Dallas has a new indoor horse-riding facility thanks to the help of Leadership Paulding. See some .

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, took a few opportunities to speak to constituents last week. Monday saw him stop in Cartersville for a town hall meeting, from which we brought you and . Thursday saw Gingrey visit Marietta for another town hall, .

Speaking of politics, Wednesday saw the closing of qualifying for municipal offices in Dallas and Hiram. See .

In other government-related news, the Dallas City Council recognized on Monday Girl Scout Troop 624 for raising $1,000 to purchase a bulletproof vest for a police K-9. .

Over in the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were instrumental in of violating the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act following a gang graffiti investigation. The investigation also led to the arrests of several others involved in entering auto and financial transaction card fraud cases.

Chattahoochee Tech announced Thursday that its president will soon be leaving to .

Our inaugural Athlete of the Week was . We’re already taking nominations from the high school coaches to see who might be this week’s honored athlete, so look for this feature later in the week.

We previewed last week some events that will happen this week or next. There is this coming weekend’s , Saturday’s , and the next two weekends.

That’s it for our recap of last week’s headlines. Thanks for checking us out, and we hope you’ll return to see what we’ll bring you this week and beyond.