Georgia Top News: Daylight Saving, New Mask Rules, Swastika

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include a chance to end daylight saving time, guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery death hate crimes trial, Nazi imagery at an East Cobb school, local James Beard Award semifinalists, Alpharetta improvements for pedestrians and thousands of dollars of meat stolen. New CDC masking guidelines, a star football player shot, a new Paulding housing development, and a drive-through pantry were more big stories this week.

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• When Daylight Saving Time 2022 Starts, GA Seeks Permanent Change
• CDC Updates COVID Mask Guidelines: What It Means In Georgia
• Guilty Verdict Reached In Ahmaud Arbery Federal Hate Crimes Trial
• Meat Thief Stole $15K In Meat From Uncle Jack's: Roswell Police
• Student Wears Swastika, Performs Nazi Salute At East Cobb MS
• James Beard Awards Names 13 Georgia Semifinalists
• More Walkable South Main Street Coming As Alpharetta OKs Contract
• COVID Limitations To Be Lifted At Cherokee Senior Centers
• GA Boy Shot In The Head With Pellet Gun Dies, Teen Friend Charged
• Georgia Linebacker Signee EJ Lightsey Shot Multiple Times
• Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend: A Guide For Non-Participants
• Smyrna Man Found Guilty Of Rape, Kidnapping, Sodomy, Assault: DA

Here are more headlines from this week:

• VIDEO: 'Bandit' Cows Invade Georgia Neighborhood
• Buckhead Cityhood Movement ‘Will Never End,’ Supporters Say
• Taxi Carjacking Suspect Robbed Driver In Gwinnett County: Police
• Almost 700 Single-Family Homes Proposed In Paulding: Report
• Man Arrested For Impersonating Cartersville Police Officer
• COVID-19 State Of Emergency Extended Again In Cobb
• COVID Restrictions To End As Forsyth Schools Return To Normal
• Man Charged In Deadly Atlanta Hookah Bar Shooting
• Gay Pride Crosswalk Left With Tire Marks From Car Burning Rubber
• Rare Snake Measuring Nearly 8 Feet Long Found In South Georgia
• Gov. Brian Kemp Condemns Russian Attack Of Ukraine
• Pope Francis Appoints Atlanta Priest To Charleston Bishop
• Taxi Carjacking Suspect Robbed Driver In Gwinnett County: Police