Restaurant Owner Killed, 'Stranger Things' Seeking Extras, Power Restored Post-Hurricane: News Nearby

Patch has community sites across Georgia. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Police: Tucker Restaurant Owner Killed For Car Loan Cash
• Man Shoots, Kills Girlfriend After Argument
• Buckhead Executive's Shooting: Police Searching for Cell Phone

'Stranger Things' Season 2 Casting Extras Now

If you're a big fan of "Stranger Things," or maybe if you've just always wanted to time-travel back to the 1980s, now is your chance.

The hit Netflix series is now holding open casting calls in metro Atlanta for extras to appear in Season Two. >>> Read more.

Traffic Deaths Climb in Early 2016

A projected 17,775 people died in U.S. car wrecks in the first six months of the year, according to national highway safety data — a 10.4 percent increase over the first half of 2015.

The newly released national figures come as Georgia wrangles with its own spike in highway fatalities, suggesting 2016 may again be an increasingly tragic year on the state's roadways. >>> Read more.

• Bartow Teen Dies From Gunshot Wound
• Georgia Power: 100 Percent Power Restored to Customers By Wednesday
• Donald Trump Jr. In Atlanta on Friday
• Help Gwinnett Police Identify A 'Career Criminal'
• Gwinnett Teacher Reassigned After 'Inappropriate Comments'

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• Man Indicted in Killing of Canton Siblings
• Rash of Midtown Car Break-ins Continues
• Motorcyclist Injured In Bartow Crash
• Georgia Girl Scout Named National Young Woman of Distinction
• Inmates Register to Vote With Help From DeKalb Sheriff

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