Surprise Clinton Surge in State, Georgia's Latest Execution, KKK Fliers Target Transgendered: News Nearby

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

• Hillary Clinton Leading Donald Trump By 4 Points in Georgia
• Clemency Denied For Atlanta Cop Killer
• KKK Fliers Distributed in Towne Lake

Georgia Kids Vote for Hillary Clinton for President

If kids in Georgia could vote, they would elect Hillary Clinton to be the 45th president of the United States. That's according to the results of a Scholastic poll, which included 153,000 kids nationwide from kindergarten through 12th grade voting by online and mail-in ballot.

In Georgia, Clinton received 48 percent of the vote, compared to Donald Trump's 37 percent. Fifteen percent of kids voted for somebody else. >>> Read more.

Lovett Alum Shane Kimbrough Launches to ISS

Lovett School alum Shane Kimbrough was one of three astronauts who launched this morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed to the International Space Station. >>> Read more.

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• Georgia Power Closing More Than 100 Local Offices
• Buckhead Executive's Shooting: Autopsy Released
• One Person Shot at Windy Hill Road Home

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