Hopeful student drivers reminded to get school attendance form

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 11:45am

Hopeful student drivers reminded to get school attendance form

(WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Driver Services issued a reminder on Friday for all students wishing to take the test for their dirver's permit or license over the summer.

Those students must obtain a "DDS Certificate of Attendance Form" from their school before the end of the school year before taking any driver's test during the long summer break from classes. A spokesman from DDS said the forms must be signed and notarized from each school, and brought when each student applies for a permit or license.

Because of summer break, the Certificate of Attendance Forms issued in May will be good until September 30.

For more information, visit the Department of Driver Services online.

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 5:41pm

ATLANTA -- The new USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll is here, just in time for the state playoffs. There are changes throughout this week's countdown, with the biggest change coming at the top.

Lassiter is the new number one team, bouncing defending state champion Milton to the number 2 spot. Decatur, Centennial and Northview make up the top 5.

Westminster, Lambert, Chattahoochee, Lovett and Walton round out the top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 polls are computer generated and produced by USA Today exclusively for 11Alive News and 11Alive.com.

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Fallen Officer 5K in Powder Springs remembers those lost

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 1:01pm

Fallen Officer 5K in Powder Springs remembers those lost

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Once a year, the Fallen Officer 5K is held to remember officers who have defended Georgia residents, and lost their lives be being a hero.

The race is set for Saturday, May 11. That morning, registration opens at 7:00, and runners will take off at 8:00. Participants should meet at the start of the race, Lost Mountain Baptist Church on Old Dallas Road.

Funds collected from the race will help families make a trip to Washington D.C. for a memorial during Police Week that is taking place later in May. The Memorial helps families who have lost loved ones to keep healing. Helping out with the race is Concerns of Police Survivors, a nonprofit that helps families cope.

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PHOTOS | Cherokee County mug shot roundup

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, 2:22pm

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Woodstock bank robbery suspect captured

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, 10:01am

WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Woodstock Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a local bank earlier this week.

Nathan Alexander Dotson was taken into custody Tuesday evening at a Greyhound bus station in Atlanta. Police caught up with the 20-year-old Acworth man after receiving tips from the public.

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The robbery happened shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Regions Bank on Main Street.

Woodstock Police Chief Calvin Moss said the suspect gave the teller a demand note and left the bank after receiving cash.

Dotson is being held in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center on a robbery charge.

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Booker T. Washington's granddaughter to speak to Cobb community

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 6:24pm

Booker T. Washington's granddaughter to speak to Cobb community

AUSTELL, Ga. -- Robin Washington Banks will speak at the upcoming "Remembering my Father: A Tuskagee Airman" event on Ma7 7 in Austell.

Banks if the great granddaughter of Booker T. Washington, and will talk of his service during World War II. Following her speech, those who attend will be able to see the Kennesaw State University of History and Holocaust Education exhibit display panels "The Tuskagee Airman: the Segregated Skies of World War II."

The event is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., and will be held at Sweetwater Library in the Threadmill Mall Complex. For more information, call (770) 819-3290.

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Trisha Yearwood supports Clark Creek ES STEM Academy

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, 11:11am

Trisha Yearwood supports Clark Creek ES STEM Academy

ACWORTH, Ga. -- A country music superstar recently made a very generous donation to Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy in Acworth.

Trisha Yearwood gave the school some gift baskets filled with CDs, sweatshirts, autographed cookbooks and other goodies.

The gift baskets were part of the PTA's pasta dinner and raffle fundraiser on Apr. 23. Proceeds from the baskets were earmarked to buy instruments for the school's music program.

Yearwood is a native of Monticello, Ga., in Jasper County. She attended Young Harris College with Clark Creek principal Dr. Jennifer Scrivner.