Crime & Safety

Tensions Boil Over BOE Meeting

Find out what's coming up on Canton-Sixes Patch today - or what you might have missed overnight.

1. Both sides of the charter school debate came out swinging Friday. Read one charter school supporter's letter to the editor and the 's stinging assessment of a CBS Atlanta report at 6 a.m.

2. Patrick Molesti is back in Cherokee County nearly 15 months after he fled his Woodstock home to escape accusations of possessing child pornography and trying to buy a 5-year-old boy online. Click for the full report.

3. Head over to from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today for some tasty chili, a car show, free canine and human wellness checkups, and music by 94.9 The Bull Radio. It's all for a good cause: the Cherokee County Humane Society.Β Chili tasting begins at noon. Click for a list of other suggested weekend activities in and around Canton. And if you see freelance photo journalist , don't pay him any mind. He's there to capture all of the candid moments and fun for a photo gallery that will appear on our site on Sunday.

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4. A missing Ball Ground man with dementia is safe, Lt. Jay Baker said Friday. Click for details.

5. Alesa Sisson will introduce us to a dog who is no stranger to the . Return to Canton-Sixes Patch at noon to meet the .

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Bonus: More than 1,200 students – some of them from Canton – were honored at commencement Thursday morning. Click for the video report from Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch editor Lindsey Davidson.


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