Cherokee Fares Better Than State, Metro Atlanta in July Jobs Report

1. On average, 's class of 2012 earned the highest ACT scores in the system's history. See which high school was tops.

2. Three Canton businesses made Inc. Magazine's list of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Which ones made the list? Click on the following link to find out.

3.  has found a new facility near Interstate 575. Now it needs your financial support.

4. Cherokee's July unemployment rate of 7.5 percent was nearly two percentage points below metro Atlanta's rate of 9.3 percent, according to figures released Thursday.

5. The Georgia State Patrol released the identities of those involved in , and all of them were from Canton.

Bonus: The public is invited to swing by City Hall at 9:30 a.m. today for coffee with the . "Learn more about what the City of Canton Fire Department is and does for its residents,"  member Bill Bryan said.

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