A New Local Voice

1. Congratulations to Madeline Tully of Sequoyah High School. Find out why she was named this week's Canton-Sixes Patch Whiz Kid.

2. House Resolution 1162, the legislation that would potentially restore the state's power to approve charter schools, passed on Wednesday, two weeks after a similar measure failed. 

3. Nicholas Ramaglia of BridgeMill is being held in the Cherokee County Detention Center on charges of burglary and violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday.

4. Jamey Prickett, the pastor of Liberty Hill United Methodist Church in Canton, has joined the growing number of Canton-Sixes Patch Local Voices columnists. Wednesday, he made his debut on the site. Welcome, Pastor Prickett!

5. And in his latest Local Voices column, Canton attorney Eric A. Ballinger urged support for a constitutional amendment that would ensure funding for the state's indigent defense program. If you'd like to become a Local Voices columnist, click here to apply.

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