Politics & Government

Gov. Taps Native Son, Drive-By in Woodstock

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1. Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Rick D. Bailey to the Georgia Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Committee. Bailey, who is from Canton, founded Rick Bailey & Company in 1978. The insurance agency is located in Woodstock. Click here for the release from the governor's office.

2. Remember: Highway 140, between Hospital Road and North Etowah Drive, is closed until Monday, the result of Wednesday's water main break. Go for video from the scene and other details.

3. Lifestyles magazine recently named metro Atlanta's top doctors and two of them practice in Canton. Dr. Ryan Chen was named a top doctor for sports medicine; Dr. Michele Perez, rehabilitation/physical medicine. Both are physicians at Resurgens Orthopaedics. Click for the announcement.

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4. Eleven students from Canton ended the spring 2011 semester with a GPA of 3.5 or higher and were named to the Dean’s List at Berry College, spokeswoman Chris Reinolds Kozelle said in a news release. Click for the list of names.

5. In nearby Woodstock, a 22-year-old man was shot five times early Saturday in what appears to be a drive-by shooting at the Noonday Mobile Home Park. Ivan Valadez was in his bedroom when he was hit four times in the torso and once in the leg, said Lt. Jay Baker, spokesman for the . Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch editor Lindsey Davidson has the details .

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