Charter Debate Intensifies, Canton Road Closure Extended

1. After the threatened to report Cherokee Charter Academy to Attorney General Sam Olens if officials didn't respond to a Georgia Open Records Act request, the group that governs the charter fired off a strongly-worded response late Thursday. Click for the Georgia Charter Educational Foundation's letter. Read the story that prompted the foundation's email . And return to Canton-Sixes Patch today for updates on this story.

2. Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) and other members of a legislative subcommittee will meet at 10 a.m. today to discuss ways to help . The meeting will be held on the fourth floor of the state Capitol.

3. Highway 140, between Hospital Road and North Etowah Drive, will remain closed longer than Canton officials originally projected. In a Thursday alert, city officials pushed back the date from today to Monday. A water main break on Wednesday prompted the closure. Click the PDF on this page for Thursday's amended announcement. Go for video from the scene and other details.

4. A Canton teen walked away from a fatal crash in Kennesaw without injury, a Cobb County official said Thursday night. Click for the full report.

5. Today is the last day that students at will walk through the halls of 2126 Sixes Road. The embattled private school is reeling from , , and . It hopes to start fresh at the in Holly Springs, though officials have been mum about their future plans.