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Top 10 stories for week of August 11-August 17

1. Investigators seek cause of Locust Grove fire

Investigators from the Henry County Police and Fire departments returned to a Locust Grove home, Tuesday, where a man’s body was recovered following a house fire.

2. Deputies find $125,000 in home-grown marijuana

Henry County Sheriff’s deputies discovered 109 marijuana plants while serving an arrest warrant. The marijuana is estimated to have a street value of $125,000, according to Henry County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy David Foster.

3. Felons taken off the street in Henry

Henry County Sheriff’s Deputies apprehended 10 felons during a recent fugitive sweep.

4. Daughter makes her way, following mother

By age 3, Amanda Peabody knew what she wanted to become. She said all the influences in her life, and her own desire to learn and teach, pushed her toward becoming a teacher.

5. Historic Civil War hospital to be destroyed

An historic home is scheduled to go up in flames today.

6. Alleged copper thief caught

Henry County Police caught a gunman, allegedly in the act of burglarizing an abandoned home.

7. Cops nab alleged armed robbery ring

Following reports of an amred home invasion and a gas station hold up, it took local police agencies, along with the U.S. Marshal’s office, to catch three teenaged suspects of an alleged armed robbery ring.

8. Phone store robbed at gunpoint

Henry County Police are searching for two people suspected of robbing a Stockbridge store at gunpoint.

9. Stockbridge Council formalizes censure against Stuart

Sparks continue to fly in Henry County’s most populous city as government leaders formally censured Mayor Lee Stuart, by a vote of 4-1 Monday night.

10. HOME-GROWN TALENT: 10 college football players from the Southern Crescent to watch

Clayton News Daily/Henry Daily Herald staff writer Brian Paglia picks 10 players from the Southern Crescent who should have the biggest impact on the biggest stages this college football season.

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