Q: It was reported that DeKalb County was among those participating in last Tuesday's referendum on allowing Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages. However, when I went to my polling place in the Briarcliff and Clairmont roads area, it was not on my voting screen. Why wouldn't all polling places in the county carry the measure on their ballots?
— Matt G. Leger, Atlanta
A: Voters who live in DeKalb County and not within the boundaries of a specific city will be able to vote on Sunday alcohol sales during the next countywide election, which will be on March 6, a spokesperson with the DeKalb County Commission told Q&A on the News in an email. The county saved $330,000 by postponing the Sunday alcohol sales vote until then.
Q: With all the news about the Penn State mess, I have not seen what prompted the grand jury investigation after the witness apparently put all of this in motion.
— Frank Cook, Doraville
A: A victim, a 15-year-old boy, told authorities in 2008 that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had "inappropriate contact with him over a four-year period, starting when he was 10," The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News reported in March. That eventually prompted a grand jury investigation that lasted about 15 months and resulted in the arrest of Sandusky on Nov. 5 on the charges of sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period. Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno and athletic director Tim Curley were among those who testified before the grand jury in January.
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