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5 things to know: 'DWTS' star Kim Zolciak hospitalized after stroke

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Sept 24, 2015

Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. On Instagram this morning, Kim Zolciak Biermann reported she had a mini-stroke after returning to Atlanta from Los Angeles early Wednesday morning and the latest "Dancing With the Stars" telecast. She said her left side went numb and she couldn't speak. [Read more]

2. The fight continues between a pastor who recently banned a 103-year-old woman from a church in Elberton and church members who want to oust him. [Read more]

3. What began as a call to check out a body in a house turned into three dead, cops say, including "Ghost Adventures" stars Mark and Debby Constantino. [Read more]

4. Some see the southwest intersection of I-285 and Memorial Drive as a grubby 150-acre plot dominated by DeKalb County's jail and the old police station with a helicopter sitting on the roof. DeKalb County's Interim CEO Lee May sees opportunity. [Read more from Bill Torpy's new column]

5. Tonight's forecast? Rain, with a chance of rain.

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