7 things to know tonight: Local woman fights flesh-eating bacteria, more
Doctors have not figured out how Cindy Martinez, 34, got the dangerous bacteria yet, and that's what's scaring her family the most.
June 12, 2015
1. A Gwinnett County mother is fighting a flesh-eating bacteria, and risks losing her hands and feet.Doctors have not figured out how Cindy Martinez, 34, got the dangerous bacteria yet, and that's what's scaring her family the most. [Read more]
2. The long version of how UGA landed Jacob Eason: His father sat down with the AJC to tell the real story, and it all starts – out of all things – with the NFL’s New York Jets. [Read more]
3. Hundreds raced to Piedmont Park Friday morning to run with comedian Kevin Hart. The unplanned runs are a part of Hart’s new partnership with the wellness app Rally Health, for which he is serving as a brand representative. [Read more]
4. Likely the last surviving “real son” of a Georgia Confederate veteran, H.V. Booth has died at age 96 in Elberton. Booth was the son of Isham Johnson Booth, a guard at Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville, the nightmarish Civil War prison compound [Read more]
5. Same-sex marrige ruling creates a bustle in Georgia: Businesses, organizations and residents are anticipating — and making preparations for — what they expect will be an affirmation of gay marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court sometime this month. [Read more]
6. Former GM plant assembling new future: The vaporization of the former Doraville assembly plant has left many wondering, How will the property reinvent itself this time? It turns out, the developer who bought the 165 acres has the same question. If that uncertainty seems a bit disconcerting, well, yeah. [Read more]
7. Finally: Atlanta deserves a better deal than Tyler perry, one resident writes in a new column. [Read more]
