The Georgia State Patrol has released the name of the woman killed in this week’s crash on Macon Highway south of Athens: Linda Rasch was 77 years old, from Athens. The wreck happened on Highway 441 near Athens Academy. State Troopers say Rasch pulled her car into the path of a pick-up truck.
An Athens woman is arrested in Gainesville: the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says 27 year-old Maria Yebra faces aggravated assault charges after allegedly breaking a bone in the face of an ex-boyfriend. She’s being held on unrelated charges in Forsyth County.
There are sexual battery charges for a Hall County man: the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says charges for 27 year-old Bricio Marban of Gainesville stem from his alleged involvement with child, a girl who was 6 years old when the inappropriate contact began. Marban is being held without bond in the Hall County jail.