Writing Samples for March 13, 2016

FOR MARCH 13, 2016
THE CHAIR AND TWO SEATS ON THE COBB COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL BE DECIDED SOON.

OF COURSE ELECTION DAY IS WAY DOWN THE ROAD IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

IN THE RACE FOR COBB COUNTY CHAIR, REPUBLICAN TIM LEE IS RUNNING AGAINST RETIRED MARINE MIKE BOYCE AND RETIRED BUSINESSMAN LARRY SAVAGE.

IN DISTRICT TWO, REPUBLICAN BOB OTT IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AGAINST ATTORNEY JONATHAN PAGE.

DEMOCRAT LISA CUPID IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION UNOPPOSED IN DISTRICT FOUR.

POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR KERWIN SWINT IS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY LOCAL ELECTIONS GO UNOPPOSED BY CANDIDATES THIS YEAR.

(Kerwin Swint/Kennesaw State University Political Science Professor)
"Presidential years, I think a lot of the oxygen is sucked out of the room for fundraising and people's time and attention.  in cobb, most of the offices are held by Republicans, and so you're not going to have a lot of general election match-ups anyway."

THE PRIMARIES FOR THOSE LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE ON MAY 24TH.



TEASE FOR LATE NIGHT NEWS
TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN BEHIND ONE OF THE PROTESTS AT A DONALD TRUMP RALLY.



TRAFFIC IS MOVING AGAIN ON THE EASTBOUND 10 NEAR CASA GRANDE.

EARLIER THIS MORNING, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED AFTER AN AUTO ACCIENT NEAR I-8 LED TO SEVERAL MORE CRASHES.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WERE AIRLIFTED TO AREA HOSPITALS.

TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP ON I-10 FOR AT LEAST FIVE MILES WHILE TRAFFIC WAS MOVING AS NORMAL ON INTERSTATE 8.

A-DOT RE-OPENED I-10 AROUND 11-30 THIS MORNING.

A FORT VALLEY MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER HE WAS SHOT NEAR FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY.

FORT VALLEY POLICE ARRESTED CORNELIUS ORLANDO BELL FOR AGGREVATED ASSAULT.

THE FORT VALLEY D-P-S SAID OFFICERS WENT TO 122 TABOR CIRCLE AFTER A SHOTS FIRED CALL WAS MADE.

THE VICTIM, 32-YEAR-OLD CLIFFORD POSTELL WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL CENTER NAVICENT HEALTH AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE LOWER TORSO.

HE IS EXPECTED TO BE O-K.

AND WE'RE LEARNING THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT A DEKALB COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEX THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED AROUND 11 A-M. AT THE HIGHLANDS OF EAST ATLANTA ON FLAT SHOALS ROAD IN SOUTHEAST ATLANTA.

WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION ON THE VICTIMS' CONDITIONS.

DEKALB COUNTY POLICE DO NOT HAVE ANY SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY AT THIS TIME.

FOR MARCH 12, 2016
ON CAM
A DRIVER IS DEAD AFTER GOING THE WRONG WAY ON THE 52.

TAKE VO
THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 32-YEAR-OLD SAN DIEGO RESIDENT SANDRA HOWARD.

SHE DROVE EASTBOUND ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF THE 52 EAST OF THE 805.

THE C-H-P SAID SHE WENT 70 MILES AN HOUR IN HER 2001 ACURA S-U-V AND THEN HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER.

PARAMEDICS TRIED TO SAVE HER LIFE WHEN THEY TOOK HER INTO AN AMBULANCE ON TO SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED.

HER TWO PASSENGERS WERE EACH TAKEN TO SHARP AND SCRIPPS MERCY WITH MAJOR INJURIES.