Weekend & Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: 5K Benefit Run for Injured High School Grad [VIDEO]

Join the Lassiter High School community this weekend to support an injured high school student.

This week's Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Weekend & Community Spotlight features the Christopher Heitzman Benefit 5K Run. The event takes place Saturday morning at Lassiter High School, with proceeds to help pay for medical expenses for the injured graduate. Heitzman, who graduated from Lassiter last spring, was seriously injured in a car accident last July on Trickum Road that killed his classmate, Ryan Aschenbach, and injured another recent Lassiter graduate Tylor Seaman. Heitzman sustained a head injury and several broken bones, and will need more surgeries. The fundraiser has collected just under $40,000 from pre-registration, and is hoping to raise more money to help cover Heitzman's medical expenses. Pre-registration for the run is $20 …

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Angela Chao

12:22 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013

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News Nearby: Names Released in Fatal Accident; ASO Says Lassiter, Walton Choruses 'Not Diverse Enough'

Here are some of the top headlines from around metro Atlanta.

Frampere Ingle, 24, has been identified as the driver that entered Ga. 400 at Lenox Road going southbound in the northbound lanes causing Wednesday's two-fatality accident, according to a report by the AJC. The northbound driver Ingle collided with has been identified as Eric Hanks. Hanks died at the scene, police said. Ingle, of Marietta, died at Grady Memorial Hospital following the crash. Read more on Buckhead Patch.  Two Cobb County high schools have been told they will not be performing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in the fall because they lack racial diversity. The choruses at Lassiter and Walton high schools have been barred from full participation in the ASO's joint holiday concert held in December. Both schools would …

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