Election Deadline; Police Under Scrutiny

1. We’ll see a few more clouds but no rain today as the high tops out around 89 degrees and the breeze fades away, the National Weather Service says. The overnight low will be about 67.

2. You have until noon today to plunk down $400 and qualify to run for the 43rd District seat in the state House, left vacant by . The field for now stands at five, the Marietta Daily Journal reports, after John Carson and Roy C. Barnes entered Tuesday.

3. The high school sports season is underway even though don’t start until the Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome this Saturday, when Northeast Cobb’s and will take the field. While today is quiet on the varsity front, you can catch many of Northeast Cobb’s volleyball stars of the future with a series of JV games starting at 5:15 p.m. today at Lassiter. You might see Kell and as well.

4. In government action today, the Citizen Oversight Committee meets at 100 Cherokee St. at 9 a.m., and the Board of Tax Assessors meets at 10 a.m. at 736 Whitlock Ave. Want to do business with the county? There’s a free workshop on how to be a county vendor at 5:30 p.m. at the , 1220 Al Bishop Dr.; let Inger Eberhart know you plan to attend at 770-528-3317 or inger.eberhart@cobbcounty.org.

5. Even as the is , some people are questioning police procedures after a police chase out of Smyrna on Friday night hit an innocent family’s car. The chase resulted in the capture of two men suspected in multiple armed robberies but put a woman in the family car into intensive care. Smyrna-Vinings Patch has the full story.