(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*Three people suffered non-life-threatening wounds at an Augusta high school football game Saturday night. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that the shooting, at Lucy C. Laney High School followed an argument “between two females.” The alleged shooter was arrested.
*Nearly a million people voted in the first six days of early voting in Georgia. That’s according to figures available as of 8:00 Saturday night. Early voting continues through Oct. 30, the Friday before the Nov. 3 midterms.
*Georgians are facing sharp increases in ACA health insurance premiums next year. State insurance officials say marketplace premiums could rise as much as 29-percent, with average monthly costs potentially exceeding $900. They blame rising healthcare costs and healthier residents leaving the marketplace. Medical professionals warn the increases could force some residents to drop coverage, while income-based federal subsidies remain available to eligible Georgians. Open enrollment for Georgia’s insurance marketplace begins November 1.
*A Grovetown daycare employee has been charged with cruelty to children. Surveillance video showed daycare employee Kayleigh Fox pulling a chair out from under a 3-year-old child at Big Blue Marble Academy. The child fell face-first onto the floor and suffered a cut on the chin that required stitches. WRDW reports that the daycare director initially reported the incident as an accident, but surveillance footage revealed the intentional act by the employee. Fox was fired and arrested on charges of first-degree cruelty to children.
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