Morning Reads for Monday, October 7, 2019

I almost hate writing it out because I may jinx us all…but, y’all, could fall actually be making an appearance??

• Houston County Coroner Danny Galpin has identified the three men killed in Friday’s wreck at a Robins Air Force Base gate.
• Everyone here at GaPol is sending prayers and well wishes to President Carter as he recuperates from a fall.
• Statue of first African American fighter pilot to debut in Georgia.
• An unidentified high school teacher at Hephzibah High School in Hephzibah, Ga., was placed on paid administrative leave after allegedly posting a message in her classroom saying the Confederate flag symbolizes one’s intent to “marry your sister.”
• Cobb attorney, former Georgia senator Fred ‘Bowtie’ Bentley Sr. dies at 92.
• Rural Prosperity Summit highlights rural Georgia’s economic challenges.
• The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced that it has donated a plot of land to Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, which will allow for the construction of an affordable house in West Atlanta’s Washington Park neighborhood.
• Department of Health and Human Services awards funds to help Georgia fight HIV epidemic.
• Vaping is on the rise and this article is worth the read.
• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr partnered with the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Asian American Hotel Owners Association and the Georgia Hotel and Lodging Association to raise awareness across the state for a unified approach to combating human trafficking.