Woodstock Woman Off Ventilator; 'Pill Mill' Partner Pleads Guilty in News Nearby

Emily Bowman Comes Off Ventilator While Athens Police Burn The Midnight Oil - Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch

The 19-year-old Woodstock woman who remains in critical condition at Athens Regional Medical Center has reached another milestone in her recovery after being struck by a truck in a hit and run accident on Feb. 16. 

Emily Bowman has been taken completely off a ventilator and is now breathing through a tube placed in her trachea "that provides moist, oxygenated air," her uncle Neal Bowman wrote on the Bows for Bowman Facebook page. Visit Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch for more on this story.

- Cartersville Patch

One of the five people accused of operating a "pill mill" in Cartersville has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with federal authorities.

In June 2011, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies raided Atlanta Medical Group, a Collins Drive pain clinic, arresting 11 residents of other states on drug possession and other charges. Visit Cartersville Patch for more on this story. 

Car Lands Upside Down on Highway 372 - Canton-Sixes Patch

A woman has been taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta after extricating herself from a car that landed upside down on Highway 372 in Ball Ground.

According to a Cherokee Fire and Emergency Services release, a Honda left the highway near Flat Bottom Trail just before 6 p.m. Sunday and became airborne. Visit Canton-Sixes Patch for more on this story.

Shuttle Bus, SUV Collides on I-85 - Fox 5 Atlanta

Police say an airport shuttle bus was involved in a crash near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning, leaving one person hurt. 

The crash happened at the ramp connecting Interstate 85 and Riverdale Road, and it caused the exit ramp from I-85 southbound to be shut down for more than two hours. Visit Fox 5 Atlanta for more on this story.