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Entrepreneur Don Panoz, who once owned Chateau Elan and Road Atlanta, dies at 83
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Don Panoz, pharmaceutical tycoon and sports car maker, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Panoz invented the nicotine patch, opened Chateau Elan Winery and Resort and helped revive Road Atlanta in his time in South Hall County and metro Atlanta.
Jeff Gill
Updated: Sep 14, 2018, 4:38 PM
Published: Sep 11, 2018, 5:33 PM
After a short battle with pancreatic cancer, the man who invented the nicotine patch smoked his last cigarette early Tuesday, Sept. 11, and died surrounded by family.
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Police said a prostitute called 911 after her client tried to rape her at an Oakwood home
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John Clarke appears in Hall County Magistrate Court Monday, March 31, 2025, for a committal hearing on charges of rape, aggravated assault, pandering, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The aggravated assault charge was dismissed by the judge. - photo by Scott Rogers
Nick Watson
The Times
Updated: Mar 31, 2025, 8:30 PM
Published: Mar 31, 2025, 5:46 PM
A woman agreed March 4 to come to an Oakwood home to have sex with John Paul Clarke for $140, according to court testimony.
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