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Almost all of the Buckeye commitments are in action this weekend as high school football continues across the country. And you can follow how the Ohio State verbal commitments are doing in action all weekend on our Front Row message board thread. The prep season is going strong and almost all of the Ohio State commitments and many of their recruiting targets are in action this weekend.

Bucknuts will be in attendance at the Findlay (Ohio) at Toledo (Ohio) St. John Jesuit game. Findlay is 5-3 so far this season while St. John Jesuit enters tonight’s game at 3-4. Findlay features 2023 offensive tackle and defensive end Luke Montgomery who is an Ohio State target. Montgomery has visited Ohio State multiple times over the past few months. Findlay also features 2025 quarterback Ryan Montgomery who is their starting quarterback and has multiple Division 1 offers despite being just a freshman.

Also many Ohio State targets will be in action this weekend across the country as well.

Now back to the Buckeyes’ commitments and the games this weekend involving those commits. Find out how the future Buckeyes played including game scores, stats, highlights and more. All of that will be posted on this thread below all weekend long.

Friday (Oct. 15)

Memphis (Tenn.) Christian Brothers (RB Dallan Hayden) at Memphis (Tenn.) Memphis University

Austin (Texas) Lake Travis (WR Caleb Burton) home vs Del Valle (Texas)

Chandler (Ariz.) (WR Kyion Grayes) has a bye this weekend

Suwanee (Ga.) Lambert (WR Kojo Antwi) home vs Cumming (Ga.) North Forsyth

Chicago (Ill.) St. Rita (WR Kaleb Brown) home vs New Lenox (Ill.) Providence Catholic (Brown has been out with an injury)

Acworth (Ga.) Allatoona (TE Bennett Christian) at Marietta (Ga.) Sprayberry

Thompson’s Station (Tenn.) Independence (TE Ty Lockwood - 2023) has a bye this weekend

West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West (OL Tegra Tshabola and DB Jyaire Brown) at Cincinnati (Ohio) Colerain

Greenwood Village (Col.) Cherry Creek (OL George Fitzpatrick) at Centennial (Col.) Arapahoe

Kettering (Ohio) Alter (LB C.J. Hicks) home vs Dayton (Ohio) Carroll

Marysville (Ohio) (LB Gabe Powers) home vs Delaware (Ohio) Berlin

Little Elm (Texas) (DB Terrance Brooks) home vs McKinney (Texas) Boyd

Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna (DB Ryan Turner) home vs Miami (Fla.) Gulliver Prep

Seffner (Fla.) Armwood (DB Kye Stokes) at Valrico (Fla.) Bloomingdale.

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Biscuit Belly is expanding to the Peach State and in a big way. The fast-casual breakfast and brunch restaurant will open not one, but five, franchised units with the first set to open in March 2022 at 3330 Cobb Parkway NW in Acworth.

Biscuit Belly openings are also planned next year for Marietta, Woodstock, Newnan and Columbus.

The Georgia locations will be operated by Missy Moon and Robert Estapa of Fresh Development One LLC. They are represented by Gary Woodward of JLL as commercial broker for their Biscuit Belly deals. Moon and Estapa have 20 years in the restaurant industry. The multi-unit franchisees previously operated several franchise restaurant concepts including Newk’s Eatery, Quiznos and Five Guys.

“After the first meeting with Biscuit Belly co-founders and seeing how organized and dedicated they are to bringing great high-quality food and service to communities, I knew this would be a great investment for us,” Moon said in a release announcing the news. “As an experienced franchise owner who has been in the business for two decades, I am confident in what Biscuit Belly has to offer franchise owners and guests alike, and have no doubt we will experience great success in the state of Georgia.”

Founded in 2019, chef-driven Biscuit Belly mixes southern comfort food with unexpected flavors to make out of this world biscuit sandwiches. Menu items include a variety of biscuit sandwiches, biscuits and gravy, and breakfast cocktails. They also offer vegetarian options such as the “Edgy Veggie” biscuit sandwich which is made with fried green tomatoes, mushroom gravy, cheddar and egg.

“We are excited about the growth of this concept and look forward to partnering with this group of investors who have extensive experience in the restaurant industry,” said Chad Coulter, co-founder of Biscuit Belly.

The brand currently operates three locations in Louisville, Kentucky and one in Evansville, Indiana. They are planning five more franchised units for the Nashville market.

For more information, visit biscuitbelly.com. Connect on Facebook and Instagram.

Note: This article has been updated since its original publication to include an additional contact.

ACWORTH, Ga. - Tranquil Gardens Assisted Living Facility's staff, residents, and their family members are in disbelief after learning the facility will be permanently closing its doors at the end of the week.

Staff and residents tell FOX 5 they were given a "verbal eviction notice" on Tuesday. They were told the property was being foreclosed on.

"I never thought these people would do this to these residents. There is no name for what they've done to us. Uprooting my mom at 99," said Nellie Garcia.

Jon Fisher is a resident who has been at the facility for about two months. His family was able to find him a new assisted living facility nearby to move into.

Fisher said he was initially angry when he heard the news.

"I can't believe they did not know about this before this week," he said.

Will Riggs said he just moved his father into the facility a couple of months ago. He said he's received no communication from the owners.

"No one is trying to get our money back. We've just put in about $3,500 in this place in the last two months. There's no notice of what's going on," Riggs said.

He said his father will need to undergo medical evaluations before being admitted into a new facility and they are unable to get that done by the end of the week.

Ken Byers's mother was one of the first residents at the facility when it opened its doors.

The 87-year-old recently had surgery and is a part of the memory care program.

"Mom's been here two and half years and tonight will be her last," Byer said.

He, along with other family members, are now scrambling to find their loved ones a new place to stay.

"Janice and Brian Steward, the owners of this property. They've failed us in a big way," Byer said.

Not only are residents and families unsure of the future., so are the staff members, like executive director Tiffany Echols.

"It's so inhumane. How do you do your elderly that way? How do you do your staff that way?" Echols asked.

She was emotional as she recalled her time at the facility. She said her biggest concern is making sure all of the residents have a place they can go when Friday comes.

She's now trying to figure out how to say goodbye to a place filled with people she's called family for the last two and half years.

"I have my staff here that will stick it out with me until Friday. We don't know if we'll get paid but we're going to stick it out for the love of our residents," Echols said.

She said the owners stopped by briefly on Tuesday.

Because some staff members left after getting the news, staff from nearby assisted living facilities are showing up to help with things like food, care, and finding residents new places to stay.

FOX 5 did reach out to the owners but did not head back.

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Georgia doesn't have as many pumpkin patches as other states, but there are still plenty of places to buy them.

ACWORTH, GA — It's the time of year to think about picking up a pumpkin or two near Acworth, whether your search for the best takes you to patches and fields or your local grocery store.

In some areas, however, experts fear that heavy summer rains could have increased the likelihood of a blight that affects many vegetables including pumpkins, dampening the outlook for the pumpkin crop this fall.

Georgia ranks 46th in the United States for the number of pumpkin acres harvested, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture census. About 74 acres were harvested in 2017, which is the most recent complete data from the USDA.

The USDA says six states — Illinois, California, Indiana, Michigan, Virginia and Texas — are responsible for 40 percent of pumpkin acres harvested. Together, they average between 4,700 and 5,600 acres of pumpkins a year, according to the USDA.

More recently, Illinois tops the list of pumpkin-producing states, harvesting about 10,900 acres in 2019. The other states among the top six have all averaged between 4,700 and 5,600 acres per year.

Four other states — Wisconsin, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania — account for another 20 percent of the pumpkins harvested in the country, meaning the top 10 pumpkin-producing states provide more than 60 percent of the country's pumpkin output.

Blight concerns

Phytophthora blight is a fungus that showed up earlier than usual in the states that produce the most pumpkins, Mohammad Babadoost, a professor of plant pathology at the University of Illinois, told Harvest Public Media in July.

Heavy rains in late June and early July caused the fungus to show up earlier than anticipated in Morton, Illinois, a village that produces more than 90 percent of the world's canned pumpkin.

"After the middle of August, or close to the end of the season in September or so, it's not so bad," Babadoost said. "But this year, in the first week of July, is too much."

It's not yet known whether the fungus will lower the numbers of pumpkins produced in 2021. But Babadoost told Patch in an email statement he is "still observing some Phytophthora infection on pumpkins and other cucurbits (gourd plants)."

Editor's note: This post was automatically generated using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture census. Please report any errors or other feedback to content@patch.com.

ACWORTH, Ga. - The families of 27 elderly residents are furious after they were told they must leave their assisted living facility with about 72 hours' notice. Tranquil Gardens senior care facility in Acworth told them they had to be out by noon Friday, leaving their loved ones scrambling.

"It’s just horrible," said Vanessa Johnson, whose mother and brother lived at the facility up until Friday morning.

As her mother sat in her wheelchair in the scorching hot parking lot of the facility as they were moving out, she began crying. Her former caretaker tried to comfort her.

"She’s terrified right now and this is so unnecessary and this is so abusive," Johnson said. "They said that everybody was being evicted and that the staff is not going to get paid and we just have to leave."

Tiffany Echols, the now-former executive director of the facility, said the whole staff – even she – was blindsided by the news.

"I’ve grown to love the residents, I’ve come to love the families. It’s heartbreaking," Echols said. "We want to know where our paychecks are, we want to know why you put our residents on the street."

While Echols blames the owners, the owners said economic factors forced them to close.

"Unfortunately, we have been faced with several unforeseen challenges that in the end proved to be catastrophic. A yearlong shut down

due to Covid was something that we were unable to recover from as a new business," said Janice Stewart, the owner of the property, in a statement emailed to Fox 5. We know that emotions are high when family is involved, and we hope that in time people will be able to see past the false allegations being made and know that we are truly devastated to close our doors and say goodbye to all of our residents."

Echols, who said she helped manage the facility’s finances, does not buy it.

"They just accepted all of these people's rent money so how are you going under?" she said. "Nobody here is ever late with the rent, these residents pay their rent on time every month because I received the rent checks."

Echols said she was escorted from the property Friday morning by law enforcement.

Mervlyn Pringle, a caretaker at the facility who immigrated from Jamaica, said she was baffled by the abrupt nature of the closure.

"I love the residents so much, and they are so nice," she said. " I am from Jamaica and this is the worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my life."

Some family members of the residents say they are considering legal action against the owners.

One staffer told Fox 5 that all 27 residents were able to move to other facilities or with family members.

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