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Living Large: One in three Georgians is obese

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Georgia’s obesity rate for adults is about average among states, the CDC reports. But it’s still a startlingly high figure. Almost one in three residents in the state is obese.…

Do you recognize this man? Police are trying to identify his remains

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GBI Forensic Artist Kelly Lawson recently reevaluated the case of unidentified remains found in Buford in July 2015. She has been working with the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office to…

Meet the people who will be guiding Atlanta’s new transit authority

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Metro Atlanta's new regional transit link authority is beginning to take shape after four of the authority's 16-member board positions were filled today with some of metro Atlanta's heavy-hitters in…

Rockdale County ‘eyesore’ to get facelift

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Changes are being made to update the Salem Gate Shopping Center to improve the appearance of the area. The site, visible from I-20, is the gateway to the county. Rockdale…

Fulton County will hold a pep rally to get residents to register to vote

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The Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections encourages residents to join others across the nation who will be registering to vote. On September 21, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 12…

Small fire breaks out at Queen of Hearts antique store in Buford

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Firefighters responded at 9:37 a.m. Tuesday, to an employee report of a business fire at the Queen of Hearts Antiques & Interiors, located in the 4125 block of Buford Drive, in…

Georgia Officials: It’s time to start preparing for tropical storm Florence

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With Tropical Storm Florence churning in the Atlantic and heading toward likely landfall somewhere along the southeastern United States, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is warning homeowners that it is…

Dogs warn sleeping family of house fire

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The News: A family of six is safe today thanks to an early morning warning from their two dogs. Gwinnett County Fire officials say a fire broke out near a…

Outer suburbs fuel metro Atlanta’s growth

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The News: Metro Atlanta isn't growing like kudzu, but it did post it's second-highest year of growth since the great recession of 2008 this year. The metro area is growing to…

Walton County man dies trying to rescue pets from house fire

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A 58-year-old who escaped a mobile home fire in Social Circle succumbed to the same fire after he re-entered the home to retrieve several pet dogs. The blaze killed Adam…

The Rundown: Stockbridge sues Georgia, A grandmother gets pinned against a gas pump and a Marietta sex trafficking ring goes to jail

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Cityhood Scuffle: Lawyers for the City of Stockbridge have filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia, according to the Associated Press. The lawsuit alleges that by carving a new…

DNA confirms unidentified boy buried in Macon is a Michigan teen who was missing for 39 years

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The Gist: 15-year-old Andrew Jackson Greer went missing in Michigan in 1979. It has taken almost 30 years for investigators to conclusively determine what happened to the teen. DNA testing…

Roswell nixes planned tennis complex

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A controversial 60-acre tennis facility planned at Big Creek Park in Roswell has been called off after the city's cycling community and residents who use the passive park for recreation…

Nathan Deal talks criminal justice with Trump and other officials

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Gov. Nathan Deal yesterday met with President Donald Trump, other governors, state attorneys general and federal leaders to discuss criminal justice reform, including the successes and results of initiatives implemented…