The DeKalb County Police Department released a video summarizing some of the county’s unsolved homicide cases of 2022. The department is asking for anyone who has any details about the deaths of these victims to come forward. You can see the video below.
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Kevin McCarthy (finally) gets the gavel on the 15th vote
The U.S. House elected Kevin McCarthy speaker early Saturday after most of the chamber’s Republicans finally gathered behind him, ending a four-day stalemate that led to the most rounds of voting for a speaker since before the Civil War. The California Republican was able to clinch the gavel on the 15th ballot by turning many […]
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Georgia Lawmakers Are Going Back to Work Monday. Here’s What They Have Planned
The 2023 session of the General Assembly beginning Monday is expected to get off to a slow start. With the Georgia Bulldogs vying for their second straight college football championship on Monday night and Thursday’s inauguration of Gov. Brian Kemp for a second term, there won’t be a rush to get down to legislative business […]
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18 people died on Georgia’s roads during the New Year’s holiday
Traffic crashes across Georgia during the New Year’s Day holiday travel period resulted in 18 deaths from 16 crashes. This year’s 78-hour holiday travel period began Friday, Dec. 30, at 6 p.m., and ended Monday, Jan. 2, at 11:59 p.m. Statewide, Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated nine fatal crashes resulting in nine fatalities. Local agencies […]
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Heres how much home prices in Georgia soared during the pandemic
The housing market has been red hot during the pandemic, with home prices hitting record highs up until a few months ago. More recently, surging mortgage rates have put some pressure on the housing market, slowing the climb in housing prices. That could be good news for buyers, though home prices remain considerably higher than […]
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Crisis in Congress: How did Georgia’s representatives vote on Day 3 of Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker
On the third day of Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, votes the House voted five more times and McCarthy still failed to get enough votes to win the Speaker’s gavel. The history-making series of votes puts the number of attempts to vote for Speaker at 11, breaking the previous […]
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Fire closes part of Grovetown High School
A car battery charger caused a fire at Grovetown High School in Columbia County that has closed an entire wing of the school. According to school principal Craig W. Baker, a car battery charger caused a fire in the automotive lab located in the 500 wing of the school. The fire occurred before any students […]
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GBI releases new rendering of woman who was found dismembered in Liberty County
The GBI and the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to ask for the public’s help identifying a woman who was found dismembered last month. The GBI released an updated forensic artist’s rendering of the woman today. Initially, partial remains of a white woman were discovered off Jones Road in the woods of the Portal […]
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Former manager at Houck’s Grille sentenced for embezzling $300,000 from the restaurant
An ex-manager at Houck’s Grille in Roswell was sentenced to two years in prison after prosecutors say he used a company credit card to rack up $300,000 in personal visits to adult entertainment clubs. According to U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan, the charges and other information presented in court, Scott Spilberg was hired as the manager at […]
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Moneypenny donates $5,000 to Rainbow Village charity
Instead of sending Christmas cards to its clients, Moneypenny donated $5,000 to Rainbow Village (Duluth) to support their mission of providing help, hope, housing, and healing to families experiencing homelessness. Rainbow Village provides a safe housing community where dignity, self-respect, and hope are restored to families in need. The charity aims not to work for […]