Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Friday prohibiting schools from requiring students or employees to wear masks. The lifting of mask requirements was among several restrictions the governor is eliminating as the coronavirus pandemic winds down in Georgia. “As hospitalizations, cases, deaths, and percent positive tests all continue to decline – and with vaccinations […]
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A Georgia judge is going to jail
ATLANTA – A former chief magistrate judge in Pickens County has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday. William “Allen” Wigington was found guilty of 44 felonies and five misdemeanors for a variety of crimes, including racketeering, forgery, theft by taking, unauthorized use of a financial […]
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Bomb threat at DeKalb County Courthouse
Just one day after a man tried to carry a gun into the DeKalb County Courthouse, the building was evacuated due to a bomb threat. An investigation is underway following an emergency evacuation Thursday morning of the DeKalb County courthouse in downtown Decatur. Out of an abundance of caution, the DeKalb Sheriff’s Office ordered all […]
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Find out what former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson is doing now
Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson launched a nonprofit organization Wednesday to raise awareness and funding for neurocognitive diseases including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and related dementia. Isakson, R-Ga., announced his diagnosis with Parkinson’s in 2015 and retired from Congress at the end of 2019, midway through his third term in the Senate. “Upon my retirement, I have […]
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Arrests made in shooting of Lyft passenger in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Investigators with the Atlanta Police Department’s Gun Assault Team have made two arrests in the May 20 shooting of a Lyft passenger. According to the Atlanta Police, at about 7 p.m. on May 20, officers were called to I-85 Northbound near Cleveland Avenue regarding a person shot call. Upon arrival, officers met with […]
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Georgia man arrested for carrying gun into courthouse
DECATUR — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man as he attempted to enter the DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Decatur with a loaded hand gun Wednesday. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrenceville resident Marcus Payton was taken into custody without incident by DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies at the security checkpoint in […]
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Elected officials demand answers about Atlanta’s crime wave
Georgia lawmakers Wednesday launched an effort to examine what’s behind a rise in violent crime in metro Atlanta and consider potential solutions. “There’s going to be politics in this,” state Rep. J Collins, R-Villa Rica, chairman of the House Public Safety and Homeland Security, told committee members. “[But] this committee wants to dig down and […]
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Broadband is coming to Southeast Georgia
Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corp. will partner with Kansas City-based Conexon Connect to offer high-speed broadband service to nine counties in southeastern Georgia. The $150 million project will serve more than 57,000 rural homes and businesses in Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce, Ware and Wayne counties. The project is expected to be […]
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Total Noobs: Only 1 in 3 Georgia parents understand teen slang
To parents, it must seem that their offspring speak a different language half the time, especially if they’re online playing games with friends. When it comes to slang and gaming lingo, then they literally do. Messaging each other with acronyms such as TTYL, ROFL or GOAT, teens immediately get what their friends are saying, even […]
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Body of missing kayaker found in Chattahoochee River
The body of a missing kayaker has been found in the Chattahoochee River. Friends of 41-year-old David Southin said on social media that his body was recovered last night, after he went fishing on the Chattahoochee in a red kayak Monday. The Gwinnett County Fire Swift Water Team located and recovered Southin’s body late yesterday […]