The DeKalb County Virtual Village 2.0, “Keeping Children Safe During a Global Pandemic,” has announced that Orrin Hudson, founder and creative director of the Stone Mountain-based nonprofit Be Someone Inc., will soon be presenting a series of 10 virtual chess classes for county youth ages 8 to 18. The classes will be one hour long […]
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GBI: Georgia deputy fires at driver who drove toward him
CAMILLA — A Grady County deputy fired his weapon at a driver who was driving toward him after a traffic stop that turned into a chase in the early morning hours Tuesday. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that a Grady County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted a traffic stop on a […]
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26-year-old dies in Warner Robins car crash
WARNER ROBINS — A 26-year-old man has died after a car he was riding in was involved in a single-vehicle crash in Warner Robins early Tuesday morning. According to the Warner Robins Police Dept., at 1:57 a.m., officers were called to the area of S. Houston Lake Road at Tucker Place in reference to a […]
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Longtime employee accused of stealing $4.5 million from Georgia business
ALMA — A long-time employee of a South Georgia meat company was arrested Friday. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, she is being accused of stealing about $4.5 million from the company over a 10 year time period. The GBI arrested 54-year-old Constance “Connie” Johnson, 54, and charged her with Felony Theft By Taking. […]
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Police arrest suspect in shooting death of 20-year-old Georgia woman
The suspect in the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman two weeks ago was located and arrested in New Jersey Monday. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, Moses Dyl was arrested in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is charged with Aggravated Assault and Felony Murder. Dyl is accused of killing Shakeya Smith after a […]
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This Georgia city was named best place in America to live
(The Center Square) – Evans, a suburban neighborhood near Augusta, was named the best place in America to live recently by Money, mainly for its low cost of living, good schools and employment rate. Longtime resident Suzanne Lilly Honeymichael said the best thing about the city, however, is its social fabric. “I think just the fact […]
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Two Georgia cities challenge each other to Census battle
The race to finish strong with the 2020 Census just got more competitive. The City of Decatur has challenged Avondale Estates to a battle to see which city has the best participation rate. Less than 1% currently separates these two DeKalb County cities. As of today, 75.1% of households in Avondale Estates have responded compared […]
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Atlanta based flooring company fined for inflated earnings reports
Atlanta-based commercial flooring company Interface Inc. agreed Monday to pay a $5 million fine stemming from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into improper reporting of its quarterly earnings. An order handed down by the SEC found Interface and two former executives with the company made unsupported manual accounting adjustments in 2015 and 2016, […]
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Moms are three times more likely to lose jobs during pandemic than dads
Mothers of small children have lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic, a situation that threatens not only progress toward gender equity but middle-class income gains that have become increasingly dependent on working women. Mothers of children 12 years old and younger lost nearly 2.2 million jobs between February and […]