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 […]
Posted inGeorgia Places
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 […]
Posted inBusiness
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, […]
Posted inCoronavirus
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 […]
Posted inTraffic & Transportation
36-year-old Lawrenceville man dies in crash in Gwinnett County
A 36-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Gwinnett County just after 3 a.m. Saturday. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, the vehicle was driving on McKendree Church Road when the driver lost control and left the roadway. When the vehicle left the road, it struck a fence and then a tree. […]
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Police search for vehicle in hit and run crash with bicycle
ATLANTA — Atlanta Police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a hit and run vehicle that critically injured an Atlanta bicyclist. According to the police department, at about 11:20 p.m. on August 30, 29-year-old Raunderio Adams, was riding a bicycle at Northside Drive and John Street when he was struck by a […]
Posted inNational
No Surprise: Democrats and Republicans split on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Georgia Republicans and Democrats went to their respective corners after President Donald Trump nominated conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Peach State’s two Republican senators are all-in on the nomination and pushing for Senate confirmation of Barrett before the Nov. 3 […]