NORCROSS — Police are investigating a fatality crash in Norcross involving a motorcycle and a mail truck. The incident occurred at the intersection of Oakbrook Parkway an Indian Trail Lilburn Road just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The driver of the motorcycle, 24-year-old Austin Caldwell, of Cumming, was turning left from Oakbrook Pkwy onto Indian Trail […]
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Lawmaker pushes for hate crimes law amid Ahmaud Arbery controversy
On the heels of a viral video that showed Ahmaud Arbery getting gunned down by two assailants in Brunswick, one Georgia lawmaker is advocating for the legislature to pass hate crimes laws in Georgia. State Representative Chuck Efstration, a republican from Dacula, who happens to be the chairman of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, today […]
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In Georgia, 14% of coronavirus tests are positive
Georgia has 31,309 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of noon Thursday. A total of 217,303 coronavirus tests have been processed. In terms of percentage, that means that just over 14% of all coronavirus tests are positive in Georgia. Breaking down the rest of the numbers, the peach state has had 5,816 hospitalizations for coronavirus, though […]
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Peach Bowl to fund more COVID-19 testing in Georgia
The state of Georgia is getting help from The Peach Bowl to improve COVID-19 testing statewide. Peach Bowl, Inc. will provide funding that will help make COVID-19 screenings available statewide during a critical time in the mitigation of the virus. The Peach Bowl has donated $1.09 million to help scale the telemedicine screening mobile application […]
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Police suspect foul play in Dunwoody Village Apartment death
DUNWOODY — A man was found dead Wednesday evening at the Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes and police say they suspect foul play in the case. At 6:43 p.m., the Dunwoody Police Department received a 9-1-1 call regarding a person possibly deceased inside an apartment at the Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes. Officers arrived and located one […]
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Police search for Georgia man who wore surgical mask during robberies
SAVANNAH — The Savannah Police Department needs the public’s help identifying a man they say robbed two gas stations while wearing a surgical mask last month. According to police, on Friday, April 3, at about 6:10 a.m., the Shell gas station on the 14000 block of Abercorn Street was robbed by an unidentified man. On […]
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Should Georgia college students get pass-fail grades for coronavirus-plagued semester?
Legislative Democrats stepped up the heat on the University System of Georgia Wednesday to let students forced off campus by coronavirus to opt in to a pass-fail grading system for the spring semester. A group of Democratic state representatives held an online discussion of the issue featuring several students who have led the charge for […]
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GBI to investigate shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery
State law enforcement officials have opened an investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a coastal Georgia resident who was gunned down during an encounter in Brunswick with two men in February that has sparked widespread outrage. Video footage purporting to show the fatal encounter between Arbery and the two men, Gregory McMichael and […]
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Autopsy shows suspect in Georgia hostage situation died from self-inflicted gunshot wound
CORDELE — An autopsy conducted on LeJune Cobb, the suspect in a hostage situation that involve two children, Tuesday at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Macon. According to the GBI, the autopsy’s preliminary results indicate that Cobb died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On Saturday, Cordele Police officers were dispatched to a […]
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Photos: Overturned garbage truck shuts down Hickory Flat Highway in Cherokee County
An overturned tractor trailer that was hauling trash shut down Hickory Flat Highway at Mountain Vista Blvd. in Cherokee County Wednesday morning. According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Dept., the driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. The road was shut down through the morning rush hour and reopened around 8 a.m.