After a week of rocky weather, North and Central Georgia are under a freeze warning Halloween night and into Friday morning. What does this mean for Trick-or-Treating? The current weather model shows the rain moving out by about 5 p.m., so kids should have no trouble acquiring candy. The temperature will drop into the 40s […]
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217,000 Georgia children are without health insurance
Georgia had a spike in its rate of uninsured children between 2016 and 2018, according to a report released Wednesday. The state in 2018 had an uninsured rate among children of 8.1 percent, up from 6.7 percent two years before. Only Tennessee’s rise of 1.5 percentage points was a greater increase in the U.S. over […]
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Georgia mother arrested on charges of killing her child over a dirty diaper
NEWNAN — A Georgia mother is in jail without bond after being charged with killing her 20-month-old son. According to local media reports, the woman admitted that she repeatedly hit her son, Conner Perry, because she was upset about a dirty diaper. The child was vomiting and having trouble breathing shortly after the incident. The […]
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Georgia man goes missing on Cherokee County trail
UPDATE: The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Dept. says Dalton Phillips was found safe Oct. 29. The original story is below. Police in Cherokee County are searching for a man who has been missing since last week after he ventured out on Cowart Mount Trail Oct. 23. The missing man is 25-year-old Dalton Phillips. According to the […]
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Sugarloaf Parkway will be widened to six lanes
DULUTH — Sugarloaf Parkway is about to be widened from four lanes to six lanes from I-85 to Satellite Boulevard in a move Gwinnett County officials say will improve traffic flow near the Infinite Energy Center. Gwinnett commissioners earlier this month approved the $2.8 million project to ease traffic flow at the Infinite Energy Center […]
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The Monarchs are coming to Georgia… No, it isn’t Harry and Meghan
The time of the year has come when Georgians look to the sky to watch for signs of Monarch butterfly migration. These butterflies are on their way to the Sierra Madre of Mexico to overwinter on the oyamel (or sacred fir) trees of the area. The fir trees provide the perfect habitat, combined with the […]
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Remains of Georgia woman missing since 2018 identified
BREMEN — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that remains found on Oct. 17 on a property off of Mt. Zion Church Road in Bremen belong to Jessica Victoria Earl. Earl has been missing since 2018 and was 31-years-old. At this time the Medical Examiner’s office is investigating to determine the cause and manner […]
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Georgia’s middle schools dropped four points in the state’s achievement indicator
Georgia’s middle schools saw a four point drop on the state’s College and Career Ready Performance Index, also known as the CCRPI score. Elementary schools saw a slight drop and high schools saw an increase of almost two points. In response, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and state school superintendent Richard Woods both called for a […]
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A Georgia woman was shot and set on fire; two arrests have been made
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the September killing of Tiffany Vakoun. According to police reports Vakoun was shot in the head at a Riverlake Way residence in Snellville and set on fire in her car afterwards. DeKalb County Sheriff’s investigators Friday arrested 35-year-old Atlanta resident Antisa Denise Columbus and 29 year-old Snellville […]
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Police chase ends with deputies shooting man who pointed a BB gun at them
CUMMING — A man who came at police with a BB gun was shot and killed by Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies after police chased him near Lake Lanier. On Friday, Oct. 25, at about 4:20 a.m., the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was asked by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office to conduct an officer involved shooting […]