LITHONIA — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s office has made an arrest in connection with the stabbing death of Troy Cosby last year. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Fugitive Unit, assisted by the DeKalb County Police Department East Net Team, has arrested 21-year-old Gianni Maziah Harris of Decatur. Harris is charged with Felony Malice Murder in connection […]
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7 children hospitalized after Bibb County car crash
BIBB COUNTY — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a traffic accident with injuries that occurred on Williamson Road and Bloomfield Drive this weekend. According to police, a Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling North on Bloomfield Drive. A black GMC Denali was traveling on Williamson Road. The vehicles collided in the intersection of Williamson […]
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Gwinnett Police search for driver in fatal hit and run
UPDATE: An arrest has been made in this incident. Read more about it here. NORCROSS — Gwinnett Police need the public’s help in located a vehicle and driver involved in a fatal hit and run collision. On Saturday, July 20, shortly before midnight, officers responded to a call in reference to a man lying in […]
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Police K-9 officer dies after ‘series of tragic, almost unbelievable events’
DALLAS — A Paulding County K-9 officer died Friday after what Sheriff’s Dept. officials are calling “a series of tragic, almost unbelievable events.” K-9 Verro was an eight year old Belgian Malinois who was handled by Corporal Brandon Kilgore of the Paulding Sheriff’s Department. Verro and Kilgore had been partners for more than seven years […]
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DeKalb Commissioner Larry Johnson has been elected 2nd Vice President of the National Association of Counties
DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson has been elected 2nd Vice President of the National Association of Counties. “I am honored to be elected as NACo’s next 2nd Vice President,” said Commissioner Johnson, who has more than 17 years of government experience. “I will bring my public health knowledge, depth of experience, solid leadership, dedication and commitment to […]
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Is there an airborne cancer-causing toxin in your neighborhood?
This story is jointly reported by Brenda Goodman of WebMD and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News. Ann Singley was trying to muscle her lawnmower out of a ditch in front of her home in Covington when she felt a tug in her breast. It was a hard lump, and in the days after she […]
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A Georgia pediatrician who visited border facilities last month is calling for more pediatricians at the border
A Georgia physician who visited migrant border facilities last month says she was alarmed by the signs of children’s stress there. Dr. Sally Goza of Fayetteville, president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said Monday that the visit by herself and other pediatricians underscored the organization’s position that the Border Patrol facilities are not a […]
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Georgia man arrested and charged with the murder of his 70-year-old mother
SAVANNAH — Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives made a quick arrest in the homicide of a 70-year-old woman on Thursday, July 18. At about 9 p.m., officers responded to a residence on E. 49th Street to conduct a welfare check. Upon arrival, they located Nancy Hunt deceased with apparent injuries that were not self-inflicted. Sean […]
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Chamblee has a new smoking ban and it also applies to vaping
CHAMBLEE — Smokers in Chamblee will be prohibited from smoking or vaping in most public areas and in most buildings throughout the city. The Chamblee City Council on Tuesday evening passed a Clean Air Ordinance, which among other things does the following in the City of Chamblee: Bans smoking within: 1) Fifty feet of any […]
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Sheriff: Georgia mother arrested for shipping heroin to inmate sun
DOUGLAS COUNTY — A Douglas County mother has been arrested and charged with trafficking heroin after law enforcement officials from Douglas and Cobb Counties caught her shipping heroin to her son in the Cobb County jail. In early July, the Douglas Sheriff’s office Special investigations Division received information from the Cobb County Sheriff’s office about […]