The Gist: Georgia’s top officials kicked off National Human Trafficking Awareness Month by using school buses wrapped in anti-human trafficking messages to create a mile-long moving billboard to get residents thinking about human trafficking. The Problem: Atlanta is a major transportation hub, which has also made it a major hub for human trafficking due largely to Hartsfield-Jackson […]
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Want to know more about local government? Chamblee 101 may be for you
If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about local government and how it operates, then Chamblee 101 is for you. The nine-week program begins in February and is designed to educate residents and business owners on how the city government works, who’s responsible for what and what steps you can take to make a difference. […]
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Photographers: The City of Suwanee wants your pics
The City of Suwanee is accepting submissions through Jan. 31 for its annual Snap Suwanee photo competition. The annual photography competition provides a means for participants to share images that convey something telling about the Suwanee community, and is open to professional and amateur photographers alike. The mission of the contest is to celebrate the […]
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Off-duty police officer thwarts robbery on Memorial Drive
An attempted robbery at a package store in Stone Mountain on New Year’s Eve was thwarted by an off-duty Pine Lake police officer who shot and killed the suspect. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been asked by the DeKalb County Police Department to investigate the officer involved shooting. According to the GBI, preliminary information […]
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Want to Know More About Local History? Gwinnett County Has Released Six Online Documentaries
Gwinnett County’s year-long bicentennial celebration wrapped up Dec. 15, but newcomers and history buffs can still learn the back story of Georgia’s second most-populous county. Gwinnett County Government has developed six documentaries about the county’s past and posted them on the official bicentennial website at www.gwinnett200.com. The videos trace Gwinnett’s origin and cover other aspects of […]
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GBI: Human remains found in a Candler County scrap yard were stored in a shed at a funeral home
Police detectives and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have traced human remains that were found in a scrap yard in Candler County to a local funeral home that was doing renovations. According to the GBI, one of the owners of the funeral home admits to putting the bodies in a shed between the late 1980s […]
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5 of the strangest things that happened in Georgia in 2018
The Cows Are Coming Home… on the Interstate Why did the cow cross the road? To Git to the Chikin, maybe? On three separate occasions in 2018, cows got loose on Atlanta’s interstates. Atlantans were asking “who let the cows out” in May, June and October as the livestock made their way around the city […]
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Politics, Transit, and Hard Good-byes Marked 2018 in Georgia
In 2018, Georgia elected a new governor, said goodbye to an old one, welcomed a new mayor of Atlanta, and cried over the death of a child who inspired millions. Here is a look back at the year we had. Disclaimer: These are presented in no particular order. Kemp rises to power We knew at […]
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Georgia singer Russell Moore taps Dustin Pyrtle as new band member
The International Bluegrass Music Association’s 5-Time Male Vocalist of the Year, Russell Moore, recently announced the addition of Dustin Pyrtle to his award-winning band, IIIrd Tyme Out. Pyrtle will hit the road in January with IIIrd Tyme Out as their newest bass player, bringing his renowned vocals to the group’s popular trio and quartet arrangements. Pyrtle has been singing since his […]
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Tanger Outlets continues yearly Random Acts of Kindness tradition
Tanger Outlets in Commerce recently showed its thanks and support to several area agencies. As part of their ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ campaign, Tanger made separate $500 donations to the Banks County Sheriff’s Department, the Banks County Fire Department, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Jackson County Rescue-911 and the Maysville Fire Department. “We are very […]