All lanes of Interstate 75 North-bound are blocked, due to a six-car accident with injuries. The Clayton County Police Department is asking motorists to avoid I-75 North. MARTA buses re-routed due to Atlanta protests Protests in Atlanta over the Grand Jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case have caused MARTA to re-route some of its […]
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Georgia’s year-end tests may only count for 0.01% of final grade
Georgia’s top school official aims to make year-end standardized tests count “essentially zero” toward students’ final grades in the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. State School Superintendent Richard Woods is also poised to recommend waiving performance consequences for teachers tied to the annual Georgia Milestones exams and let local schools decide when to […]
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Police arrest suspect in car shooting in Lithonia
LITHONIA — An arrest has been made in the shooting death of two men who were shot while riding in a car Tuesday. Lithonia resident Da Shjohn Bridges, who is 20 years old, is being charged with two counts of Felony Murder and two counts of Aggravated Assault. According to the arrest warrants, Mr. Bridges […]
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Everything you need to know to vote in DeKalb County
Election Day is drawing near for two elections in DeKalb County. One is the Sept. 29 special election to fill John Lewis’ seat and the other is the Nov. 3 Presidential Election. The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections is reminding residents to mark their calendars to remember several upcoming dates related to the […]
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Top schools in Georgia announced. Find out if your school made the cut
Eight Georgia public schools were named 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools today. Blue Ribbon is a national recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. The Georgia schools named 2020 recipients of the honor are: Academy for Classical Education – Elementary (State Charter Schools Commission) Academy for Classical Education – Middle (State Charter Schools Commission) Martha […]
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COVID, internet deserts and mistrust harm Georgia’s Census results
Last September, Gov. Brian Kemp named 66 state leaders to promote the 2020 Census as members of the statewide Complete Count Committee. In November he gave the committee a pep talk to urge that they give the high stakes headcount their all. Co-chaired by Anna Miller of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and Rusty Haygood […]
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CDC says no to trick-or-treating
The CDC released its guidelines for how to celebrate Halloween amid a global pandemic, and those recommendations are not going to be popular among many kids and parents. The agency says families should avoid door-to-door trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treat events, indoor costume parties, indoor haunted houses, crowded hayrides and rural fall festivals from hotspots. The CDC did […]
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Here’s where you can find a drop box for your absentee ballot in Georgia
Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic. First rolled out for the June 9 primaries, the secure drop boxes have […]
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Georgia’s first African American state trooper has died
Retired Major Robert Hightower became the first African American State Trooper hired by the Georgia State Patrol in 1970. After 28 years of service with the Department of Public Safety, Hightower retired in 1998 as the Division Director of Driver Services. Hightower died Friday, Sept. 18. His funeral will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, […]
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Trump has narrow lead over Biden in Georgia, Warnock gaining ground in senate race
There’s been little movement since summer in either the presidential race in Georgia or Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s re-election bid, according to a new Monmouth University poll. But Democrat Raphael Warnock has made the Peach State’s other Senate contest a three-way race, according to a Monmouth Polling Institute telephone survey of 402 registered Georgia […]