In light of recent cuts made by the Trump administration to the U.S. Postal Service, Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts is planning to increase the number of ballot drop boxes in Fulton County to take some of the burden of absentee ballots off of the postal service. Pitts plans to enlist private sector partners by […]
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Even Legoland figures are practicing social distancing
Sometimes it’s the little things that can make the biggest impact. Legoland Discovery Center Atlanta is socially distancing many of the Lego Minfigures in the attraction’s iconic Miniland. The attraction’s Minifigure movers meticulously adjusted some of the hundreds of Minifigures in Miniland to be six inches apart to ensure they stay safe, happy and bricktastic. […]
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Here are the 10 cities with the most stable housing markets in Georgia
A financial technology company has released its rankings of cities with the most stable housing markets in Georgia and some of the results may surprise you. A recent analysis by New York financial technology company SmartAsset ranked the most stable housing markets in Georgia. Stability was measured by the average number of years people stay in their […]
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As Democratic convention kicks off, Biden and Trump are neck-and-neck in Georgia
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are in a tight race for Georgia’s 16 electoral votes, according to a poll released Monday by WSB-TV. The survey of 500 likely Georgia voters conducted Aug. 14-15 by Landmark Communications found Republican Trump the favorite of 47.4%, followed closely by Biden with 44.5%. Libertarian Jo Jorgensen […]
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Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United to play without fans through September
ATLANTA — The NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United of Major League Soccer announced today that both teams will play any scheduled September games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium without fans in attendance given current conditions related to the global pandemic. Team and stadium officials will continue to collaborate with national and local health officials in the […]
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Police: Georgia woman admits to stabbing husband to death
TUCKER — The Gwinnett County Police Department responded to a fatal domestic incident in Tucker August 17. Officers arrived at a house on Preston Lake Drive just after 1 a.m. to find a male dead from a stab wound. According to police, officers spoke with the wife, who admitted to stabbing the husband during a […]
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77-year-old Georgia man fatally shoots 53-year-old woman
A 53-year-old woman is dead after being shot outside a Bibb County home by a 77-year-old man. Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators responded to a home on East Pine Hill Drive in reference to a fatal shooting. The incident occurred at about 10:19 p.m. Sunday. According to the Sheriff’s Department, 77-year-old Howard Walker heard someone attempting […]
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Georgia’s richest small town revealed
Avondale Estates was ranked the richest town in Georgia in a 24/7 Wall St. analysis examining small, affluent communities where most households earn at least three times the state’s median annual household income. With a population of 3,135, Avondale Estates recorded a median home value of $349,500, based on household financial data that was collected before the […]
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Coronavirus Updates: 15-year-old dies from COVID-19, more school closings
The Georgia Department of Public Health reported the death of a 15-year-old Gwinnett County boy from coronavirus Saturday. The teen becomes the fourth person under age 20 to die from the virus in Georgia and the second youngest person to die statewide. The youngest person to die from coronavirus was a 7-year-old boy from Chatham […]
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Bomb threat at Amazon Warehouse in Bibb County investigated
It was a harrowing few hours Saturday afternoon for workers at the Amazon Warehouse on Skipper Road when a bomb threat forced the business to evacuate. Bibb County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to the Amazon Warehouse after a bomb threat was called into the facility at about 12:33 p.m. The caller said there was a […]
