As the Christmas and New Year’s holidays rapidly approach, Georgia State Patrol Troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance Officers across the state are preparing for the back-to-back holiday weekends and will conduct high visibility patrols on the heaviest travel days to remind motorists to drive safely. This year’s Christmas holiday travel period begins Friday, Dec. 23, […]
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415,000 men in Georgia will wait until Christmas Eve to do their holiday shopping
When it comes to Christmas, there are three types of people: 1. There are those who did all their gift shopping months ago, have stocked the freezer with everything they need for the main meal, and, as the frantic run up to the big day continues apace, can smugly congratulate themselves they don’t need to […]
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Menorah Lightings around Cobb County
If you live in Cobb County, you can attend several Menorah Lightings throughout the county. Below are the times and locations. Dec. 18 – Menorah Lighting at The Avenue East Cobb Celebrate the first night of Chanukah with a traditional Menorah lighting ceremony and celebration on Dec. 18, with Chabad of Cobb at The Avenue […]
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Brian Kemp bans TikTok on state devices
Georgia is joining the growing list of Republican-led states banning TikTok from state-owned phones and laptops, according to a new memo issued by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday. All executive agencies and branches should immediately ban the use of TikTok as well as two other social messaging platforms, WeChat and Telegram, on any government-owned devices, […]
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Flashback: In 1992 Georgia also considered doing away with general election runoffs
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this week when he called on Georgia lawmakers to end Georgia’s general election runoff system. The move drew criticism and cries of partisanship who say the runoff system was fine when Republicans were winning and now that Democrats have made gains in […]
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16-year-old boy killed in Macon shooting
MACON — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred in the 3800 block of Log Cabin Drive just after 9 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies responded to Log Cabin Drive in reference to a person shot. Upon arrival deputies found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound. The teen was taken to Atrium […]
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Georgia Power has agreed to lower its rate increase. Here’s how it affects you
Georgia Power officials signed off late Wednesday on an agreement that would lower the utility’s rate hike request now before the state Public Service Commission (PSC) by nearly 40%. The company, the PSC’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff, and intervenors in the rate case agreed on a rate hike that would raise $1.8 billion from Georgia […]
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Coldest Christmas in Years?: Blast of cold air could plunge the U.S. into a deep freeze
December has begun on a fairly mild note across a large part of the United States, but a bitter blast of cold air that will flow into North America from Siberia is forecast to plunge the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. into a deep freeze in the days leading up to Christmas. The cold could […]
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Georgia elections chief calls for end to general election runoffs
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is joining a mounting chorus of voices calling for an end to General Election Runoffs in the state. In most states, the winner of an election is the candidate with the most votes, even if that means the candidate did not get more than 50% of the vote. Georgia […]
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Church burglary suspect shot after attacking Baldwin County deputy with a hammer
A church burglary suspect was shot by Baldwin County deputies after police say she attacked a deputy with a hammer twice. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Fiesta Lattina Murphy, from Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was shot and is currently in the hospital. A Baldwin County deputy was injured in the incident. According to the GBI, preliminary information […]
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Georgia Juvenile Justice official Victor Roberts found dead
Georgia Juvenile Justice official Victor Roberts, who went missing last week in Cobb County, was found dead today in Peachtree City. According to the Cobb County Police Department, Roberts left his residence to go to work last Monday morning but never arrived at his office. The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice released the following statement […]
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Corrections officer killed in shooting outside Gwinnett County Jail
The News: A corrections officer is dead after a shooting this morning outside the Gwinnett County Correctional Complex in Lawrenceville. The Gwinnett Police Department is investigating a shooting that left Senior Correctional Officer Scott Riner dead. Shortly after 06:20 a.m., officers responded to a “person shot call” at the jal at 750 Hi Hope Rd in […]
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Arrest made in murder of 77-year-old woman in West Paces
ATLANTA — Atlanta police made an arrest Monday in the murder of a 77-year-old woman at her home in the West Paces area of Buckhead. Antonio Marquavius Brown was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated battery, possession of a knife during the commission of a gelony, rlder abuse, and hijacking a motor vehicle. Brown was transported […]
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Here are the winners of the Gwinnett Small Business Awards
The Gwinnett Chamber hosted the annual Small Business Awards last week at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville. The program, presented by Atlanta Small Business Network, named ten winners among the best in the region for exceptional business practices and entrepreneurial excellence. “Ninety-nine percent of all businesses in Georgia are small businesses, making this industry a critical component […]
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Severe storms are headed for Georgia later this week
A tumultuous weather pattern is set to unfold across the South Central states and the southeastern United States this week as severe thunderstorms spawned by a massive cross-country storm system rumble to life. The same storm that is expected to bring feet of snow and blizzard conditions across the northern Plains this week will bring the risk […]
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Unidentified woman’s remains found in Georgia
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Statesboro Office is seeking the public’s help identifying an unknown woman whose remains were found earlier this month. According to the GBI, the body of an unidentified white female was found near Jones Road in Riceboro, in Liberty County on Dec. 2. The remains appear to have been placed in […]
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Is Georgia headed for a recession? Here’s what economists predict
Georgia’s economy will enter a mild, short recession early next year that should only persist for about six months, the dean of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business said Friday. The downturn will be prompted by the series of interest rate hikes the Federal Reserve board has ordered this year to curb inflation, […]
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Georgia deputy accused of stalking
Butts County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Marlin Moultrie, 55, of Flovilla, has been arrested and charged with three counts of misdemeanor stalking and three counts of misdemeanor harassing communications. On Nov. 4, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to investigate allegations that Moultrie was stalking and harassing an ex-girlfriend. According to the GBI, preliminary information indicates […]
