A legendary Columbia High School basketball coach lost his job after a parent shared video showing him hitting players with his shoe during a team trip. 📱 What’s Happening: DeKalb County Schools fired Dr. Phillip McCrary on Monday after reviewing footage from a November team trip to the Bahamas.• The video shows McCrary telling a […]
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Peachtree City’s Famous Gator Flat Creek Floyd Killed in Hit-and-Run
He was the most unexpected neighbor in Peachtree City—an alligator living peacefully among golf carts and greenways. And now he’s gone. Flat Creek Floyd—named for the winding creek where he was most often seen sunning himself—died early Tuesday morning morning after being hit by a car. It happened just after 1:30 a.m. along Highway 74, […]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Regrets Voting for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Until She Doesn’t
Georgia’s own Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted to doing what most voters hope their lawmakers never would. She voted for a massive federal bill without reading it. Not only that, she publicly said she’d undo the vote if she could. And then, less than a day later, she changed her mind again and said she’s […]
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Drugs, Cell Phones, and McDonald’s Burgers Smuggled Into Fulton County Jail
Two security breaches at Fulton County jails this week show how easily contraband reaches inmates. Deputies found drugs, phones, and McDonald’s burgers after smugglers cut holes in prison fences. 🔍 What’s Happening: Deputies discovered the breaches after spotting damaged fencing at both facilities.• Rice Street Jail: Officers seized 131 cigarettes, marijuana, four phones, and drug […]
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Fifth Measles Case Reported in Georgia
Georgia health officials have confirmed a secondary case of measles in an unvaccinated metro Atlanta resident. The person is a family member of someone else who contracted measles outside the country in May, demonstrating how the highly contagious virus spreads from one person to another through close contact. This marks the fifth measles case in […]
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Three-state Dogfighting Ring Members Are Going to Jail
The 14 defendants convicted in a large-scale federal dogfighting case in Albany have been sentenced to a total of more than 28 years in prison. Defendants from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama were arrested following a large-scale dogfighting event that took place in Donaldsonville in 2022, according to court records. Police responding to a 911 call […]
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16-Month-Old Georgia Child Dies From Methadone Overdose: What We Know
A 16-month-old child died from a suspected methadone overdose early Tuesday morning at his Augusta home, according to a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office incident report. Trae’son Kevin Dunn was found not breathing around 4:09 a.m. on June 3, the report states. Emergency medical services told deputies the child had overdosed on what they believed to […]
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Falsely Accused Georgia Man Sues Floyd County After Spending 22 Years in Prison
A Georgia man who spent more than two decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Floyd County and several law enforcement officials, alleging they fabricated evidence and concealed crucial information that could have proven his innocence. Joseph “Joey” Watkins filed the complaint in U.S. District […]