West Sandtown Road in Cobb County is closed near Friendship Church Road as crews work to repair a drainage line. The road is closed between Friendship Church and Dowell Farm Trce will likely be shut down through Tuesday. Barrett Parkway is the detour around to access neighborhoods off West Sandtown from Villa Rica Road on […]
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Canine Assistants Will Share Stories of Service Dogs on Giving Tuesday
This GivingTuesday, North Fulton-based Canine Assistants will inspire generosity by sharing the incredible stories of life-saving service dogs and life-changing children’s hospital dogs. GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world. GivingTuesday will kick off the generosity season this year by inspiring people […]
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TV filming will close Catherine Street in Decatur next week
Catherine Street, between 1368 and 1420 Catherine Street in Decatur, will be closed to through-traffic from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29 for television filming at 1380 Catherine Street. Road closure and detour signs will be placed in the area during the road closure period advising motorists of construction work in the […]
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The Best Thanksgiving Movies of All Time
Stacker analyzed data from Metacritic, IMDb, and Letterboxd to rank the highest-rated Thanksgiving films of all time.
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How to fry a turkey safely on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equipment. Many of these fires are due to turkey fryers. If you’re planning to fry your Thanksgiving turkey, you’ll want to make sure you know how to fry a turkey safely. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the dangers associated with turkey […]
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Clayton County shelter-in-place order lifted, suspect in custody
Update: According to the Clayton County Police Department, Jerimiah Rose, who was involved in a SWAT standoff over the weekend, was arrested without incident Monday. The shelter-in-place order for the area near the Home Depot in Lovejoy has been lifted. Police say they found two guns on Rose at the time of his arrest. The […]
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Gas prices in Georgia are dropping ahead of Thanksgiving
Georgia’s gas price average continues to trend lower ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.11 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 6 cents less than a week ago, 12 cents less than a month ago, and 13 cents less than this time last year. It now costs $46.65 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. […]
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Meet the new president of the Georgia Baptist Convention Josh Saefkow
Georgia Baptists chose Fayetteville Pastor Josh Saefkow as their president in an annual meeting in Augusta on Tuesday. Saefkow, a respected denominational leader who has served in numerous roles in the Georgia Baptist Convention, was elected without opposition. “I want to continue on the foundation that laid here in this meeting, and build on the […]
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Arrest made in killing of 39-year-old man in Hancock County
SPARTA — The GBI has obtained arrest warrants for 20-year-old Treyvion Markise Crayton, of Sparta. Crayton was charged with felony murder, malice murder and aggravated assault for the death of Robert May. May was shot and was found lying in the street on College Avenue in Sparta on Saturday morning. Crayton was booked into the […]
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Georgia man killed in shootout with police
DALLAS — A Paulding County man is dead after a traffic stop turned into a shootout with police Sunday morning. Deputies performed a traffic stop at the intersection of Bobo Road and Macland Road at about 9:54 a.m. When deputies approached the vehicle and made contact with the driver, deputies say he brandished a pistol […]
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Georgia residents are among the most stressed in the U.S. over inflation
Inflation has been surging to multi-decade highs in the U.S. According to the congressional Joint Economic Committee, prices climbed by 13.3% between January 2021 and July 2022, resulting in a $717 increase in monthly expenses for the average American household. Driven by a number of factors – including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supply chain […]
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Brian Kemp campaigns with Herschel Walker in Cobb County
Recently re-elected Republican Gov. Brian Kemp campaigned Saturday on behalf of former University of Georgia football star and U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who is facing a Dec. 6 runoff for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat. “Look, we cannot rest on our laurels here,” Kemp said to the Walker supporters gathered in a parking lot in […]
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39-year-old Georgia man dead after shooting in Hancock County
SPARTA — The GBI is investigating a death in Hancock County. What we know: Early Saturday morning, Hancock County deputies responded to a scene on College Avenue in Sparta, where a person had been shot and was lying in the street. When deputies arrived, 39-year-old Robert May III, of Sparta, was found dead. Agents […]
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Mercier Orchards cleans up after fire destroys barn and equipment
Workers at Mercier Orchards are cleaning up after a fire broke out in a barn on the property Monday, destroying a barn filled with equipment. The barn was also home to two new tractors. According to officials at Mercier, the fire was caused by an equipment malfunction that happened in the process of winterizing the […]
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Memorial services announced for Georgia House Speaker David Ralston
Memorial services have been announced for Speaker David Ralston, the 73rd Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, who died on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from a prolonged illness. Public memorial services for Speaker Ralston are as follows: · Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 11:00 a.m. until Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 11:00 a.m. Speaker Ralston lies in state in […]
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‘A public trust problem:’ Georgia lawmakers may limit tax breaks given by development authorities
While development authorities are an essential economic development tool in Georgia, they need more controls to prevent abuses, witnesses told a state Senate study committee Thursday. Local government and school district officials have complained that development authorities are too prone to lavish property tax abatements on developers that take away the revenue they need to […]
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Freeze warning issued for North and Central Georgia
Georgia’s cold snap continues with temperatures expected to drop into the 20s and 30s tonight through Friday morning. While all of north and central Georgia will see sub-freezing temperatures, the freeze warning has only been issued for areas along and south of a line from Franklin, to Kennesaw, to Gainesville where temperatures have not yet […]
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Here’s how Georgia school districts are spending $6 billion in federal COVID relief funds
A new report looks at how Georgia’s schools are using the influx of nearly $6 billion in federal COVID relief funds that have flowed to districts across the state since 2020. While 10% of the funds were earmarked for the state Department of Education, the other 90% went directly to school districts. The federal funding […]
