The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a commercial armed robbery that took place at 10:38 p.m. at the Circle K Gas Station at 997 Gray Highway.
Posted inGeorgia By The Numbers
Credit card debt in Atlanta averages over $12,000 per household
In Atlanta, total outstanding credit card debt stood at $2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $12,297 per household – well above the national average and among the most of any large U.S. city.
Posted inCrime
46-year-old Georgia man accused of trafficking meth
On Friday, June 17, 2022, the GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office and Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office arrested 46-year-old Jimmy Lee Clack Jr. on accusations of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin.
Posted inGeorgia People
Augusta University Health employee says ‘thank you’ to hospital staff for his life-saving coronavirus care
When Darrell Stone woke up, he didn’t know what day it was or how long he’d been in Augusta University Health’s Intensive Care Unit.
Posted inBusiness
Okabashi Brands will create 340 new jobs in Gwinnett with facility renovation
Okabashi Brands Inc., a third-generation family-owned and woman-led shoe company, will renovate its 100,000-square-foot facility, creating approximately 340 new jobs and $20 million in capital investment over the next five years.
Posted inIn The News
Lawsuits continue to mount over Plant Vogtle
A second minority utility partner in the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion is mounting an effort to cap its costs to complete the project.
Posted inYour Family
How to get free defensive driving lessons for your teen in Bibb County
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Outreach Section is offering free Defensive Driving Classes during the month of July for teenagers.
Posted inEducation
Georgia voters reject politicizing local school boards
Voters in Cherokee and Coweta counties rejected three school board candidates backed by a right-wing federal PAC Tuesday, following similar losses in last month’s primary.
Posted inHealth
Rabies Alert: A rabid raccoon was captured in a Buford neighborhood
The Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement and the Gwinnett County Health Department want residents to use caution after a raccoon tested positive for the rabies virus Tuesday.
Posted inIn The News
Georgia Supreme Court overturns hot-car death convictions in Justin Ross Harris case
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the conviction of Justin Ross Harris for murder and cruelty charges related to the death of his young son, Cooper, in a hot car in 2014.
Posted inCrime
Cobb police investigate triple homicide
Cobb County Police Homicide Detectives are investigating a triple homicide at a home in Austell.
Posted inEvents
Roswell’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show will be held at Roswell Area Park
The City of Roswell will host its annual Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza to celebrate Independence Day.
Posted inYour Government
Here’s who won the statewide runoffs in Tuesday’s election
Bee Nguyen won the Georgia primary runoff for the Democratic Party’s nomination for secretary of state on Tuesday night.
Posted inMissing
Search continues for 16-year-old Kaylee Jones, who has been missing since June 14
Kaylee Jones was last seen in the area of Whooping Creek Church Road on June 14. Police have no leads on where she may be headed or who she is accompanied by, but police suspect she may be with someone whom she met online.
Posted inYour Government
Live Georgia Election Results
Stay tuned and check this page as results come in.
Posted inMissing
Investigators want your help finding a Macon man who has been missing since April
Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators are asking for the public’s assistance in a missing person investigation.
Posted inIn The News
Watch: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger testifies at January 6 hearing
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia election official Gabe Sterling are scheduled to testify before the Select Committee on Jan. 6 during today’s hearing.
Posted inCrime
Georgia couple sentenced for two-week crime spree
Quantavious Cedron Arnold and Ericka Brewster have been sentenced to federal prison for carrying out a two-week crime spree during which justice department officials say they robbed a bank and fled in a car Arnold had stolen at gunpoint just two days earlier.
