Nine Georgia schools have earned the national Blue Ribbon recognition for 2021. The Blue Ribbon is a recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. The Georgia schools named 2021 recipients of the honor are: Bleckley County High School, a Bleckley County Public School Crabapple Lane Elementary School, a Fayette County Public School Johns Creek Elementary […]
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Are you planting your Leyland cypress trees wrong?
Leyland cypress are one of the most commonly planted landscape trees, but poor site selection and disease pressure may soon send them the way of red tips and Bradford pears. Popular as a hedge and in new development, the trees must be planted at least 10 to 15 feet apart, as the trees’ rapid growth […]
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Two Chattanooga 18-year-olds charged in homicide of Georgia 19-year-old
On Friday, September, 24, 2021, the GBI and Fort Oglethorpe Police arrested and charged 18-year-olds Keishun Rowe and Malachi Housley, both of Chattanooga, with Felony Murder, in connection to the death of 19-year-old Jaylon Alexander Everhardt of Fort Oglethorpe. Fort Oglethorpe Police found Everhardt dead at the 900 building of the Oglethorpe Ridge Apartments from […]
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Valdosta fire crews rescue resident from burning home
VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire in the 700 Block of Collier Street early Friday morning. The call came in from dispatch at 4:46 a.m. and the first fire unit arrived on scene within four minutes to find heavy flames and smoke coming from the residence, according to […]
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New trail at Murphey Candler Park opens
BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven officially opened the new Murphey Candler Park South Trail, which completes another park Bond project which voters approved in 2018. Mayor John Ernst and District 1 Councilwoman Linley Jones cut the ceremonial ribbon atop the new 30’ foot bridge which connects the football and baseball fields on the east side of the creek […]
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Expect heavy delays on Highway 9 in Alpharetta this weekend
Motorists traveling on Highway 9 in Alpharetta this weekend can expect heavy delays this weekend due to a road widening project. Road crews will be continuing a project to widen and reconstruct the roadway between Upper Hembree Road and Windward Parkway, a distance of almost four miles. Weather and on-site conditions permitting, one right lane […]
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Commerce police need your help identifying a murder suspect
COMMERCE — The Commerce Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are asking for your help identifying a suspect in a murder that occurred in Commerce on Jan. 26 at about 7:35 p.m. The man was seen on camera at a convenience store and may be driving a small, dark colored SUV. Anyone with […]
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Why is East Side Drive is closed in DeKalb County?
Eastside Drive, between Pleasant Wood Drive and Wesley Chapel Road, will be closed to through-traffic from 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, to repair a 24-inch natural gas transmission pipeline between 4205 and 4265 Eastside Drive in Decatur. Road closure and detour signs will be placed in the area during […]
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Everything you need to know about getting a COVID-19 booster shot
The Gist: The CDC has formally made its recommendations on the booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccines. In Georgia, the state department of public health is following that guidance. First thing’s first: The guidance only applies to the Pfizer vaccine. If you got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the FDA has not issued […]
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The new Ashford Dunwoody ramp on I-285 opens Sunday
DUNWOODY — The new access ramp from I-285 eastbound to Ashford Dunwoody Road at Exit 29 is set to open Sunday by 9 a.m. The new ramp means motorists on I-285 eastbound who want to exit at Ashford Dunwoody Road will need to merge on to the new ramp just past Glenridge Drive. If you […]
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Gwinnett County Employee Killed in Hit and Run Crash
A Gwinnett County water department employee was killed Thursday during a hit and run incident while he was directing traffic, Gwinnett County police officials say. The crash occurred at at Oak Grove Road and Henderson Lake Drive. Constantin George Bolof, a Gwinnett County Water Resource employee and Auburn resident, was directing vehicles around an active […]
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UGA faculty members are planning to impose a mask mandate
The University System of Georgia is trying to fend off a rebellion from a group of University of Georgia faculty determined to impose a mask mandate in violation of system policy. A letter from Jeffrey Bennetzen, a geneticist at UGA, dated Sept. 20 served notice of plans for the mask mandate to discourage the spread […]
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Chamblee police shot a man with a knife ‘actively attacking’ a woman
CHAMBLEE — Chamblee police officers found themselves in the middle of a horrific scene Wednesday when they responded to an aggravated domestic assault call at an apartment while a man with a knife was attacking a woman. Preliminary information indicates that at about 6:30 a.m., Chamblee Police Department officers responded to a 911 call involving […]
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Man charged with murder of woman at Georgia motel
COOPERSVILLE — On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the GBI arrested 45-year-old Charles Michael Librizzi, of Baxley, Georgia, for one count of Malice Murder. Librizzi is currently in the Screven County Jail. According to the GBI, first responders found 35-year-old Kathern Rebecca Scott, of Reidsville, North Carolina, dead at the Holiday Motel on Statesboro Highway in […]
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Red Cross CEO and her daughter are on a quest to fight Sickle Cell
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and it is estimated that 100,000 people across the U.S. live with the genetically inherited blood disease. Georgia is home to 10 percent of the population affected by this crippling and life-threatening disorder, which distorts smooth, round blood cells, turning them hard and crescent-shaped. For Dee Dixon, newly appointed […]
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Turtles stolen from Autrey Mill Nature Preserve
JOHNS CREEK — Autrey Mill Nature Preserve in Johns Creek is asking for your help finding five box turtles that were stolen from the preserve over the weekend. The five box turtles were stolen out of their enclosure. If you have any information or know anything, please call the nature preserve at 678-366-3511. According to […]
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Georgians are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Georgia had the third-highest number of people signing up for coverage during this year’s special enrollment period for the federally run health insurance exchanges. The state’s 147,000 enrollees were exceeded only by Florida and Texas among the 36 states that use the healthcare.gov enrollment platform, according to federal data recently released. Exchange enrollment — like open enrollment […]
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Should Georgia raise the mandatory school attendance age to 17?
Legislators studying the issue of raising Georgia’s mandatory age for school attendance from 16 to 17 were met with tough, complex questions from some metro Atlanta school officials on Wednesday. “The first question for us is, what is the reason for raising the age for compulsory attendance?” asked Gretchen Walton, compliance and legislative affairs […]
