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 […]