The DeKalb County Police Department is asking for your help finding a 13-year-old girl named Keosha who has been missing since Saturday. According to police, Keosha was last seen near Stone Meadow Road in Lithonia. She is 5’3, and weighs about 110 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. According to police, she was seen […]
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GBI: Officers shoot man who pointed a compound bow at them
COLUMBUS — The GBI is investigating an incident that occurred in Columbus early Saturday morning when police shot a man they say pointed a compound bow at them. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at about 1:43 a.m., Columbus Police Department officers responded to a domestic dispute at the Circle […]
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Georgia’s SAT scores beat the national average for the 5th year in a row
The Scoop: For the fifth year in a row, Georgia public-school students outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT — specifically, Georgia public school students recorded a mean score of 1052, which is 24 points higher than the national average for public school students of 1028. The Scores: Georgia’s public-school class of […]
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Both of Georgia’s Secretary of State candidates defend voting rights, but they differ on what that means
Georgia Secretary of State candidates Republican Brad Raffensperger and Democrat Bee Nguyen both claim to be strong defenders of voting rights for Georgians, though they hold starkly different visions about how to protect the state’s elections. One of the Secretary of State’s main jobs is to administer elections. During his first term in office, Raffensperger, […]
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A Georgia K9 officer was killed in the line of duty. The suspect was also killed
The Scoop: A Georgia State Patrol K9 officer named Figo was shot and killed by a suspect in a homicide case Friday. The suspect was subsequently shot and killed by police officers. The Investigation: According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that Clayton County Police Officers were conducting a homicide investigation involving […]
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Cobb County’s drive-through Fall Festival of Fun returns Oct. 22
MARIETTA — Cobb County’s drive-through Fall Festival of Fun returns Oct. 22. The festival will run from from 6 to 10 p.m. at Jim R. Miller Park at 2245 Callaway Road in Marietta. Attendees will drive through the area seeing decorated vehicles in the Fun Auto Zone while experiencing princesses, dinosaurs, dueling pirates, and more throughout […]
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Atlanta Police remind residents not to call 911 for lost glasses
The Atlanta Police Department posted a friendly reminder on social media not to call 911 because you can’t find your glasses. According to the department, while lost glasses could be considered a personal emergency and can cause a great deal of anxiety, lost glasses cannot be considered a true “emergency” warranting a 911 call. The […]
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Talladega College student who went missing in Atlanta found
Update: Atlanta Police said on Saturday morning that Rakeb Tilahun, the Talladega College student who went missing on a field trip to Atlanta, has been found. The original story is below. ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Dept. is requesting your help finding 19-year-old Rakeb Tilahun. She was last seen at 255 Courtland St. on Oct. […]
Posted inTraffic & Transportation
30-year-old woman dies in wrong-way collision on I-285 to I-75 in Cobb County
The Cobb County Police Department is investigating a fatal, wrong-way collision that occurred on I-285 to I-75 North, south of Windy Hill Road early Friday morning. The preliminary investigation revealed that at about 2:50 a.m., 30-year-old Chassity E. Hogan, of Mableton was traveling south on I-75 in the northbound lanes in a white 2014 Hyundai […]
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What was Brian Kemp’s job before he became governor of Georgia?
Stacker investigated the former jobs of the governor in Georgia using information from a variety of news and other sources.