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Atlanta, Ga USA 06 07 20: Downtown Atlanta Georgia Atlanta Police car close up side door
Posted inLocal Heroes

An Atlanta Police Lieutenant Helped Deliver a Baby Over the Weekend

by Thom ChandlerJuly 1, 2022October 10, 2023
Last weekend, the law enforcement division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources witnessed an overloaded vessel capsize on Lake Allatoona.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Eight People and a Dog Rescued After Boat Capsizes on Lake Allatoona

by Thom ChandlerJune 24, 2022October 10, 2023
Emory Morsberger, president of the Tucker Summit Community Improvement District of Greater Atlanta, will be traveling to Romania, with surgical-grade medical instruments, Stryker Drill Sets and wound care materials desperately needed to support the relief effort from the war in Ukraine.  
Posted inLocal Heroes

A Georgia Leader is Headed to Ukraine with Medical Supplies

by Thom ChandlerJune 6, 2022October 10, 2023
Atlanta, Ga USA 06 07 20: Downtown Atlanta Georgia Atlanta Police car close up side door
Posted inLocal Heroes

Bystanders help police take repeat felon into custody near Buckhead

by Thom ChandlerMay 27, 2022September 24, 2023
Firefighters from Gainesville and White County, along with several other agencies worked into the early morning hours Saturday to rescue a hiker who fell off a cliff.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Photos: Georgia firefighters rescue hiker who fell off cliff

by Thom ChandlerMay 21, 2022May 21, 2022
The tiniest patients at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton will now have access to more life-saving care and equipment when they need it, thanks to Tuesday’s Laurel Classic golf tournament co-chaired by Mike and Caryn McGarity for the Northeast Georgia Health System Foundation.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Golf tournament a big win for Braselton NICU patients

by Thom ChandlerMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022
prison, prison cell, jail
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Bibb County purse snatcher gets more than he bargained for

by Thom ChandlerMarch 5, 2022March 5, 2022
MORROW -- A Clayton County 911 dispatcher is being hailed as a hero by the Clayton County Police Department after she helped save a man's life in freezing weather.
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Local Heroes: Georgia 911 dispatcher saves man’s life after Apple Watch alert

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 3, 2022February 3, 2022
On Monday January 24, three Baltimore, Maryland firefighters died and a fourth suffered injuries when part of a vacant home collapsed while they were battling a blaze in the structure. Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter/Paramedic Kelsey Sadler and EMT/Firefighter Kenny Lacayo lost their lives. Firefighter John McMaster was severely injured.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Georgia firefighters honor fallen Baltimore firefighters through training

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 2022
If you frequently walk in downtown Atlanta, some of the city's air vents may have given you pause.
Posted inLocal Heroes

WATCH: Atlanta firefighters rescue person who fell in air vent

by Thom ChandlerDecember 22, 2021December 22, 2021
Close-up Of A Man's Hand Using Laptop To Donate Money
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These two Georgia cities are among the most generous in America

by Thom ChandlerDecember 19, 2021December 19, 2021
ATLANTA -- Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms celebrated the man she has referred to as the City of Atlanta’s COVID angel, Dr. Carlos del Rio on Friday by presenting him with the city's highest honor.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Atlanta’s COVID angel earns city’s highest honor

by Thom ChandlerDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021
MARIETTA -- A quick-thinking taxi driver helped police catch a shoplifter who police say had punched a female store employee in the face.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Georgia taxi driver helps stop shoplifter

by Thom ChandlerNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Homeless man is feeling cold.
Posted inLocal Heroes

DeKalb residents can donate coats to Operation Bundle

by Thom ChandlerNovember 22, 2021November 22, 2021
Futon County will distribute 1,000 turkeys to families in need ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Posted inLocal Heroes

Fulton County will distribute 1,000 free turkeys for Thanksgiving

by County NewsNovember 19, 2021September 24, 2023
Spreading joy and hope comes naturally to University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) alum Tamlin Hall, so it’s no surprise that he’s taken his passion for positivity and turned it into a personal mission.
Posted inLocal Heroes

UGA grad makes teen mental health his mission in new series

by Johnathan McGinty | CAES NewsSeptember 29, 2021September 24, 2023
Double exposure of Hurricane Ida approaching New Orleans on August 29, 2021.
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Valdosta residents, here’s how you can help Hurricane Ida victims

by City ReportsSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
LYONS -- Doctors have successfully completed dual surgeries that took a kidney from a Georgia high school football coach and implanted it into a fellow churchgoer he met earlier this year.
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Georgia football coach donates kidney to fellow church member

by Roger AlfordAugust 23, 2021August 27, 2021

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