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Nine Georgia schools have earned the national Blue Ribbon recognition for 2021.

Here Are Georgia’s 2021 Blue Ribbon Schools. Did Your School Make the Cut?

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 25, 2021October 10, 2023

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.

Are you planting your Leyland cypress trees wrong?

by Tim Daly | CAES NewsSeptember 25, 2021September 25, 2021

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.

Crime

Two Chattanooga 18-year-olds charged in homicide of Georgia 19-year-old

by GBI ReportsSeptember 25, 2021September 25, 2021

VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire in the 700 Block of Collier Street early Friday morning.

Fire

Valdosta fire crews rescue resident from burning home

by Fire ReportsSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

BROOKHAVEN -- Brookhaven officially opened the new Murphey Candler Park South Trail, which completes another park Bond project which voters approved in 2018.

New trail at Murphey Candler Park opens

by City ReportsSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Motorists traveling on Highway 9 in Alpharetta this weekend can expect heavy delays this weekend due to a road widening project.

Traffic & Transportation

Expect heavy delays on Highway 9 in Alpharetta this weekend

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 24, 2021September 30, 2021

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.

Crime

Commerce police need your help identifying a murder suspect

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2023

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.

Traffic & Transportation

Why is East Side Drive is closed in DeKalb County?

by Traffic ReportsSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2023

Coronavirus vaccination

Everything you need to know about getting a COVID-19 booster shot

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

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.

Traffic & Transportation

The new Ashford Dunwoody ramp on I-285 opens Sunday

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

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.

Crime

Gwinnett County Employee Killed in Hit and Run Crash

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2021December 20, 2023

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.

Crime

Chamblee police shot a man with a knife ‘actively attacking’ a woman

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2021September 24, 2021

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.

Crime

Man charged with murder of woman at Georgia motel

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2021September 24, 2021

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.

Red Cross CEO and her daughter are on a quest to fight Sickle Cell

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

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.

Turtles stolen from Autrey Mill Nature Preserve

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 23, 2021September 24, 2021

Healthcare.gov

Georgians are signing up for Obamacare in record numbers

by Andy Miller | GHNSeptember 22, 2021September 24, 2021

rear view of teen schoolgirl walking to classmates leaning on school bus

Should Georgia raise the mandatory school attendance age to 17?

by Tim Darnell | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 22, 2021September 24, 2021

homeless man, beggar, poverty

Georgia By The Numbers

This city has the most extreme poverty in Georgia

by Samuel Stebbins | 24/7 Wall St. via The Center SquareSeptember 22, 2021September 24, 2023

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