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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

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.

UGA faculty members are planning to impose a mask mandate

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 23, 2021September 24, 2021

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

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

Joshua’s Crossing Covered Bridge welcomes you to the other side of beauty and silence as the leaves fall off the trees

Leaf Peeping? Here Are the Best States to Visit for Fall

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 21, 2021October 10, 2023

Memark blamed the delta variant, which is much more contagious than the original strain of coronavirus that first struck Georgia in March of last year.

‘Everybody is acting as if nothing is going on’ despite coronavirus surge

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 27, 2021August 27, 2021

CANTON -- A Canton man was sentenced to 70 years with the first 25 of those years to be served in confinement for an attack on his ex-wife in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.

Crime

Canton man sentenced for zip tying and pistol-whipping his ex-wife

by Thom ChandlerAugust 26, 2021August 27, 2021

COLUMBUS -- The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment of those responsible for the homicide of 12-year old Cortez Richardson.

Crime

12-year-old Georgia boy shot while riding in mother’s car

by FBI ReportsAugust 25, 2021August 27, 2021

University of Georgia football icon Herschel Walker filed paperwork Tuesday to seek the Republican nomination for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Your Government

He’s running: Herschel Walker makes bid for U.S. Senate

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 24, 2021September 24, 2023

Man painting face of human and bird

Art in the Park returns to Marietta Square for Labor Day weekend

by Thom ChandlerAugust 24, 2021September 24, 2023

“These guardsmen will assist our frontline healthcare workers as they provide quality medical care during the current increase in cases and hospitalizations, and I greatly appreciate General Carden and his team for their willingness to answer the call again in our fight against COVID-19,” Kemp said. “This Georgia National Guard mission is in addition to the 2,800 state-supported staff and 450 new beds brought online I announced last week, at a total state investment of $625 million through December of this year. I continue to urge all Georgians to talk to a medical professional about getting vaccinated.”

Georgia National Guard deployed to hospitals as COVID-19 surges

by Thom ChandlerAugust 24, 2021September 24, 2023

The following is a column by Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods about his experience being hospitalized after catching a breakthrough case of COVID-19.

Georgia schools chief shares his experience being hospitalized with COVID-19

by Richard WoodsAugust 24, 2021August 27, 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.

Georgia football coach donates kidney to fellow church member

by Roger AlfordAugust 23, 2021August 27, 2021

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