What happened: 41-year-old Festus Anyiam was convicted June 5 on four counts of theft of government funds and one count of money laundering. The scheme goes back to 2015, when someone filed fake tax returns using the stolen personal information of taxpayers in Illinois and Missouri. How it worked: The fake returns told the IRS […]
Posted inCrime
Man gunned down on Pelican Drive in Norcross
What happened: According to police, 36-year-old Walter Cauldle was shot in the 2200 block of Pelican Drive on June 5. He was taken to Northside Gwinnett Hospital, where he died. Gwinnett County Police are investigating his death as a homicide. The investigation: No arrests have been made. Police say everyone involved in the shooting has […]
Posted inTraffic & Transportation
Busy Grovetown road will close overnight every night this week
Drivers in the Grovetown area will face lane closures on Horizon South Parkway overnight through Saturday due to road construction. What’s Happening: Lanes on Horizon South Parkway will close intermittently between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. each night from Monday, June 8, through Saturday, June 13, Columbia County says. The closures depend on weather. What […]
Posted inLocal Heroes
DeKalb mourns K-9 Narry, the good boy who took $600K in drugs off the street
K-9 Narry, a police dog who spent nearly six years working the streets of DeKalb County, died at home on June 3. He was retired. What’s Happening: Narry joined the DeKalb County Police Department in June 2017 and worked until April 2023. Over those six years, he was deployed 203 times. By the Numbers:– 64 […]
Posted inEconomy
What are gas prices in Georgia this week?
Georgia drivers are paying about $3.84 a gallon for regular gas — nearly unchanged from last week, but close to a dollar more than they paid a year ago. What’s Happening: Prices have barely moved in the past week, falling just 1 cent. Filling a standard 15-gallon tank now costs about $57.60. By the Numbers: […]
Posted inWeather
Flood watch covers 30 Georgia counties through tonight
Residents and drivers across 30 Georgia counties need to watch for possible flooding today as waves of heavy rain move through the area. The watch runs from 8 a.m. through 9 p.m. tonight. What’s happening: A flood watch is in effect across a wide stretch of north, northwest, and west central Georgia. A flood watch […]
Posted inClark Chronicles
Bulldozers don’t move fast, but you still have to pay attention to them
There is a moment — a very specific, very American moment — that I have witnessed more times than I can count in my years covering local news. It goes something like this. A couple is driving down a road they’ve driven a thousand times. Maybe it’s a Saturday morning. Maybe they’ve got coffee. And […]
Posted inFire
Roswell Panda Express damaged in kitchen fire Saturday
What happened: Firefighters were called to the Panda Express on Holcomb Bridge Road at 8:51 a.m. Saturday. The fire started in the kitchen and traveled up through the exhaust vent into the space between the roof and the building’s frame. Crews had to cut into the roof to reach and put out the fire. What’s […]
Posted inWeather
Yellow flag flying at Tybee Island beach Sunday
Yellow flags are up at Tybee Island today, signaling medium hazard conditions in the water. Rip currents are possible. What This Means for You: Swimmers should stay close to a staffed lifeguard tower. A rip current is a fast-moving channel of water that pulls people away from shore and is one of the leading causes […]
Posted inTraffic & Transportation
I-285 is being torn up and rebuilt. Here’s what drivers need to know
A stretch of I-285 on the west side of metro Atlanta is being completely torn out and rebuilt, and drivers will feel it on weekends for the next three years. The work covers both directions of I-285 between Exit 7 at Cascade Road and Exit 9 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, running through Fulton […]
