What’s Happening: Firefighters were called to a home on the 700 block of Camp Perrin Road NE at 5:14 a.m. on August 5. Crews arrived eight minutes later to find the house heavily engulfed in flames. The structure partially collapsed while firefighters were working to put out the fire. What’s Important: Investigators determined the fire […]
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Cobb restaurant fails health inspection with score of 59
A Cobb Parkway restaurant best known for its New Orleans-style cooking has some explaining to do after state health inspectors found nearly a dozen violations serious enough to push the eatery into failing territory. Copeland’s of New Orleans, at 3101 Cobb Parkway, received a score of 59 during a routine inspection August 4, well below […]
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One Nation, Under Survelliance: Flock cameras could soon detect your phone
Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records the car, which can be linked through vehicle records to its registered owner. Beside it, another sensor detects signals broadcast by devices traveling nearby, such as your phone and your […]
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81-year-old Marietta man dies two days after head-on crash with semi-truck
What happened: 81-year-old Michael Alvarado was driving his red 2000 Chevrolet Silverado north on Ernest Barrett Parkway, near the Irwin Road overpass, when he lost control of the truck at about 7:55 p.m. on August 6. The Silverado crossed the median and entered the southbound lanes, where the front of a gray 2023 Mack Anthem […]
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Bowdon High School junior elected president of national rodeo organization
A Georgia high school student is now leading one of the largest youth rodeo organizations in the world. Brody Scales, a junior at Bowdon High School and Carroll County Online Campus, was elected president of the National High School Rodeo Association at the organization’s national convention in Nebraska. Scales had not originally planned to run […]
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Augusta man charged with 7 break-ins at Brown Road storage facility
What’s happening: 39-year-old Jeremy Robin Jaynes, of Plantation Road in Augusta, was arrested Monday morning at his home and charged with seven counts of burglary in connection with a string of break-ins at Brown Road Self Storage, located at 2241 Brown Road, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. What we know: Investigators identified Jaynes […]
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Car break-ins are on the rise in Vidalia
What’s happening: The Vidalia Police Department says it has seen an increase in vehicle break-in reports across the community. Police are urging residents to stay alert and take simple precautions to avoid becoming a victim. What you can do: Police say residents should take the following steps: What’s new: The department issued the advisory Monday […]
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84-year-old woman and 21-year-old man shot in southeast Atlanta
What happened: Atlanta police responded to two shooting calls within about 13 minutes of each other on August 10. What investigators believe: Early findings suggest both shootings may be tied to gunfire that broke out in the area of E. Rhinehill Rd. SE and Browns Mill Rd. SE. Police have not confirmed a definitive connection, […]
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‘Reprehensible:’ Grave robbers desecrate 150 graves to sell metal for scrap
Someone had been walking through Magnolia Memorial Gardens in Chatham County for a year and a half, pulling metal flower vases off headstones and selling them for scrap. The graves they left behind belonged to people whose families had paid several thousand dollars to place a single vase there. The scheme came into focus on […]
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Heat index could hit 110 in Georgia today
Heat advisories are in effect today for parts of coastal and far southwest Georgia, where the combination of high temperatures and humidity could make it feel like 110 degrees. What’s happening: The National Weather Service has issued three separate heat advisories covering Georgia counties today. The affected areas stretch from Seminole and Decatur counties in […]