CLAXTON — A 15-year-old boy is dead after a shooting at a party in Claxton Saturday night. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, at about 10:30 p.m., the Evans County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to assist with the incident that occurred at a house party on Caddie Green Road in Claxton. When law enforcement […]
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Your photos and videos of snow in Georgia
As snow fell on North Georgia and metro Atlanta this morning, Georgians were quick to share their photos and videos of snow in Georgia. Below is a sampling of some of the snow views we are seeing so far today. If you have photos or videos you would like to share, please email them to […]
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Here’s the latest in Georgia’s changing snow forecast
The forecast for snow on Sunday continues to change and shift in terms of severity and accumulation. Here is the latest according to the National Weather Service as of 5:20 p.m. Saturday. If you live in Northeast Georgia near Blairsville, you can expect four to eight inches of snow and wind gusts greater than 50 […]
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MARTA General Manager Jeff Parker dead
MARTA officials confirmed the unexpected death of the transportation agency’s CEO and General Manager Jeff Parker Friday night. Parker had served in the role as MARTA CEO for four years. MARTA officials confirmed Saturday that Parker died by suicide. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens released the following statement on Parker’s passing: “I am shocked and saddened […]
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Atlanta officials warn residents to stay off roads during snow
ATLANTA — With snow expected the forecast for Atlanta, city officials are ready to move to a heightened response and are warning residents to stay off the roads during the snow and ice storm. Based on the most recent weather forecast, the Atlanta Department of Transportation is prepared to activate a Level 2 response in […]
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Snow Update: Here’s how the forecast has changed for Georgia today
Weather forecasters are becoming more and more confident that winter weather tonight and tomorrow will bring snow. The Georgia Department of Transportation and several local departments of transportation are busy preparing the roads for ice and power companies throughout the state are on high alert, as ice will bring potential power outages. Here is the […]
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Terminated employee at Duluth business strikes police vehicle before crashing car
DULUTH — City of Duluth police officers were dispatched to a business in Duluth, who recently terminated an employee and wanted the employee off their property Thursday. As officers approached the former-employee sitting in his vehicle, police say the driver drove off but not before striking one a police patrol vehicle. The car left the […]
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5 Ways Georgia Medical Professionals Can Benefit From Automated Clinical Metadata Repository
Clinical trials are in-demand because of emerging diseases that disrupt public health, such as the coronavirus or COVID-19. And, what does this imply to Georgia residents and medical professionals? Medical professionals and pharmaceutical facilities receive significant pressure from regulatory bodies and the public to ensure accurate clinical trial data for drugs and therapies newly developed […]
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Here’s how Georgia is preparing for this weekend’s snow
The state agencies in charge of responding to weather emergencies are bracing for a winter storm expected to hit North Georgia and metro Atlanta during a three-day holiday weekend. Georgia Department of Transportation crews began treating interstate and state highways Friday morning with brine solution in an area stretching from the northern counties south to […]
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Snow Update: When will Georgia get snow and how much?
North Georgia and Metro Atlanta are awaiting the chance of a weekend snow storm with a mixture of anticipation and dread today. Here’s what the forecast looks like right now and what you can expect. The timeframe: The National Weather Service predicts snow will fall in Georgia between late Saturday night and late Sunday night. […]
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Cobb County will pretreat bridges ahead of snow and ice
Cobb County Department of Transportation crews loaded up spreaders and tested their inclement weather equipment today in preparation for possible wintry weather this weekend. Weather forecasters say a mixture of ice and snow could impact Cobb starting early Sunday morning. Crews plan on pretreating select bridges, overpasses, and known trouble spots across the county starting around […]
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Zoo Atlanta mourns death of 59-year-old gorilla
Zoo Atlanta announced today the death of Choomba, a 59-year-old female western lowland gorilla. The second-oldest gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, Choomba was also the fourth-oldest gorilla in the world. The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams had been monitoring Choomba closely in recent days following a marked decline in her physical condition due to advanced arthritis and […]
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Fire at Alpharetta home ruled arson
A 52-year-old man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire at a home in Alpharetta. According to Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King, Jesse Hooper was charged with Arson in the 1st Degree and Conspiracy to Commit a Felony. The fire occurred Nov. 18 and moderately damaged a […]
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Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, and public safety
Gov. Brian Kemp asked Georgia lawmakers Thursday to use a record budget surplus to raise the salaries of teachers and state employees and hire more nurses and state troopers. In his fourth and final State of the State address of a four-year term, Kemp told a joint session of the Georgia House and Senate education, […]
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Should UGA Football players earn $154,000 per season? Some fans think so
Following the Georgia Bulldogs epic win in Monday’s National Championship Game, Georgia football fans clearly believe their players should also be rewarded for their efforts financially. Indeed, any college football fan would have picked up on the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last year, which upended a decades-old NCAA model that considered college athletes as strictly amateurs, […]
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Snow Update: Metro Atlanta could get up to an inch of snow
A mix of wintry conditions is expected to impact tens of millions of people across different regions of the U.S. over the holiday weekend, including snow and ice in parts of the Southeast as the storm is forecast to plunge through Virginia and Kentucky, reaching as far south as Georgia. The storm will charge in […]
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30 people evacuated after early morning apartment fire in Gwinnett
An early morning blaze Thursday damaged four apartment units on Chase Lane in Norcross. Firefighters brought the flames under control at about 2:12 a.m. Gwinnett County Fire officials say about 30 people were evacuated from the two-story, eight-unit apartment building when the first fire trucks arrived. Crews found smoke and flames showing from two second-floor […]
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Flashback: Snow Jam ’82 rocked Metro Atlanta 40 years ago
As weather reports show heavy snow may be likely in metro Atlanta over the weekend, this month we look back to a heavy snow storm that hit Georgia 40 years ago. It became known as Snow Jam ’82, and much like 2014’s more recent Snowmageddon, it was marked by heavy traffic jams and abandoned cars. […]
