The City of Alpharetta is asking residents and businesses to participate in its holiday food drive going on now through December 17. Donations will help stock the shelves at the North Fulton Community Charities food pantry and benefit families in need right here, in North Fulton County. Non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at […]
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Gwinnett County is hiring IT professionals
The Gwinnett County Department of Information Technology Services wants to hire you. The county will host a hiring event on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the second floor of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. The department is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions: Senior Project Manager, Senior IT Systems Administrator, IT […]
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Which Georgia county has the highest percentage of smokers?
Cigarette sales climbed in the U.S. in 2020 for the first time in two decades. Americans bought a total of 203.7 billion cigarettes last year, up from 202.9 billion the year before, according to a Federal Trade Commision report. The uptick coincided with increased cigarette promotional and ad spending by tobacco companies. Smoking claims nearly […]
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Burke County Sheriff declares schools safe despite threat
Despite a threat made against Burke County schools last week, the county’s top law enforcement officer is telling parents he believes the schools are safe. The sheriff’s office has been investigating an email threat against Burke County High School since Thursday. The email, from an anonymous sender, threatened to “shoot the entire school up” the […]
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David Perdue will challenge Brian Kemp in the Republican primary
Former Sen. David Perdue is set to launch a primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp, the latest escalation in former President Donald Trump’s attack on Republicans that failed to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. The news of Perdue’s expected re-entry into politics, first reported by Politico, comes less than a week after Democratic […]
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Vehicle strikes Concord Covered Bridge beam in Cobb County again
The beam protecting Cobb County’s Concord Covered Bridge was struck again Friday night. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the bridge, it is a historic wooden bridge that has recently been restored. To help preserve the bridge, the county has made efforts to warn drivers of large trucks about the bridge’s height restrictions […]
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DeKalb County giving $100 gift cards for COVID vaccinations today
DeKalb County will give a $100 prepaid debit card to everyone who receives a COVID-19 vaccination today, Saturday, Dec. 4. The vaccination event is focusing on the multicultural community along the Buford Highway corridor. Since June 2021, DeKalb County has given $100 prepaid debit cards to 6,000 eligible residents who received COVID-19 vaccinations during county-sponsored […]
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Georgia resident tests positive for Omicron variant
A Georgia resident who came back from South Africa recently has tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19. According to the Georgia Department of Health, the individual recently traveled from South Africa and was in Georgia for two days before traveling on to New Jersey where the testing and sequencing were done. The individual […]
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All southbound lanes of I-75 in Bartow County to close for emergency repairs
All southbound lanes of I-75 will be closed beginning tonight at 7 p.m. for emergency repairs at the Old Grassdale Road overpass south of exit 296 in Bartow County. The damage was caused by a tractor-trailer when the boom of the track hoe it was carrying struck a bridge beam. No injuries were reported, but a bridge […]
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These Georgia landmarks are in danger of disappearing forever
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2022 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state. “This is the Trust’s seventeenth annual Places in Peril list,” said Mark C. McDonald, president and CEO of the Trust. “To date, 95% of past Places in Peril sites are still in existence. We hope the list will continue to bring preservation […]
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Search continues for missing Tybee Island man
TYBEE ISLAND — Police in Tybee Island are asking for your help locating a man who has been missing since Monday. Lucas Gooden recently moved to Tybee Island for work and was staying in a local motel. Police say none of his family or friends have seen or heard from him since Monday. Since his […]
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Roswell residents must register their security alarms
ROSWELL — Beginning Monday, Dec. 6, Roswell residents and business owners will have 60 days to register their alarms with the city, in accordance with Roswell’s updated False Alarm Ordinance, which was passed in April. The ordinance is in place to reduce the number of false alarms by fining residents and businesses for false alarm calls. […]
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Which counties in Georgia have the highest COVID-19 death rate?
As has been true throughout America’s COVID-19 history, every state—and every county therein—has its own COVID-19 story, driven by local policies and behaviors. The United States as of Dec. 1 had reached780,784 COVID-19-related deaths and 48.6 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Feb. 2, more Americans had been vaccinated for COVID-19 […]
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Two arrested in shooting death of 18-year-old in Macon parking lot
Two people were arrested in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Montaveous Raines Jr. in a Macon parking lot last month. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s office, 18-year-old Jaylen Bryce Smith and 19-year-old Jordan Michael Mullis were taken to the Investigations Division to be interviewed about the shooting. Through the course of the investigation investigators discovered that […]
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Gwinnett man killed in hit-and-run collision
One man was injured and another dead after a hit-and-run crash in Gwinnett County last week. Police are still searching for the driver who caused the collision. When it happened: November 24 at about 6:40 a.m. Where it happened: S.R. 8, also known as Winder Highway and Still Road. What happened: According to police, 56-year-old […]
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Cobb County police rescue kidnapped children
Three kidnapped children have been rescued by Cobb County police officers after their father was stabbed and they were taken. Police officers responded to a person stabbed at a home on Mableton Parkway in Mableton Wednesday at about 9 p.m. They found a 31-year-old man inside his trailer suffering from several sharp force trauma injuries […]
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Roswell police arrest bank robbery suspect within 10 minutes
ROSWELL — Roswell police arrested a bank robbery suspect less than 10 minutes after the bank robbery occurred. According to police, 35-year-old Joseph Matthews, of Lithonia, was arrested for an armed bank robbery in the afternoon of Nov. 30. Shortly after 1 p.m. officers were dispatched to an armed robbery at the Chase Bank at […]
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Son accused of assaulting father in Macon arrested
The juvenile suspected of assaulting his father causing a serious head injury last week in Macon was found in Dodge County and was taken into custody. The boy was taken to the Cadwell RYDC. He is being charged with Aggravated Assault. The father is still being treated at Atrium Health Navicent and is listed in a critical but stable […]
