The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that happened at 5578 Riverside Drive, Riverwalk Apartments, at 9:24 p.m. May 12. Deputies responded to Riverwalk Apartments in regards to a person shot. Upon arrival deputies found 22-year-old Douglas Wilmale Stevenson unresponsive in his vehicle in the parking lot. Deputies say there was a […]
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Walker County is getting street lights
Wilson Road and a few other nearby locations in Walker County will soon be lined with light. Commissioner Shannon Whitfield and Sheriff Steve Wilson unveiled the county’s first community street light project today, following a grassroots effort to improve public safety in northern Walker County. The county contracted with EPB to install 110 street lights […]
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Arbery case shines light on problems with Southeast Georgia law enforcement
Caroline Small. Stephen Wayne DeLoach. Katie Kettles Sasser. These are familiar names to people who live in this coastal town of a little more than 16,000 because the local system of law and order failed them. Even before the Ahmaud Arbery slaying in late February, during the past decade, five people died in highly publicized […]
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Is COVID-19 affecting Georgia children?
Georgia has received a federal shipment of a promising drug to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday. “We have received 30 cases with 40 vials of the drug per case, and we will be working with officials in the Department of Public Health to determine how it will be distributed,’’ Kemp […]
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Georgia expands contact tracing to slow the spread of coronavirus
As part of the Georgia’s efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus and mitigate hotspots, the state will be expanding its contact tracing efforts. Contact tracing is used to identify and mitigate hotspots of infection to help prevent further spread of the virus. The Georgia Department of Public Health is increasing its workforce to expand […]
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Fayetteville’s government buildings will reopen May 18
City of Fayetteville buildings will reopen to the public on Monday, May 18, and new hours of operation have been established for Municipal Court, the Water & Sewer Department, and Occupational Tax. The Municipal Court lobby will be open to the public Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it will be closed […]
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Coronavirus doesn’t stop Georgians from buying lottery tickets
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping the Georgia Lottery. In fact, the lottery posted its highest sales week of the year from April 26 through May 2, Brad Bohannon, the Georgia Lottery Corp.’s vice president for government relations, told members of the Georgia House of Representatives’ Higher Education Committee Tuesday. Sales for the month of April […]
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Rural Georgia school districts are getting a WiFi boost
Students in rural Georgia school districts who have struggled to do their classwork due to poor Internet coverage will get some relief thanks to a donation of 448 WiFi Rangers from AT&T. Each district will create its own mobilization plans for placing the WiFi Rangers on school buses or other public vehicles to reach the […]
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Georgia high school seniors demand a ‘real’ graduation ceremony
Joining a national trend, Georgia high school seniors are petitioning their local school systems for a real graduation ceremony once coronavirus restrictions have been lifted and gathering in large groups is allowed again. According to online petition site Change.org, more than 500 petitions from across the country have been started by students and parents, whose […]
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Suspect charged with murder in Morgan County stabbing case
Tommy Joe Byrd, who was arrested in connection with the death of Jerald Jerome Bowden earlier this month has been charged with Bowden’s murder, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Byrd and his brother Tommy Roger Byrd were arrested previously and charged with tampering with evidence in relation to the stabbing incident that killed […]
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19-year-old arrested and charged in Dunwoody homicide
DUNWOODY — A 19-year-old Dunwoody man has been arrested and charged with felony murder in the death of Spencer Lavest Foster. Foster’s body was discovered last week at the Dunwoody Village Apartment Homes. He was 39 years old. Police arrested, Kalijuan Hawkins, who was taken into custody on May 8 and is currently at the […]
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Georgia’s Attorney General calls for investigation into misconduct by local prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery case
Georgia’s attorney general Chris Carr has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into possible prosecutorial misconduct in the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery case. The investigation centers around the District Attorney’s offices of the Brunswick and Waycross judicial circuits who initially handled the case and did not make any arrests. The GBI, on […]
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Fatal crash on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard kills motorcycle driver
BUFORD — A 37-year-old man was killed in a weekend crash on Peachtree Industrial Blvd after his motorcycle collided with an SUV. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, officers were dispatched to an injury crash on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard at the intersection of South Waterworks Road in Buford Saturday shortly before 5 p.m. The […]
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In Georgia 80% of those hospitalized for coronavirus are black
New data showing COVID-19 is hitting black Georgians far harder than others is sparking an outcry among state leaders. Some politicians and activists are calling for bold reforms at the federal and state levels to redress long-standing inequities that continue to lead to disparate outcomes for people of color. “We’re going to have to go […]
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Need for Speed: Georgia driver arrested for speeding was clocked at 138 miles per hour
A driver was pulled over Sunday on I-16 in Candler County after sheriff’s deputies clocked the car going 138 miles per hour. The car was a Mustang GT. While the speeder was the fastest deputies caught this week, sheriff’s department officials say high speeds were not uncommon this weekend. “Deputies issued a number of citations […]
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Two men caught on camera trying to break into Albany home
ALBANY — The Albany Police Department is searching for two men who were caught on camera attempting to break into a home in the Albany area. The video shows the two men repeatedly attempting to kick the front door of a residence. Police are asking anyone who has any information to contact the Albany Police […]
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Cobb County police shoot 22-year-old involved in disturbance at Publix
A disturbance between a 22-year-old man and a Publix employee led to the 22-year-old being shot by police and a police officer sustaining injuries. The initial disturbance occurred at a Publix store near the intersection of Sandy Plains Road and Hwy. 92 in unincorporated Cobb County. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information […]
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20-year-old arrested for terroristic threats against Ahmaud Arbery protestors
A 20-year-old Liberty County man has been arrested and charged with Dissemination of Information Relating to Terroristic Acts after a social media post related to the Ahmaud Arbery case. On Saturday, May 9, at about 11:55 p.m., the GBI was made aware of a Facebook post that contained a threat to future protests related to […]
