A bill filed in the Georgia House of Representatives Friday would criminalize abortion in Georgia if Roe v. Wade was ever overturned or a constitutional amendment was passed giving states the right to determine the legality of abortion. The Bill: The bill is House Bill 546, and it would effectively make abortion illegal in the […]
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Former Clerk of Grady County arrested
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the GBI arrested Carrie Croy, who was previously employed as the Grady County Clerk. Croy surrendered herself at the Grady County Jail on an outstanding warrant charging her with one count of theft by taking. Croy is alleged to have stolen approximately $5,800.00 between April 2015 and April 2018 from Grady […]
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Jonesboro insurance agent arrested on fraud charges
Investigators in the Fraud Division at the Department of Insurance arrested Fereadoon “Frank”Kalantari, 62, of Jonesboro, GA on Thursday. Kalantari is a licensed insurance agent who operates out of his home in Henry County. “This should serve as a reminder to those that feel they can take advantage of the elderly; insurance fraudis a very serious […]
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Valdosta names first female police chief
Valdosta Police Department Interim Chief Leslie Manahan has been appointed Chief of Police, effective March 1. Originally from Marietta, Manahan moved to Valdosta in 1990 to attend Valdosta State University and graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Education. Manahan began her career at the Valdosta Police Department in 1997 as a […]
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Aimee Copeland awards van to Athens college student
Aimee Copeland, along with AMS Vans and FODAC (Friends of Disabled Adults and Children), are proud to announce they have selected a winner in the Aimee Copeland Foundation essay contest for a wheelchair conversion minivan. The winning essay came from Kendra Allen, a business technology major at Athens Tech, who detailed her challenges growing up with cerebral palsy and what she […]
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Wells Fargo consumer redress review program begins
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Wells Fargo has begun a consumer redress review program through which consumers who have not yet been made whole through other remediation programs already in place can seek to have their inquiry or complaint reviewed by a Wells Fargo escalation team for possible relief. “We are pleased […]
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Father of two teenage boys dies in mobile home fire
Two Georgia teenagers are without their home and their father after a mobile home fire in Tennille. Shortly after 1 a.m. Feb. 27, the Tennille Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire located on Booker T. Washington Street in Tennille. Once fire personnel arrived on scene, the mobile home was heavily engulfed by the blaze. […]
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Kemp vows Georgia will protect the unborn
If Gov. Brian Kemp has his way, if at any point in the future Roe v. Wade is overturned or an amendment to the United States Constitution is passed that allows individual states to outlaw abortion, the state legislature would immediately consider pro-life legislation. On Thursday., Kemp’s Floor Leaders, Representatives Jodi Lott, a republican from Evans […]
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Thief breaks into car at Peachtree Corners day care center during drop off
Not even the parking lot of a day care center at drop-off time is safe from unscrupulous characters. Gwinnett Police are searching for a suspect who broke into a vehicle in broad daylight at the Goddard School in Peachtree Corners while the car’s owner was dropping off her child. On January 25 the victim was […]
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Kelly Clarkson is coming to the Infinite Energy Arena in March
Tickets are on sale now for GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar Kelly Clarkson’s highly anticipated Meaning Of Life Tour, coming to Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Ga., on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 7 p.m. She will be joined by GRAMMY-nominated Kelsea Ballerini and last season’s winner of NBC’s The Voice, Team Kelly’s Brynn Cartelli. Tickets are on sale now at kellyclarkson.com/tour. Clarkson […]
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A 17-year-old from Atlanta has been missing since July
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public’s help to find Angela Gay, who has been missing since July 29, 2018 from Atlanta, Georgia. The 17-year-old female is 5-foot-4, weighs 123 pounds and has brown eyes. An extra photo is attached. Anyone with information should call the City of South […]
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20 years ago a child’s body was found in DeKalb County. New images could help identify him
In 1999, the body of an African American child was found in a small church cemetery in DeKalb County. The child has remained unidentified for 20 years. Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released a new reconstruction image of what the little boy may have looked like in life. Investigators determined that […]
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A one way street in Savannah is about to open for two way traffic
Traffic on Montgomery Street in Savannah will begin running two ways the morning of February 28 as the city prepares the corridor for the opening of the Savannah Cultural Arts Center. Montgomery Street has operated as a northbound one-way road since 1967 when the I-16 overpass was opened. The City has converted the street to […]
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Georgia city and county leaders reject two bills they say threaten local control
A pair of bills making their way through the state legislature drew the ire of leaders in several counties as well as cities of Dunwoody and Johns Creek this week. The two city councils took issue with House Bill 302 and its senate companion Senate Bill 172. According to council members, these two bills would […]
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Georgia’s rural hospitals will get $2 million in hurricane relief
Georgia’s amended budget for 2019 now includes $2 million in relief to rural hospitals that were damaged by Hurricane Michael. On Monday, the Senate passed House Bill 30, or the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) 2019 Budget. Included in the budget is a $2 million allocation of funding to compensate rural hospitals impacted by Hurricane Michael. […]
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Atlanta mayor’s questionable mac and cheese turns into $37,000 worth of food for the hungry
It all started with a social media post at Christmas featuring the new mayor of Atlanta’s mac and cheese dish that drew mock ire and jokes. Not one to let a little social media pressure get the best of her, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms turned the jokes about her version of the popular dish […]
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This week in Georgia History: New counties were born and Atlanta made a bid to become state capitol
The last week of February has a history of county creation and notable births and deaths. Here’s a rundown of this week’s notable moments in Georgia history. February 24 1777: Archibald Bulloch, a revolutionary war soldier and great-great grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt died.1875: Liquor sales to minors outlawed1877: The lottery became illegal. Obviously, that didn’t […]
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Moms group calls for gun restrictions
Shannon Lawhon of Athens is a gun owner who describes herself as a believer in the Second Amendment. She’s also the mother of a 4-year-old. “I want my child and all his friends to grow up in a safe community,’’ she said. Lawhon is a Georgia leader of the group Moms Demand Action, and joined […]
