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Raffensperger checks voting machines, pushes against political violence during election
Following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the political temperature in the United States needs to come down, before November’s presidential election.
Meet the new judge assigned to Georgia rapper Young Thug’s trial
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A new judge has been assigned to take over Young Thug’s internationally watched criminal trial in Atlanta. According to the Fulton County Superior Court, Shukura Ingram is an appointee of former Gov. Nathan Deal who won reelection in May after running unopposed. She served on Fulton County’s magistrate court from 2015-2018. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University and a law degree from Georgia State University.
Family medicine residency program brings new doctors to South Ga.
CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - The CareConnect Family Medicine Residency Program is the first of its kind in Georgia. It’s the only residency program in the state that takes place primarily outside the hospital. Residents will spend most of their time at CareConnect’s Family Medicine Clinic in Cordele. To gain...
Biden asks Congress for 5% rent increase cap
ATLANTA — Efforts to address affordable housing could soon come from the federal government. This Tuesday, the Biden administration announced a proposal to cap how much landlords could raise rent or risk losing tax breaks. Metro Atlanta realtor Alex Szemetyllo, he adds, in recent years he’s watched rent drastically...
Interior Department nominates Civil Rights Movement sites for World Heritage List
Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday that the National Park Service will potentially nominate 11 different sites from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to be added to the World Heritage List. “The U.S. sites that mark the civil rights movement are integral in helping us tell a full and complete story of American history,”…
$10M suit in Georgia truck accident moved to federal court
A $10 million lawsuit by a Georgia man who says he was badly injured when his pickup was struck by a semi driven for an amusement rides company has been transferred to federal court in Georgia. The suit, first filed June 6 in Muscogee County Superior Court in Georgia, moved...
Armed, and dangerous fugitive identified by TPD
Shortly before 4 PM today, July 17, Toccoa Chief of Police Jimmy Mize just advised WNEG News that the second individual being sought in connection to the gunfire yesterday at Regency on W. Currahee Street has been identified as Veon Nicely, 23, of Toccoa. Felony warrants for aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime have been issued for Nicely.
Escaped Inmate At Large After Walking Away From Towns County Work Detail
Bruce Douglas Partin Jr., a 39-year-old inmate with the Towns County Sheriff’s Office inmate work detail, escaped into the woods on Monday afternoon. 🕵️♂️ The Details: On July 15, 2024, around 2:30 p.m., Partin was working at the Towns County Transfer Station off Highway 288 when he walked away from his work duty into the nearby woods. Despite deploying drones and a K-9 tracking dog, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office has been unable to locate him.
Fire Department responds to Dawsonville Walmart
The Walmart in Dawsonville is closed due to a partial roof collapse possibly caused by heavy rainfall Wednesday morning. Troy Leist, Emergency Services and EMA Director for Dawson County Fire & Emergency Services told Smoke Signals, "We were dispatched to a smoke investigation. Upon our arrival, store staff said they had a major roof leak and water was pouring into the main electrical room as well as a large portion of the sales floor."
National nonprofit joins search for Maria Gomez Perez
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The One in Five Foundation for Kids, a national nonprofit, is joining the ongoing search for Maria Gomez Perez, a missing 12-year-old from Gainesville who was last seen at her home in late May. The group is assembling a team of volunteers from its STOPNOW school community patrol team in its Dallas, San Antonio and Bell County chapters, who will aid in a grid search.
'Series of Ineptitudes': Clerk Accused of Causing Court Breakdown
An inexplicable switch of case management systems by Cobb Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor led to court notices never being delivered, an unprecedented number of no-shows before the bench and several days where no court documents could be electronically filed. Trouble began when Taylor elected to switch the court’s database from CRIS, which Marietta attorney Justin O’Dell said had been used for about 20 years, to a new system, called ICON — a decision he said came without warning. ...
Athens Area Humane Society offers free vaccines to 200 pets
The Athens Area Humane Society is hosting a free pet vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the facility at 1030 Mitchell Bridge Road. The clinic will operate on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to the first 200 pets from households in Clarke, Jackson and Madison counties.
Proposed East Cobb Whataburger Deferred
MARIETTA — The Cobb Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday, with Chairwoman Lisa Cupid absent, to continue a requested site plan change by Whataburger for a proposed restaurant in east Cobb. The new location, at the site of the former O’Charley’s at Sandy Plains and Shallowford roads, would mark the fast-food chain’s fifth location in the county. During the zoning hearing, Cobb Zoning Division Manager John Pederson said the applicant...
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