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Traffic changes for 2024 football season
Citizens should be aware of several traffic control changes during the upcoming 2024 high school football season in the area of Callaway Stadium. Dallis Street will be closed from Panther Way/Forrest Avenue to Elm Street during every high school football game. The street will close 30 minutes before each game and will remain closed until 30 minutes […] The post Traffic changes for 2024 football season appeared first on LaGrange Daily News.
City of Aragon set to host School Supply giveaway on Friday
Local youth who need a few notebooks and pencils before they head back to school next week have a chance to fill out their lists with the help of the City of Aragon. The city is set to host a Back to School Supplies giveaway on Friday, August 2 starting at 10 a.m. until supplies […] The post City of Aragon set to host School Supply giveaway on Friday appeared first on Polk Today.
Briggs: Go ahead, call me a Big Ten apologist, but Georgia football is a shameless joke
There have been sexier scandals, from point shaving at Toledo to sign stealing at Michigan, with a side of Tat-Gate at Ohio State in between. But as far as college football infamy goes, they all pale in comparison to the current pall of shame hanging over the sport. That’s the Georgia football program. If the stench of its give-zero-bleeps culture has not received a lot of national attention, that’s only because of a reality as old as time: Winning is the ultimate deodorizer.
Youth take center stage at Seaborn Jones Park for Back-to-School event
Local organizers hosted their fifth annual Back to School event over the weekend ensuring that youth in Rockmart went back to classes with supplies they need thanks to donations from the community. The 2024 edition of the Community Fun Day held in honor of Dadrian “Wade” Cummings over the weekend in Seaborn Jones Park saw […] The post Youth take center stage at Seaborn Jones Park for Back-to-School event appeared first on Polk Today.
Dominick Kelly decommits from USC, goes to Georgia
Stop if you’ve heard this one before: A USC football commit has flipped to the Georgia Bulldogs and Kirby Smart. Dominick Kelly, a 2026 cornerback, has switched his commitment to Georgia. on this story:. After flipping five-star EDGE Isaiah Gibson a month ago and being projected to flip five-star...
Braves send top prospect back to the minors to make room for World Series hero
The expected post trade deadline roster moves from Atlanta were officially announced this morning. The Braves were savvy enough to let Bryce Elder throw his gem last night before making this transaction. The only question was who would join Elder in returning to Triple-A in order to make room for...
Cardi B Shuts Down Rumor She Can No Longer Afford Her Atlanta Home With Offset: ‘Hating Bad’
She was born to flex. So when a rumor sprouted online that Cardi B can no longer afford the home she shares with husband Offset in Atlanta, the “WAP” rapper was quick to shut it down. Cardi B Worries About Donald Trump ‘Dictatorship’ After Ex-Prez Promises Followers ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ “LMAOOO You bum b—-es wish… me and offset bought that house in 2019 for 5 million now it’s worth 7,” she wrote Monday (July 29), retweeting a since-deleted account alleging that she was “facing foreclosure” and struggling to make payments on her Georgia mansion. “Check the Atlanta market. And no,...
Goodie Nation Receives Over $150K To Support The Black Tech Community In Atlanta
Joey Womack is on a mission to help 1 billion people by 2039. Womack founded Goodie Nation in 2014 with this in mind. The nonprofit organization exists to dismantle financial barriers faced by entrepreneurs of color, and it relies on cultivating relationships with its network to secure funding and revenue, its website mentions. “We’re on… Continue reading Goodie Nation Receives Over $150K To Support The Black Tech Community In Atlanta
Honoring Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian on would have been his 100th birthday
ATLANTA - Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian would have celebrated his 100th birthday on July 31. Unfortunately, he passed away at the age of 95 in Atlanta. Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian (Cordy Tindell Vivian), born on July 30, 1924, in Boonville, Missouri, was a renowned civil rights leader and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He grew up in Illinois and attended Western Illinois University, where he was involved in his first non-violent direct action, a lunch counter sit-in in Peoria, Illinois, in 1947.
Atlanta man pleads guilty to making phone threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to threatening U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in phone calls to the Georgia Republican’s Washington office. Sean Patrick Cirillo, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge of transmitting interstate threats before a U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta, according to court records. He will be sentenced later. Prosecutors say Cirillo phoned Greene’s Washington office three times on Nov. 8 and made threatening statements while speaking with the lawmaker’s staff. On one of the calls, according to prosecutors, Cirillo said: “I got a bead on her. Like a sniper rifle. A sniper rifle. And I’m gonna kill her next week.”
Hawks Add Former Spurs Forward On Two-Way Deal
As reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Atlanta Hawks are signing forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract. The Hawks previously had one two-way slot open. The other two are occupied by 2023 second round pick Seth Lundy and guard Keaton Wallace. Hawks Add Former Spurs Forward On Two-Way...
Hawks waiving former second-round pick
The move will let Atlanta off the hook for Fernando’s $2,717,391 salary for the 2024-2025 season. That money was set to become fully guaranteed if the 25-year-old remained under contract through this Thursday. By waiving him before then, the Hawks will be able to remove it all from their cap, taking the team’s salary below the luxury-tax line.
Ga. attorney general brings ‘war on fentanyl’ to Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on Wednesday hosted a meeting of his statewide opioid task force at Augusta University. The goal was to discuss the “war on fentanyl” and what Carr’s staff described as his continued efforts to combat the opioid crisis in Georgia.
$1 million downtown Seneca property sale
Only one action by Seneca City Council engendered applause last night in the meeting room audience. There was applause when Ronnie O’Kelley, the mayor pro-tem, remarked that by selling two large pieces of the former Harper’s 5&10 property, good things are in store for the city. The city is to receive $1 million dollars for the sale of buildings A and B to a Seneca-based LLC, which Councilman Dana Moore predicts clears the way for “a family-oriented entertainment complex” in the heart of the downtown.