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Georgia Receiver In Jail After Arrest On Family Violence Charges
Georgia wide receiver Rara Thomas has been arrested on multiple charges of family violence, including one involving children, according to reports. Thomas, a senior, is being held in the Athens-Clarke County Jail. He has been charged with "cruelty to children-family violence, a second-degree felony, and two misdemeanor counts of battery-family violence," per Mark Schlabach of ESPN.
Accident in Rome, Georgia on Friday Morning
On Friday morning, an accident involving a dump truck and a Monaco Vesta RV – blocked the intersection at Garden Lakes Boulevard – at the Redmond Road. As a result of that crash gallons of diesel fuel spilled onto the roadway. Motorists were detoured around the area until that spill and the vehicles could be removed from the area.
Conn’s Is Closing More Than 70 Stores In 13 States Including Georgia And South Carolina
Conn’s home goods and furniture retailer has announced it’s closing more than 70 stores across the country, including some stores in Georgia and South Carolina. The good news is, the Conn’s store on Bobby Jones Expressway in Augusta is not on the closure list. At least not for now.
Court says workers’ compensation law provides SAC with immunity from tower site electrocution lawsuit
The Eleventh Circuit, a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, on Wednesday, declined to renew a lawsuit against SAC Wireless LLC by a crane oiler who was electrocuted and seriously injured while helping remove a crane from an American Tower site in Georgia.
Cobb County Teachers of the Year Announced
Just a week before the school year starts on Aug. 1, Cobb Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale snuck into all-staff meetings at three schools to give one elementary, middle and high school teacher the surprise of their career. Surrounded by their families, school board representative and a half-dozen district staff armed with cameras, Ragsdale announced the elementary school-level, middle school-level and high school-level Teachers of the Year on Thursday. The winners...
Athens Academy invests over $4.5 million in campus improvements
Before school ended last May, Athens Academy began construction and infrastructure improvements across their campus. This summer alone, the academy, which was ranked the No.1 private school in Athens and Northeast Georgia, is investing over $4.5 million in order to provide students and faculty with the optimal tools and spaces for teaching and learning. The projects range from major renovation of Erwin Hall and construction of a new tennis center to the repaving of all campus roadways and most parking lots for the over 150 acre land.
GNTC Basic POST Certification graduation held July 22
Friends, family and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Gordon County Campus in Calhoun on July 22 to honor 12 students graduating from Basic POST Certification Class #BPC1-2024-07. The Basic POST Certification (BPC) program is designed to train and prepare graduates for...
Nick Saban gives his take on Georgia's 2024 defense
Georgia has fielded the nation's No. 9, 2, No. 2, and No. 3 defense over the last four years, finishing last season fifth in scoring defense. An improvement is possible this season. Speaking at SEC Media Days last week, Nick Saban discussed why Georgia's defense has a chance to once again be elite.
$4 million investment to UGA Tifton helps bolster Georgia agriculture
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - It’s a big day for the University of Georgia (UGA) as Senator Jon Ossoff announced a $4-million investment toward the school’s Tifton campus. UGA Tifton is home to a variety of agricultural operations in South Georgia, and Michael Toews, the assistant dean of the UGA Tifton Campus, is excited to have this investment come right here to Tifton.
Atlanta Falcons camp decisions should have alarm bells ringing
Atlanta Falcons camp is underway and with it marks the last day without football news until next year. Whether it is camp the rest of the month or preseason in August, Falcons fans have officially made it through the darkest weeks of the year. With camp reps have come some...
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