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Georgia Today: Global tech outage affects businesses; Milwaukee GOP convention; Final Atlanta Open
LISTEN: On the Friday, July 19 edition of Georgia Today: A global tech outage affects Georgia businesses both large and small; Georgia Republicans are confident after their national convention wraps up in Milwaukee; and the last ever Atlanta tennis open will have its opening serve this weekend. Orlando Montoya: Hello...
Lawsuit Accuses State Election Board With Meeting Illegally
A nonprofit nonpartisan watchdog group filed a lawsuit Friday charging the State Election Board with violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act after meeting last week without legally required public notice or a quorum. The three Republicans on the five-member board gave preliminary approval during a special meeting last Friday to rules changes that would require local election officials to post daily updates on their websites and inside polling places during early voting and give poll watchers greater access on election nights while votes are being processed. ...
Street Racing Crackdown: New Georgia Law Puts The Brakes on Stunt Driving
Georgia has taken a hard stance against reckless stunt driving. As of July 1, the state has introduced severe penalties for those caught drag racing or performing similar dangerous stunts on public roads. First-time offenders will face fines ranging from $300 to $750 and a possible jail sentence of 10...
Outdoors Beyond Barriers: DNR initiative offers accessibility to Georgians with disabilities
ALBANY‒ Earlier this year the Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced its Outdoors Beyond Barriers initiative with a goal of increasing accessibility to Georgia’s state parks, historic sites, and outdoor resources to the more than 2.2 million Georgians with disabilities. This week DNR announced that the initiative, which initially provided free, high-mobility all-terrain track ...
Missing in Georgia: Authorities searching for teenage girl who vanished overnight
UNION POINT, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. According to the Greene County Sheriff's Office, Nyiah Allen, 15, was last seen at her home in Union Point at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. She was last seen wearing an...
Murder Suspect on the Run: Police in Georgia searching for man wanted in deadly shooting
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Police in Georgia need your help finding a man wanted for murder. On Friday, the Columbus Police Department said officers were searching for Andrew Crowell, 20. Crowell faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a...
Jury finds man guilty in 2021 Arlington apartment complex shooting death of 'friend'
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man has been found guilty by a jury on first-degree murder and robbery charges from a 2021 Arlington apartment complex shooting. Darien Howard, 34, was arrested in October 2022 for the shooting death of Michael Livermore that occurred June 9, 2021 in the 3500 block of Townsend Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He faces a mandatory life sentence.
4 facing federal charges in string of Dollar General robberies that led to shooting incident with JSO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four people are facing federal charges in connection with a string of Dollar General robberies that led to a shooting incident in the Brentwood neighborhood in May. On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted Tresonda Benefield, 24, Nathanial Carter, 23, Jackeri Lewis, 26 and Jakeithiyan Daniel,...
Brooklet annexes 278 acres to be used for single-family developments
Brooklet City Council members approved the annexation of 278 acres of land into city limits at the Thursday July 18, 2024 meeting. 25 acres of adjoining property, also belonging to the Weyerhaeuser company, was already within city limits, and the entire 300 acre tract of land was rezoned as R-3. The approval of this rezoning came with heavy restrictions to the classification of R-3, which typically includes for the allowance of multi-family dwellings, but was essentially limited to only single family dwellings. The land could potentially be the site of 500 homes on 10,000 square foot lots in the future, but representatives of the developer...
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