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Georgia Republican and Democratic officials are condemning the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine has been sentenced to more than three-and-a-half years in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud and money laundering. Georgia paramedics are already...
Atlanta airport ranked No. 1 in country for guns caught at checkpoints, TSA says
ATLANTA - The world's busiest airport is also the world's worst airport for firearms. New data from the Transportation Security Administration shows that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport led the country with the highest number of firearms discovered at security checkpoints for 2024 so far. According to the data, TSA agents have...
Let off the gas! 'Operation Southern Slow Down' in effect now through July 21 in Georgia
Are you one to speed when you think no one will catch you? Fair warning: This week is Operation Southern Slow Down. This is a multi-state initiative with law enforcement agencies from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to Georgia State Patrol Capt. Michael Burns via email. The participating agencies will be increasing their presence for cracking down on speeding and aggressive driving. ...
Georgia announces $238.8M for transportation projects in May
(The Center Square) — State transportation officials said they awarded 15 projects totaling $238.8 million in May 2024. The largest project is roughly $122 million to widen and reconstruct six miles of State Route 20 in Forsyth County from Post Road to east of North Corners Parkway. With the May projects announced, transportation officials said the state has awarded $2.4 billion in construction contracts for fiscal 2024. Concurrently, a new...
‘Felt helpless,’ cries driver whose car suddenly died – dealership hit ‘remote kill switch’ 2 years after he paid it off
A FRUSTRATED driver had his vehicle disabled remotely after his car’s loan was paid off years before – the ordeal cost him over $400. It took the media publishing his story to have the dealership respond with a check. In 2022, Antonio Tigue embarked on his usual journey from Marietta, Georgia, to Mississippi to visit […]
Jury Convicts Two Executives in Conspiracy to Fix Prices, Rig Bids, Allocate Markets for Concrete
A jury in the U.S. District Court in Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday convicted Gregory and David Melton for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for sales of ready-mix concrete in Georgia and South Carolina. For Similar Content: Subscribe to Daily Newsletters. The conspiracy,...
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