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63-Year-Old Man Wounded in Early Morning Shooting on Atlanta’s Southwest Side
Early this morning, in the pre-dawn hours of Atlanta's southwest side, a 63-year-old man fell victim to gunfire while seated inside his vehicle. According to a report issued by the Atlanta Police Department, officers from Zone 3 were dispatched to the vicinity of 262 Arthur Langford Jr. Pl. SW around 1:39 a.m. following a report of a shooting.
2 Georgia hunters plead guilty to poaching white-tailed deer in National Military Park
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — In an investigation that took years, 2 men from northwest Georgia both pleaded guilty to hunting white-tailed deer on National Military Park property. William Edward Lough of Trenton and Jonathan Daniel Plaster of Rossville both entered their plea in federal court on April 16th to...
Kids Alliance for Better Care expands its rural reach to additional pediatric and family medicine practices
MACON —Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) and the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) are expanding their rural pediatric health initiative to seven additional counties, for a total of 35 pediatric and family medicine physicians and providers throughout the state. In February 2023, the School of Medicine and...
Tennessee speeders targeted in five-state 'Operation Southern Slow Down'
If you've noticed in increase in police on the roads, we promise you're not crazy. Since July 15, law enforcement in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee led the annual “Operation Southern Slow Down.” This week, there will be an increase in presence on the roads to cut back on speeding.
OUT AND ABOUT: 5 Things To Do This Weekend in Cobb County — July 19 - 21
Southern-Fried Gaming Expo Atlanta’s homegrown convention focused entirely on gaming returns for its 11th annual event Friday through Sunday at the Cobb Galleria Centre and Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Convention Center. Attendees can enjoy a weekend of family-friendly fun with over 500 arcade games, pinball machines and video game consoles on free play. The convention...
Georgia Authorities Rescue 14-Year-Old Girl, Arrest Lilburn Man
A man from Lilburn was arrested by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office on July 3 for allegedly transporting a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina to Georgia. The Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the United States Marshals for help finding the girl, leading to the involvement of the Trafficking and Child Exploitation and Gang Units.
Cobb School Board to Set Millage Rate
The Cobb County Board of Education is scheduled to vote on its 2024 millage rate after its third and final public hearing on the tax rate Thursday night. Superintendent Chris Ragsdale has proposed keeping the millage rate flat at 18.7 mills. The board tentatively adopted that rate, which calculates how much homeowners will pay in property taxes to the school district, when it adopted its 2024-25 school year budget in...
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