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Woman hypervigilant after sister targeted on trail
While Peachtree City police have identified a person of interest after an attempted robbery on the well-known golf cart paths behind the Greens at Braelinn Apartments, the victim's sister says she's taking her safety into her own hands.
Get ready for 4th of July Parade and fireworks in Peachtree City
The crowd favorite July 4th parade in Peachtree City starts at 9:00 a.m., using the southbound lanes of Robinson Road and the northbound lanes of Peachtree Parkway to McIntosh Trail. Access to neighborhoods along the parade route will be severely restricted during the parade and cleanup. Expect delays on Crosstown...
Georgia Novelist, Playwright Shay Youngblood Passes Away at 64
Shay Youngblood, a Georgia native novelist and playwright, died on Tuesday, June 11, in Peachtree City, home of her friend Kelley Alexander. She was 64. Alexander has confirmed that the cause of her death was ovarian cancer. Youngblood, born in Columbus, Georgia, first gained recognition as a writer in 1989...
Sikora system measures corrugated pipe
X-Ray 6000 Pro C-Pipe AI Manufacturers of corrugated pipe face challenges in ensuring concentricity of different layers due in large part to the hill-valley contours of the parts. In the startup of the process, ensuring different layers of the pipe are concentric can take anywhere from minutes to hours — and during this time, only scrap is produced. Sikora’s X-Ray 6000 Pro C-Pipe AI line — including the X-Ray 6200 Pro and X-Ray 6300 Pro — combines a newly developed software based on artificial intelligence with an X-ray system to provide a reliable solution for the measurement of layer transitions.
2 council members try to rescue city’s endangered zoning ordinance
Two Peachtree City Council Members are attempting to rectify the city government’s abuses in our property zoning system. In December 2021, then-Mayor Vanessa Fleisch and then-City Council Members Mike King and Phil Prebor surprised the citizens of Peachtree City in their last city council meeting. Council Members Kevin Madden and Terry Ernst also voted in favor of the radical change and later lost their bids for re-election.
Lottery ticket mischief and scam aimed at elderly among Fayette arrests
Buying a winning lottery ticket can be a life-changer in the form of a big financial windfall. Trying to rig the game in your favor can also change your life; in Georgia it is a felony. According to local law enforcement, a man allegedly tried some lottery-related funny business at...
2 metro Atlanta Starbucks locations file to unionize
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Baristas at two metro Atlanta Starbucks locations have filed for a union election. The baristas at locations in Roswell and Alpharetta have filed for elections with Starbucks Workers United, a union founded in 2021. The locations are at Holcomb Bridge & Holcomb Woods in...
Metro Atlanta man competing in Nathan’s Famous hot dog-eating contest
CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. — Editor's note: The above video is of a prior competition in which Oji participated. Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest is coming up this week, and a metro Atlanta man will be competing in the yearly bun fight. Gideon Oji, of Morrow,...
Volunteers Improve Boating Access at Lake Allatoona
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and 31 union volunteers, primarily tradeswomen, braved the heat on June 29 to install a new floating dock at one of the most popular boat ramps on Lake Allatoona. “It was already 80 degrees at 5 a.m., and you could cut the humidity with a knife, but the weather didn’t faze the great group of volunteers we had,” said USA Conservation Coordinator Cody Campbell. The project...
Fun, food, and fireworks happening across metro Atlanta for 4th of July
If you’re looking for fun, food, and fireworks, then metro Atlanta is the place to be this 4th of July. We’ve rounded up some can’t-miss events. Tucker Celebration of IndependenceThe City of Tucker is getting an early jump on the festivities with its July 3 event on Main Street, featuring live music, food trucks, a […] The post Fun, food, and fireworks happening across metro Atlanta for 4th of July appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Braves latest injury update eliminates one major trade deadline need for Alex Anthopoulos
The Atlanta Braves are about to get a big reinforcement in their bullpen. After their 4-2 loss on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, they made a key roster move, sending right-hander Daysbel Hernandez to Triple-A Gwinnett. Hernandez had not allowed an earned run over 9.2 innings of work in nine...
Former Braves postseason hero loses job to make way for top prospect promotion
As the 2023 season ended and preparation for 2024 began, Alex Anthopoulos and the Atlanta Braves had decisions to make regarding left field. Both Kevin Pillar and Eddie Rosario entered free agency. Pillar bounced around even prior to the season but former postseason hero Rosario landed with a division rival in the Washington Nationals.
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