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Money from Mayo fundraisers allegedly stolen
Christian Peterson reporter.riverbendnews@gmail.com On Tuesday, June 25, Deputy Joan Negrette with Lafayette County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) responded to a report of money that went missing in regards to a fundraiser. In a report filed by LCSO, Deputy Negrette explained that she initially made contact with Sean McGuinness. He told her that he wanted to press charges against Kim Townsend, age 53 of Mayo, for misplacement of money. The money was raised for McGuinness' son DJ Carver's funeral expenses. McGuinness explained that Negrette then spoke with LCSO Sheriff Brian Lamb. He told her that Townsend had come up to the sheriff's office earlier that morning, informing him that McGuinne.
State Election Board resets votes on proposed rules changes
The State Election Board voted unanimously Tuesday to rescind preliminary approval of two rules changes and decide those matters instead at the board’s next meeting on Aug. 6. Board members held a special called meeting Tuesday after a watchdog group filed a lawsuit charging the board with violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act for meeting July […] The post State Election Board resets votes on proposed rules changes appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Recovery continues in Northeast Georgia from Tuesday night's storms
Recovery from the thunderstorms in Northeast Georgia continues Wednesday morning. Utility crews are continuing to clear debris from roads in Hall, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Towns and Dawson Counties with dozens of roads affected from the Tuesday rain and wind gusts. Wendy Smith of Jackson EMC says nearly all of Jackson EMC’s...
Trees down, roads closed, thousands without power after storms move across Georgia
DECATUR, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Storms took out power across multiple areas of metro Atlanta and North Georgia overnight. The high winds and heavy rain even toppled a tree onto a car and house Shadowbrook Place in Decatur. Officials said a 27-year-old man was killed in Cherokee County after...
Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Marjorie Taylor Greene
(The Center Square) — A 34-year-old Atlanta man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of "transmitting interstate threats" after he threatened to kill a congresswoman from northwest Georgia, prosecutors said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said Sean Patrick Cirillo called the Washington office of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, three times on Nov. 8, 2023. Cirillo spoke with the congresswoman’s staffers and made "multiple threats," prosecutors said. According to a...
Georgia Is Investing the 14th Most in More Affordable Housing
Despite home price growth stabilizing, becoming a homeowner remains largely out of reach for many Americans. A recent Cato Institute housing affordability survey, conducted after the record-breaking rise in home prices during 2021 and early 2022, found that 87% of Americans are worried about housing costs. Additionally, 55% of homeowners indicated they couldn't afford to buy their current home at today's prices, and 69% are concerned that their children or grandchildren won't be able to afford a home in the future. Multiple factors have contributed...
Quitman County School District brings changes ahead of 2024-25 school season
QUITMAN COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — On Aug. 1, students in Quitman County will be returning back to school with new programs to enhance the development and safety of students. This school year the district has revised its core curriculum to meet new literacy standards. Quitman County has implemented a new literacy core program with a […]
'You can't teach a kid that's hungry' | Bleckley County offering free meals to students during school year
BLECKLEY COUNTY, Ga. — Students in Bleckley County head back to school Friday, and they're going back with some good news. The school district announced they will offer students free breakfast and lunch for the entire school year. School Nutrition Director Kelli Green said this was possible through the...
Attorney for Parents of 14-Year-Old Killed in Wall Collapse at Air Force Base Pool Says They're in 'Utter Shock'
Gabriel Stone, a teenager who lived in Warner Robins, Georgia, died at a Macon hospital on July 22 after being injured by a concrete wall in the men's locker room at Robins Air Force Base's Heritage Club pool that collapsed on him, his brother and his friends.
Georgia's largest school district won't teach Black studies course without state approval
ATLANTA — (AP) — Georgia's largest school district announced Tuesday that it won't teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education's refusal to approve the course means its students would be cheated out of credit for the difficulty of the work.
Georgia election board walks back rules approved at meeting flagged by state AG
The nonprofit government watchdog group that sued to overturn votes taken at a Georgia State Election Board meeting earlier this month, held despite warnings from the Georgia Attorney General, says it will continue to monitor the board’s actions after the panel rescinded its earlier vote during a virtual meeting Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday’s meeting was set […]
GPB evening headlines for July 30, 2024
Presumptive presidential nominees Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are set to appear in Georgia this week. The National Hurricane Center says a big tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical depression. Attorneys for the family of a 14-year-old boy killed by...