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8:30 a.m. Update: Offices, Roads in Floyd Closed Friday As Helene Moves Out. Rainfall at 6.15 Inches
Flooded roads, dozens of downed trees, more than 1,600 customers without power and at least 6 inches of rain comprise the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene as of Friday morning. Northwest Georgia remains under a tropical storm warning as well as a flood watch until 2 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Between Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday, 6.15 inches of rain had fallen at Richard B. Russell...
UPDATE: Schools moving to Learn from Home days for Thursday and Friday
Storm track continues pushing tropical storm weather toward NWGA Students and educators are going to be spending the next two days hunkered down at home, but it isn’t an off day as Polk School District announced here a few minutes ago their intention to close campuses ahead of the impact of Hurricane Helene on the […] The post UPDATE: Schools moving to Learn from Home days for Thursday and Friday appeared first on Polk Today.
Electric crews from Indiana going to Georgia to help with Hurricane Helene recovery
INDIANA, USA — Indiana's electric cooperatives are going out to help with Hurricane Helene recovery. Crews are deploying to Georgia on Thursday. The storm is expected to make landfall Thursday evening as a category 4 hurricane and create widespread property damage in the southeastern part of the U.S. An...
Parents Indicted for Toddler's Bathtub Drowning
The parents of a 17-month-old who drowned in a bathtub in August have been indicted by a Cobb County Grand Jury. Kenton Hamilton told police he fell asleep with his son, Devoneir Allen Hamilton, sleeping on his chest on the first level of his west Cobb residence on Aug. 1. At some point, Kenton Hamilton's arrest warrant states, his son woke up and "walked up two flights of stairs, climbed...
Cobb Declares Local State of Emergency, Urges Residents to Prepare for Hurricane
Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid declared a local State of Emergency for Cobb County Thursday due to anticipated impacts of Hurricane Helene. Helene is predicted to make landfall late Thursday night on Florida’s panhandle, but the county, currently under a National Weather Service tropical storm warning, is already beginning to see the effects of the storm. According to the National Weather Service, Cobb has received around three inches of rain since...
Around Town: Local Banks Report $2.19 Billion in Deposits. Las Palmas/Armuchee Opens
There’s extra interest in the annual numbers on local bank deposits and market share for the fiscal year ending June 30. The reason is a rare year-over-year drop in total deposits, bank branch offices and the number of banks doing business in Floyd. But that’s not bad news and should be noted with an asterisk as the economy remains robust here. Why the drops? It is because of the “withdrawal”...
Rome Parent Resource Center Adds New Programs for Families in Need
With the school year underway, classes have started at the Rome City Schools Parent Resource Center, providing parents and expecting parents with instruction and tools to help their students learn. “To know you can start getting your child at an early age ahead of the game, it’s pretty amazing,” RCS Family Engagement Coordinator Laura Bucio said. “We try to get into the mindset that not every parent is going to know what other parents know.” ...
Police: Mableton Man Shot Woman in Front of Kids, Trashed Evidence
A Mableton man is accused of fatally shooting a woman in front of children, cleaning up the crime scene and then disposing of the bloody evidence. Police say 26-year-old David Wells shot and killed Namarri Shackleford around 9 p.m. Sunday at the Mableton Ridge Apartment Complex, near City View Elementary School. Wells then tried to cover up the crime, using linens and cleaning products to remove blood from the scene....
Tortoises Visit Powder Springs Library
POWDER SPRINGS — Children at the Powder Springs Library saw tortoises large and small Thursday at the library’s weekly baby story time event. Twelve tortoises from Paulding County-based nonprofit Scaley Addictions visited the library where kids were invited to pet their shells and learn more about their lifespans. About 30 children and their parents braved the rainy weather to meet their new scaly friends. The most popular turtle at the...
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