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'They are not forgotten': Daughters Remember 'Chattanooga Fallen Five' in Canton
CANTON — A ceremony at the Georgia National Cemetery honored the “Chattanooga Fallen Five,” a group of service members shot and killed during a 2015 terrorist attack on military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Squire Kimpton Paul “Skip” Wells of Marietta, then 21, was among the victims and has a headstone in the cemetery. The Daughters of the American Revolution Hightower Trail Chapter organized the ceremony, which...
Free Fun For The Entire Family! National Night Out, Austell
Join the Austell Police Department and its partners, including Positive American Youth, for national night out. This free and fun event will be great for the whole family. Free food, music, live entertainment, Petting Zoo, Moonbound, Game Truck and More! The event is August 6th from 6 PM to 8 PM, and is hosted by Majic’s very own Reec!
Former juvenile probation officer convicted of violating oath of office in Madison County
A former state juvenile probation officer handling cases in Madison County was convicted of felony charges recently and ordered to spend time in a state prison. A Madison County Superior Court jury convicted Cortney Jean Gunter, 41, of felony theft by deception and violating her oath of office in a trial that ended on July 11.
Dale McDowell Tames Volunteer Speedway for Third Straight Southern Nationals Series Visit
(BULLS GAP, TENNESSEE) Dale McDowell, of Chickamauga, Georgia, continued his recent dominance at Volunteer Speedway on Sunday night by claiming his third straight Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series presented by Coltman Farms Racing and fueled by Sunoco win at the Bulls Gap, Tennessee facility! Dale, who also won series stops at “The Gap” back in 2021 and 2022, laid down the quickest time overall during qualifying before leading all forty circuits of the ‘Summer Sizzler’ from the outside of the front row. The Hall of Fame driver known as “MacDaddy” beat Saturday’s Wythe Raceway winner Chris Madden by 1.553 seconds to bag the $7,553 first place prize money.
Storms take down trees, knock out power across CSRA
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An overnight thunderstorm knocked down trees and brought power outages early Tuesday across the CSRA. The National Weather Service said the storm was a microburst. A microburst is column of fast-moving sinking air that can cause destruction as the wind hits the ground and spreads in all directions.
New hunting opportunities for mobility-challenged hunters in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced new events being planned for mobility-challenged hunters this upcoming season. Starting July 15, adaptive hunters will have the opportunity to apply for one of seven New Adaptive Wildlife Management Area (WMA) hunting events on public properties across the state through their Outdoors Beyond […]
Delegate Diary: '... the best day ever.'
For the first day of the convention, we began with a wonderful breakfast at the resort and a very enlightening and passionate speech by Dr. Ralph Reed. Dr. Reed went over some of the platform topics and stressed the importance of voting for President Trump. We boarded the bus at 11 a.m. with delegates first. I am a whip, and so we needed to be in the arena and ready to go early. As we boarded the bus, a Homeland Security agent checked bags and...
Missing Tennessee woman's phone pings in Georgia cities, police say
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Have you seen Valerie? Tennessee police have requested Georgia's help locating a missing woman after her phone pinged in two of our cities. Valerie Elder Smiley, 41, was last seen on June 28 at 2 p.m., leaving her home in Chattanooga. Local police said she was driving...
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