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Georgia searching for Obamacare, at least on Yahoo
More people in Georgia than in any other state searched for “Obamacare” on Yahoo.com this week, the company said. Yahoo also reported on Thursday a 179 percent increase in Georgia-based searches for “Obamacare” during the past seven days. (Searches for “Affordable Care Act” were up 304 percent, while searches for ...
$189 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland
Sorry, Georgia Lottery players. A single ticket sold in Maryland matched all six numbers in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, winning a jackpot estimated at $189 million. The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 7, 10, 30, 37 and 53, and the Mega Ball was 1. If the winner choses the cash ...
Atlanta plans $737,000 in refunds to overbilled water customers
Pending approval from the City Council next week, Atlanta plans to refund more than $737,000 to 541 customers who were overbilled for water service.Thirty-six of those customers will each receive more than $5,000, including two in one city district who will divide $46,632.The refunds are the result of an audit ...
Moody’s calls court ruling a ‘credit negative’ for Atlanta schools
A Georgia Supreme Court ruling that charter schools are exempt from contributing to Atlanta Public Schools’ pension costs is a “credit negative” for the school system, according to Moody’s credit rating service. Moody’s said in its weekly credit outlook Monday that the ruling means less money is available for APS ...
Radio host Ryan Cameron to deliver keynote remarks in Lowery lecture series
More than 500 Atlanta Public Schools students and guests will hear from radio personality and philanthropist Ryan Cameron on Thursday when he delivers keynote remarks for the 13th Annual Rev. Joseph E. Lowery Lecture Series on Civic Engagement. Cameron is the host of The Ryan Cameron Morning Show on V-103, ...
Government shut down leads to closing of local National Park Service sites
One of the immediate local impacts from the overnight partial shutdown of the federal government will be the shuttering of National Park Service facilities in metro Atlanta, including the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Personnel at ...
Health law’s insurance marketplace opens today
Starting today, millions of Georgians were supposed to be able to find out whether the Affordable Care Act is going to make health insurance affordable after all. Apparently they all tried at once.So many people tried to log into Georgia’s Health Insurance Marketplace that very few actually got in.“Please wait” ...
Update on Atlanta superintendent search planned
The Atlanta Board of Education plans to discuss the school system’s policies, budget and superintendent search at a series of committee meetings this month.The first meeting on Thursday will provide an update on the effort to find a leader to replace Superintendent Erroll Davis.Other scheduled meetings include the Policy Review ...
Customers robbed of nearly $40,000 in jewelry and phones at Buckhead Waffle House
No injuries were reported Monday in the predawn armed robbery of several customers at a Buckhead Waffle House.The robbery happened just after 6:30 a.m. at the 24-hour diner on Piedmont Road north of Pharr Road.Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said three men from Philadelphia were robbed of nearly $40,000 in ...
Third person arrested in beating of 80-year-old
A third person has been arrested in the beating earlier this month of an 80-year-old East Point man. Ricky Wilcoxson, 20, was taken into custody late Monday morning by the U.S. Marshals working with the East Point Police Department, Channel 2 Action News reports. Police say Creston Portis was returning ...
Woman reportedly shot in DeKalb, then driven to Gwinnett gas station
Police in two counties are investigating the shooting of a woman early Monday, and trying to determine if the victim was shot during a road rage incident.The wounded woman was apparently shot outside a DeKalb County shopping center around 1 a.m., then driven in a minivan a couple of miles ...
Services announced for Evelyn Lowery
The family of Evelyn Lowery will share a celebration of her life with the public in two events. On Monday, a public viewing is planned from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Road in southwest Atlanta. An Ivy Beyond the Wall Ceremony will be ...
Atlanta school board election forums set
Voters can hear from Atlanta school board candidates at three upcoming forums sponsored by 100 Black Men of Atlanta.Each of the three forums will cover three of the nine Atlanta Board of Education races that will be decided on Election Day on Nov. 5.The events will be held at Ebenezer ...
Olympians urge Atlanta students to stay in school
Olympians and Paralympians met with about 500 students at Jackson High School on Friday to encourage them to overcome adversity and complete their education.Speakers included former basketball star Christian Laettner, 2012 Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones, Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse and Rick Rieder, an Emory University alumnus who has given more ...
Sheep work with students to create hiking trail
More than 100 sheep and goats were recently brought to Perkerson Elementary to eat invasive plants, making way for the school to develop hiking trails. Now that the animals trimmed plants from the south Atlanta school’s urban forest, students will help design ways for the school and community to use ...
PTA fundraiser exceeds goals for school improvements
Parents and members of the community surrounding Mary Lin Elementary School raised $55,000 in donations this month during a fundraiser for academic and school improvements. The Home Run-a-Thon, sponsored by the east Atlanta school’s parent and teacher association, encouraged students to celebrate fitness by running around a baseball diamond while ...
Lawsuit filed over “unauthorized” court costs
A southwest Georgia county has been collecting unauthorized court costs from hundreds of criminal defendants, many of whom are poor and unable to afford their own lawyers, a federal lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Albany, seeks to stop Grady County State Court from collecting “administrative costs” from defendants ...
Good behavior pays off at school store
Cascade Elementary School in west Atlanta has opened a school store where students can shop with credits earned for showing a good attitude and strong character. The school rewards positive behavior by distributing “Cascade dollars,” which can be redeemed when students are allowed to shop at the store twice a ...
Atlanta teacher awarded for reading lessons
Centennial Place Elementary School third-grade teacher Thomas Bussey is one of 16 teachers in Georgia being honored for excellence in the Symetra Heroes in the Classroom program. Bussey received the award during a surprise assembly at the school, and he’ll get a $1,000 donation for classroom books and supplies. Chastity ...
Atlanta school gets a library makeover
Gideons Elementary School in central Atlanta unveiled a newly renovated library and parent center Wednesday. The library includes 2,000 new books, furniture, shelves and aquarium and iPads, while the parent center has a conference room and computers. The library makeover, one of 25 across the country, was sponsored by Target ...
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