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News Stories for August 2012
Stories for Friday, August 31
DeKalb hires new school construction firm
DeKalb County Schools will pay a California company up to $11.5 million to oversee school construction over the next six to seven years. At a hastily-called meeting Friday morning, two school board members expressed concern there was too little scrutiny before picking URS Corp. The board voted 7-1 in favor ...
Eagle sculpture taken from Forsyth park area
Forsyth County authorities are searching for a copper sculpture of an eagle that was taken from the Bethelview Road trail head of the Big Creek Greenway multi-use trail. County officials believe the sculpture was taken Monday evening or early Tuesday morning.The sculpture is about 6 feet tall, with an 8-foot ...
Stories for Thursday, August 30
Jury: Fulton discriminated against white, male job applicant
In a case that rings alarm bells about race and politics in upper tiers of the Fulton County government, a federal jury has found that county officials snubbed an applicant for a director’s job because he is white and male. It ordered Fulton to pay $300,000 in back wages to ...
DeKalb school board draws scrutiny
An accrediting agency wants the DeKalb County school board to answer allegations that it has mismanaged its oversight of the system and ignored key financial responsibilities.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools said it’s received dozens of complaints from a broad spectrum of people in DeKalb. Parents, public officials and ...
Raw emotion marks terror plot hearing
LUDOWICI — Emotions boiled over in a Long County courtroom Thursday as prosecutor Tom Durden announced he will seek the death penalty for three Fort Stewart soldiers accused of a double homicide and plotting to commit terrorist acts. Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, Pvt. Christopher Salmon and Sgt. Anthony Peden,were led into ...
Former Fulton employee wins $300,000 verdict
A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $300,000 in lost wages to Douglas Carl, who filed a race discrimination suit against Fulton County and former county manager Thomas Andrews after Carl was passed over for promotion.Carl, who is white, was denied promotion to be the county’s human services director in ...
Gingrich’s Newt U a hit
The onetime West Georgia College history professor whose presidential campaign speeches veered from the Wright Brothers to supply-side economics to colonizing the moon has come full circle at the Republican National Convention. Newt University is in session this week, as Newt Gingrich hosts a series of seminars around the Tampa ...
Questions in the news
Q: In regards to Ann Curry, why did NBC take her off “Today,” and what is she doing now?—Juanita Childers, LawrencevilleA: Ann Curry, who had been the co-host on the long-running morning show for about a year, was re-assigned at NBC in late June because of what The New York ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 29
Georgia soldier admits taking illegal gifts
An Army master sergeant from Georgia has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors during his deployment to Iraq as a field ordering officer at a forward operating base, The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that 52-year-old Master Sgt. Julio Soto Jr. of Columbus pleaded guilty Wednesday ...
Families grapple with terror allegations
LUDOWICI — Tiffany York came from a proud military family. Which makes it all the harder for them to understand how the teenager and her soldier boyfriend might have been murdered by other soldiers in what prosecutors say was a bid to conceal a terrorist plot. “It’s a big hit ...
Clayton school chief leaving
Clayton County’s school district found itself in familiar territory Wednesday: shopping for a new superintendent to lead the 50,000-student system. Superintendent Edmond Heatley announced he was leaving to take a new job, details of which were not released. An interim superintendent will be appointed to replace Heatley when he leaves ...
Trial begins for man accused of joining in stomping death at Douglas County party
There is no question that Tracen Franklin joined in the punching and stomping frenzy that led to Bobby Tillman’s death, said a defense attorney said in the opening of the death penalty trial in Douglas County Wednesday.The question is what were Franklin’s intentions and did Franklin deliver the blow that ...
Morris Brown owes employees thousands
Morris Brown College, which has been reeling from serious financial hardships for more than a decade – and is on the verge of a foreclosure – has not paid its employees in three months. Some staff members are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in accumulated back pay from an ...
Dunwoody approves $2.3 million plan for Village Parkway
Dunwoody has approved a $2.3 million plan to revitalize part of its historic heart and provide a boost to the retail and office properties along Village Parkway. The City Council voted 5-2 this week to adopt a proposal that would convert the street from four lanes into a two-lane avenue ...
Fallen soldier’s father dies from ‘a broken heart’
He gave courage a face. When Lars Alecksen of Eatonton talked about his daughter, a soldier slain by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, he always managed a smile, always shared warm memories of Army Spc. Erica Alecksen. He’ll smile no more. Alecksen, 51, died Tuesday night at his Putnam County ...
Student admits hacking university computer to change grades
A student working in a university’s IT department may not be the best combination if you consider a case out of Dougherty County in South Georgia. Derrick Davis recently admitted to accessing Albany State University’s computer system to change his grades in four classes. In addition to being a student, ...
Q & A on the News
Q: Recently, I saw a commercial on TV that said BP had given over $23 billion to the Gulf cleanup effort and businesses impacted by the spill. The way I remember, businesses had a tough time getting their first check. How much money did businesses receive from BP?—William McKee Jr., ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 28
Ambulance fees going up in DeKalb
Residents in need of an ambulance ride in DeKalb County will soon see a 50 percent jump in what they pay for the trip. The DeKalb County Commission agreed Tuesday to allow Rural/Metro Corporation to increase the fees it charges for medical transport. The jump from $500 to $750 for ...
Death-penalty trial near in teen’s beating death
For more than two weeks Tracen Franklin has sat silently as his lawyers and prosecutors question people who will be asked to decide whether he is a cold-blooded murderer who should die for killing Bobby Tillman. Franklin’s lawyers hope to convince jurors that at the time ...
Stories for Monday, August 27
Bush gets friendly reception in Georgia
Former President George W. Bush had safe refuge Monday from Tropical Storm Isaac and any Republican politics.While the Republican National Convention was gearing up in Tampa, Bush was ensconced in the friendly bosom of Columbus.The west Georgia town on the Chattahoochee River once was devastated by factory and mill closures ...
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