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Eddie Long accuser arrested on drug, gun charges
One of the four men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual misconduct was arrested this week in Florida on suspicion of being a drug dealer.Jamal Parris, 24, was driving a white 2011 BMW in Miami Beach Tuesday evening when a Florida Highway Patrol officer noticed that it had no ...
Legislators move to next stage in redistricting
The last public hearing for how and where legislative and congressional lines should be redrawn on Thursday had the same message as those offered at 11 others: Keep the process transparent and communities together.Despite repeated assurances from the legislators at the front of the room, there was clearly a lack ...
Teen accused of stealing luggage at airport
An Atlanta teenager is accused of stealing luggage from airport carousels, then pilfering through the bags in nearby restrooms. When he was done, he allegedly left the suitcases in stalls.A police officer caught Devonte Lightning, 18, with someone else's bag in a restroom at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Surveillance cameras also ...
SWAT standoff in Cobb County ends peacefully
A woman was taken into custody and a SWAT standoff near Powder Springs ended peacefully Thursday night, Cobb County police said.Just before 3 p.m., a woman told police she arrived at her Wasilla Way home and found a bullet hole in her wall, Sgt. Dana Pierce with Cobb County police ...
Pension overhaul allows Atlanta to reduce layoffs, restore services
A day after approving a plan to save the city millions of dollars annually in pension payments, the Atlanta City Council ratified a $547 million spending plan the administration promises will immediately reflect some of those savings.The council spent more than nine hours Thursday weeding through more than 15 proposed ...
8 arrested in alleged drug scandal at Fulton jail
Eight people, including four Fulton County jail officials, have been arrested in connection to an alleged drug scandal at the jail.Some of the defendants are accused of conspiring at separate times to obtain and distribute as much as 15 kilograms of cocaine sometime between May and June.A federal grand jury ...
FBI arrest man trying to board Delta flight with fake pass
A Nigerian who allegedly tried to use one of at least 10 bogus boarding passes to get on a Delta Air Lines flight to Atlanta was arrested Wednesday in Los Angeles.It was the second time in a few days that Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi allegedly used and attempted to use out-of-date ...
Committee begins to scrutinize public school funding
With backing from top state leaders, a committee of lawmakers and educators on Thursday launched a months-long study that could lead to some of the biggest changes in public school financing in Georgia in almost 25 years.Officials acknowledged that some are skeptical about significant reforms resulting from the committee's work.The ...
Fulton County student elected officer in national group
A rising senior at Centennial High School in Roswell was elected SkillsUSA Region 2 National Vice-President on June 24 at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.Diego Carvallo was among nearly 40 students from across the country running for more than a dozen national leadership positions. As a national officer, ...
APS cheating report goes to governor
Investigators looking into cheating on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools delivered a voluminous report Thursday to Gov. Nathan Deal -- the same day that Superintendent Beverly Hall concluded her 12-year tenure.Deal is expected to make the report public as early as Tuesday, after his staff briefs members of ...
County by county news for Friday
Investigators looking into cheating on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools delivered a voluminous report Thursday to Gov. Nathan Deal -- the same day that Superintendent Beverly Hall concluded her 12-year tenure.Deal is expected to make the report public as early as Tuesday, after his staff briefs members of ...
Bolton Road could reopen Friday
Commuters who use Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta will have to endure another day of detours Friday.The city's public works department has yet to deem the stretch of road where a truck slammed into a rail overpass is safe enough for traffic to resume.Reese McCranie, a spokesman for Mayor Kasim ...
County by county news for Friday
COBBCounty maintains triple-A bond ratingCobb County has maintained its triple-A bond rating from all three rating agencies another year, keeping the top rating distinction going since 1997. Cobb’s finance director Jim Pehrson announced the rating renewal Tuesday night. The top rating allows the county to borrow money at a low ...
Police disciplined over Eagle bar raid
Ten Atlanta police officers lied about events surrounding a controversial 2009 raid at a Midtown gay bar, according to an investigative report released this week, and the department on Thursday demoted a commander and placed seven others on administrative duty. Two officers previously were fired.Maj. Deborah Williams, who oversaw one ...
Daniel Lee ‘Dan' Martin, 81: Local florist had an international reputation
Dan Martin applied his creative touches on floral arrangements for grand weddings, parties and special events for 53 years.Three clients in particular stand out. The largest funeral order he ever received was for the service of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968. More than 20 years later, ...
Murder conviction in College Park killing
A College Park man was convicted Tuesday of murder and other felony charges in the 2010 shooting death of a man who'd beaten up his brother.The office of Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the conviction in a press release.According to Howard's office, Pedro Alvarez, Jr., 26, shot 28-year-old ...
Samuel Troncalli, 90: Founder of the Troncalli car dealerships
Samuel Troncalli opened his first car dealership in Decatur and oversaw the growth of what became a family business that operated dealerships across metro Atlanta.In 1951, this World War II prisoner of war co-founded Troncalli-Mitchell Motors, which sold used cars. He soon struck out on his own with Empire Motors, ...
Furlough day means less Cobb cops on holiday weekend
There will be a few less Cobb County police officers on the road for the Fourth of July holiday weekend due to county-mandated, cost-saving furloughs. But there will still be plenty of officers on patrol throughout the county, officials say. Members of two special units, the DUI Task Force and ...
Few patients left at Rome psychiatric hospital
Only four patients remained Thursday at a state psychiatric hospital in Rome that's slated to shut down later this year -- down from 185 in January when the state first announced its closure.Officials recently pushed back the deadline for Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital's closure from June 30 to the end ...
Q&A on the News
Q: I recently read of a proposed I-3 in Georgia. Doesn’t the Federal Highway Administration designate routes with low numbers in the west for north-south routes and low numbers in the south for east-west routes? Why isn’t this proposed interstate designated with a higher route number?— Lance DeLoach, ThomastonA: In ...
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