Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 3:54 a.m.
Hi, (not you?) | Member Center | Sign Out
Powered by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Local Stories for July 2011
Stories for Sunday, July 31
Jonathan Phelps, 83, broadcaster with "tuxedo voice"
Jonathan Phelps brought a mellifluous sound and wide knowledge of classical music to his lengthy career as a local radio announcer, and was described as having a "tuxedo voice."Van Joyner, then a station manager for WABE, had listened to Mr. Phelps at WGKA, and considered it a fortunate break when ...
William Conley, 80, longtime coach and teacher at Lovett
For 33 years Bill Conley was a campus fixture at the Lovett School, as solid as its buildings. He coached, administered, taught and created countless illustrations -- water colors, pastels and pen-and-ink drawings that he gave as cherished mementos to Lovett students, colleagues and friends."Few people have touched as many ...
Q&A on the News
Q: Is the county name in which the vehicle is registered required to be on Georgia license plates? How will the new license plates affect this effort for those who opt to use the “In God We Trust” decal?Nancy K. Samuel, JacksonA: The county name is required to appear unless ...
Mark Arum: Gridlock Guy
Last Thursday Captain Herb Emory and I did a special traffic show on the radio. We do a couple of these a year to give folks an opportunity to chime in on their commutes and get a general feel of what the driving public likes and dislikes. The focus of ...
Sweet deal for girls' closed lemonade stand
Three Georgia girls whose lemonade stand got a sour reception by their hometown police are reopening their summer business on Jekyll Island.The Jekyll Island Authority invited the girls from Midway — 14-year-old Kasity Dixon, 12-year-old Tiffany Cassin and 10-year-old Skylar Roberts — to sell their lemonade at Summer Waves Water ...
2 shot, 1 killed in Atlanta home
A man sitting on his front porch was shot and killed -- and another man injured -- in Atlanta Saturday night, police said.Atlanta police responding to a call at 3074 Waters St. in southwest Atlanta found two people shot just after 9 p.m.One man was found dead on the porch ...
3 dead in Barrow wreck
Three Winder residents died in a Barrow County car crash Saturday night.The Georgia State Patrol said David Michael Varnum, 53; John Willis Collins, 61; and Wanda Jean Collins, 54, were killed at about 10:50 p.m. on Ga. 82 near Holsenbeck School Road.The GSP is investigating the incident, but said an ...
Hands-on efforts to raise a neighborhood’s value
With metro Atlanta home values plunging by about one-third in five years, some owners are finding ways to add value to their neighborhoods.Larry Carter took the prerogative to turn around the downtown Atlanta community he bought into by getting neighbors to help clean up dilapidated properties and help real estate ...
Stories for Saturday, July 30
Clayton schools celebrate full accreditation
Clayton County strutted its stuff Saturday, celebrating its schools keeping full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and a restoration of community pride.Teachers, district staff, school board members and local politicians kicked off a community celebration for several hundred residents with the “Electric Slide.”But it was when ...
Fulton jail staff find weapon, prompting lockdown
Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson confirmed Saturday that the county jail was on lockdown during the day after staff found a weapon among inmates. The jail was on lockdown for several hours as staff conducted what officials described as an extensive search. “This shakedown did result in the discovery of ...
Suspicious deaths of 3 women in N. Georgia
Over the last two months, at least three north Georgia women have been found dead - under suspicious circumstances.All were married with children. Two had been missing for several days, and in three cases the husband is either a suspect or was involved in the death.James Lynn Jr., 39, was ...
Josiah Benjamin ‘J.B.' Foster Jr., 92, fashioned stained-glass windows for Tucker church
J.B. Foster left his mark on Tucker First United Methodist Church, one that fellow congregants and townspeople can view from practically any angle."When we built the new home for the church 22 years ago, J.B. volunteered to fashion stained-glass windows for three sides of the building," said Ken Streeter of ...
Slight cooling as scattered storms move in
A slight relief from the heat is on the way Sunday, if you consider the low 90s an actual cool-down.After a high around 94 degrees Saturday, rain moved into North Georgia, taking the edge off the heat. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brad Nitz said temperatures will cool somewhat after ...
Q&A: Bill Bolling of Atlanta Food Bank
This being peak tomato season, our thoughts turn to gardening — community gardening in particular. As it turns out, the Atlanta Community Food Bank — the nonprofit that distributed nearly 34 million pounds of food and other grocery items last year to food pantries, night shelters and elsewhere — is ...
Loneliness of political purity
Last year required me to make several Saturday morning trips to the state Capitol to catch up on desk work. Each time, state Rep. Bobby Franklin and two or three of his like-minded friends were there first.We never talked on these occasions, even though we had enjoyed a modest friendship ...
Missing Winder woman's body identified, husband charged with murder
A body recovered from a well in Auburn on Friday has been identified as that of missing mother of four Tonya Faye Lynn of Winder.Family members identified the body late Friday, prompting police to file felony murder charges against her estranged husband, James Lynn Jr., on Saturday.James Lynn was already ...
Man killed at hotel near Six Flags theme park
Fulton County Police are investigating the death of a man killed in a robbery at a hotel near Six Flags Over Georgia early Saturday.The man was shot twice in the back at about 2:15 a.m. in the parking lot of the Skyway Inn and Suites on Frederick Drive, according to ...
Macon woman arrested in Gwinnett business fires
A Macon woman has been charged with arson several months after fire investigators say she set two separate fires at businesses in Gwinnett County.Barbara Ann Stevenson, 48, was taken into custody Thursday as she approached her apartment in Macon and was transported back to the Gwinnett detention center, fire-arson investigators ...
Stories for Friday, July 29
Special police tax coming in DeKalb
DeKalb County’s unique form of government is about to make it special yet again: it is the first in Georgia with its own separate account for police services.Tax bills going out next month will include a line that shows the 5.94 mill tax, which will raise nearly $69 million for ...
3 arrested after Cobb police chase
Cobb County police are continuing to investigate an alleged aggravated assault on a police officer during a chase Friday morning in Kennesaw. Three people were arrested.Authorities said a Cobb motorcycle officer tried to stop a white 1994 Honda Civic driven by Justin Lee Clark, 22, of Canton, on Ernest Barrett ...
© 2013 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}