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Rain, roadwork and events to slow weekend traffic
A music festival and road construction could slow traffic on Interstate 85 and elsewhere this weekend, transportation officials said. Over the weekend, part of 10th Street between Piedmont and Monroe streets and part of Charles Allen Drive, will be blocked off for the Music Midtown festival, according to WSB Radio. ...
Fatal wreck in Clayton County
Traffic was blocked at Hall Road and Woolsey Road on Thursday afternoon after a fatal car accident, Clayton County police said.Police were on the scene of the wreck, in which at least one person died.Authorities have not identified the victim or given a cause for the accident, which occurred around ...
Atlanta weather | First day of fall brings sunshine
Sunday marks the first day of fall, and the rain that drenched Music Midtown at Piedmont Park on Saturday is history. Channel 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz said the weekend rain has moved south, and Sunday will see sunshine and temperatures in the high 70s. Fall officially begins at 4:44 p.m. ...
Missing Stockbridge teen with Asperger’s found safe
A Stockbridge teenage girl with Asperger’s syndrome who disappeared early Thursday morning was found safe Thursday night in Clayton County, local authorities said.Julia Palmer, 16, was found about 9 p.m. Thursday, walking near a church on Stagecoach Road, Henry County police Sgt. Joey Smith said.“She was suffering from dehydration but ...
Man killed in hit-and-run minutes after posting bond
A Douglasville man was arrested for public intoxication Saturday night, released an hour later after posting bond and then, within minutes, was hit by a car. Gary Latimer, 41, died from his injuries Tuesday morning. Police are now searching for the car involved in that hit-and-run accident, which happened on ...
Minneapolis power outage caused long lines at Atlanta airport
A power outage in Minneapolis on Tuesday resulted in thousands of passengers across the country, including AirTran Airways customers, being checked into their flights manually by airline staff.Around 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, a temporary power outage shut down the storage system of reservation technology company Navitaire, based in Minneapolis. The ...
Man, 20, drowns in Lake Lanier
A man drowned at the Sunset Cove at Lake Lanier on Tuesday afternoon after attempting to swim 100 yards with his friends, according to local authorities.Shaquille Marquise Connor-Blunt, 20, of College Park was swimming across the lake when he told friends he didn’t think he’d be able to make it ...
East Cobb man sentenced to life for neighbor’s death
An east Cobb man on Tuesday was sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison for killing a woman who let him live with her while he was going through a divorce, according to prosecutors. Just a week before his case was to go to trial, Dennis Robert ...
Mableton man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 40 years
A Mableton man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend. Thomas Leonardo Schwartz, 47, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault Monday. Schwartz admitted to shooting his girlfriend Janice Oates, 45, in the head in July of last year, according to the Cobb district ...
Man killed in possible drive-by shooting in Lithonia is identified
A man in Lithonia was killed Monday night in what police suspect could be a drive-by shooting.Leland Sims, 26, was shot once and died at the scene, said police. The suspects fled the area after a number of shots were fired.Several houses in the 6300 block of Phillips Court were ...
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