It was a good week for …
Metro Atlanta job seekers. Optimistic about this year's holiday shopping season, stores are hiring more seasonal employees. And, if the predictions about the winter turn out to be true, there's a better chance that those temporary jobs could turn into permanent positions.
Dekalb County's green initiative. The county added two more compressed natural gas stations to the three it already has. DeKalb processes the fuel – the same sort of gas that heats homes and lights up stoves — from methane captured and processed at the county-owned landfill. DeKalb projects it will make $1 million a year selling the gas, known as CNG, to drivers able to fuel up their Honda Civics or Dodge Rams that run on CNG at a price of about $2.10 per gallon.
The Atlanta Falcons. Along with Houston, they have the NFL's perfect season record. Since the beginning of 2008, the Falcons have won 48 out of 69 games. Only the New England Patriots have won more during that span. Being 5-0 for the first time in the franchise's 46-year history, the team heads into today's home game against Oakland.
It was a bad week for …
Richard Lankford. His bid to retake the Fulton County Sheriff's seat came to an abrupt end Wednesday when Superior Court Senior Judge G. Grant Brantley threw out his lawsuit against the Board of Registration and Elections on a technicality - lead attorney, Mark Spix, didn't serve notice of the challenge to Secretary of State Brian Kemp in his capacity as State Election Board chairman, as required by state law.
Dr. George Snelling III. A member of the Georgia Building Authority and a top donor to state officials, Snelling was arrested Tuesday in Columbia County on charges he illegally wrote a prescription for Valium and Tramadol, a painkiller, with the intent to distribute the pills to another person. State law says any state officer convicted of a felony automatically loses his position.
Milton High School basketball. The Georgia High School Association on Tuesday banned the reigning boys basketball state champions from region and state playoffs for the 2012-2013 season because of the illegal influencing of student-athletes to transfer to the north Fulton County school.
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