STATE
Reports: Deal has raised $500,000 as governor
Gov. Nathan Deal raised more than $500,000 in his first six months in office, according to campaign finance reports filed with the state ethics commission late Friday.
Deal ended June with more than $400,000 in cash on hand.
For the six months beginning Jan. 1, Deal spent nearly $190,000.
Deal, like other state officials, was barred by law from raising money while the Legislature was in session from mid-January to mid-April. AARON GOULD SHEININ
ATLANTA
Man shot to death in southeast Atlanta
Atlanta police are investigating an early morning shooting Saturday that left a man dead.
The shooting happened about 2 a.m. in the 100 block of Flat Shoals Avenue in southeast Atlanta.
Police spokeswoman Kim Jones said the victim, whose name has not been released, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
Investigators have not released a motive for the shooting and have made no arrests, Jones said. MIKE MORRIS
Hit-and-run suspect hit by vehicle on I-85
A hit-and-run suspect was struck by another vehicle while trying to cross I-85 in northeast Atlanta early Saturday, police said.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said that, according to witnesses, Terrance D. McGee, 20, allegedly clipped another vehicle on I-85 southbound near Ga. 400, causing the other vehicle to spin out.
McGee left the scene, but “McGee’s vehicle either stopped running or he stopped it in the emergency lane of I-85 southbound just before the Connector,” Jones said.
“McGee got out of the vehicle, walked across the southbound lanes of traffic, jumped the median wall and was struck by a vehicle as he attempted to cross the northbound I-85 lanes of traffic,” Jones said.
McGee was hospitalized in stable condition with fractures, Jones said, adding he faces numerous traffic charges. MIKE MORRIS
NORTHSIDE
Proposed ambulance purchase opposed
A proposal by Forsyth County Commission Chairman Brian Tam that the county consider purchasing a $700,000 pediatric neonatal ambulance that would be used by a private hospital drew opposition from three speakers at Thursday night’s commission meeting. The proposal was not on the agenda, but Tam talked about it during a work session last week and asked county attorney Ken Jarrard to put the proposal into writing. Former commissioner David Richard said any commissioner who supported it should “hand in your card” as a member of the Republican Party. JEFFRY SCOTT
DEKALB COUNTY
‘Shed cleaning party’ today at preserve
A “shed cleaning party” is planned this afternoon to remove remnants of a small Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve building that burned to the ground after it was hit by lightning. The tools inside the shed also were lost in the June 26 fire. Volunteers should meet at 2 p.m. at the DeKalb County preserve, located at Wood Trail Lane and Pine Bluff Road.
Volunteers are asked to bring work gloves and tools, and food for a picnic after the work is done. RHONDA COOK
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