Road-builder named for metro Atlanta toll project

The state Department of Transportation has named Northwest Express Roadbuilders as the leading bidder to design and construct the largest transportation project in Georgia history. The Northwest Corridor project is expected to build optional toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties.

The team still has to make it through final negotiations to sign the contract this fall.

Northwest Express Roadbuilders includes Archer-Western Contractors, of Atlanta, Hubbard Construction Company of Winter Park, Fla., and the engineering firm Parsons Transportation Group of Pasadena, Calif. They bid $599 million for their portion of the work, shaving perhaps $100 million off the DOT’s estimated project cost. The total cost of the remaining work on the project is now estimated at $840 million.

Talks continue over release of detained Korean workers. Departure uncertain.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said the charter flight to transport the workers from Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon had been canceled. But, plans may change.

Veteran 11Alive cops reporter Kevin Rowson has died at age 72

Kevin Rowson, a dogged cops reporter for Atlanta's 11Alive for 22 years before taking a buyout in 2016, died Saturday, according to his wife, Karen.

South Korean nationals detained in Georgia’s Hyundai raid to be released

Only "some administrative procedures remain" before the South Korean nationals arrested Thursday in Georgia will be released, according to a South Korean official.

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