1. 7 accused of running prostitution business. Seven people were arrested after Dunwoody police busted an alleged high-end escort service conducted in an apartment across the street from the police station. After months of surveillance, police raided the business off Perimeter Center East on Dec. 29. [Read here]
2. 40,000 pounds of metal spills onto Spaghetti Junction. A tractor-trailer overturned early Friday, spilling 40,000 pounds of rolled metal onto Spaghetti Junction and shutting down a ramp for more than an hour. The crash occurred about 4 a.m. when the truck hit a concrete wall on the ramp from I-85 southbound to I-285 southbound. [Read here]
3. Clarkston mayor: 'I am happy to report we are not a drug haven.' Six months after Clarkston lawmakers approved the most liberal marijuana ordinance in the state, the DeKalb County city reports it is on pace to have a decline in marijuana-related violations. The city has logged 23 citations for marijuana use since the June passage of the new ordinance, which reduces the fine for possessing less than an ounce of the drug from $1,000 to $75 and eliminates the possibility of jail time for breaking municipal law. [Read here]
4. Another warm day ahead in metro Atlanta. Enjoy another unseasonably warm day, metro Atlanta. Temperatures were 56 degrees in Atlanta, 48 in Blairsville and 45 in Griffin just before 6:40 a.m. Friday. The average high for this time of year is 52 degrees. [Read here]
5. Watchdog: Georgia's fees on electric cars highest in nation. Electric vehicle purchases in Georgia have plummeted since the General Assembly revoked a $5,000 income tax credit in 2015 for buying one. Along with revoking the tax credit, lawmakers also slapped a $200 registration fee on the cars to make up for gas tax owners of those vehicles don't pay. The result has been a 90 percent drop from pre-2015 levels, which some lawmakers say only underscores the fact that the state was propping up sales, rather than consumer demand. [Read here]
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