1. Search on for suspect in deadly crash after car lands in pond. Three men were killed and another escaped and is on the run after a chase ended with a crash into a pond near the Flint River, police said. The two-county chase began when Fayetteville police received a 911 call from a Sprint company security guard about 4:20 a.m., officials said in a multi-agency news conference Monday. [Read more]
2. Cobb taxpayers to fund traffic control at SunTrust Park. Having Cobb County police officers at 30 intersections around SunTrust Park for games and special events is important because a whopping 95 percent of fans get to the stadium using some form of vehicle. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday, Cobb taxpayers are footing the estimated $900,000-a-year bill for traffic control outside of the stadium. [Read more]
3. Atlanta's new I-85 bridge: Is it safe? Six weeks ago, an elevated highway that carried hundreds of thousands of people a day lay in smoking ruins, and metro Atlanta residents despaired at what surely would be months of punishing commutes. [Read more]
4. Metro Atlanta doctors with troubled pasts charged with racketeering. It wasn't the unlicensed Botox parties at someone's house, nor the admitted sexual misconduct with three patients that got Dr. Peter Ulbrich in trouble with the law. Ulbrich was booked into Cobb County jail early Monday on charges of racketeering and theft in a scheme to help an unlicensed doctor practice medicine — including surgery. [Read more]
5. Who is Callista Gingrich, reported to be Trump's new Vatican ambassador? Callista Gingrich's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, first mentioned as a possibility back in January, looks to be a done deal. Numerous media sources are reporting that the third wife of former Georgia congressman and U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is President Donald Trump's choice to represent his administration at the Holy See. CNN said Sunday that the White House hopes to make the formal announcement before Trump meets with Pope Francis on May 24 in Rome. [Read more]
