Atlanta, Ga.: City cuts Saturday events for Isaias
ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta city leaders on Friday moved into full storm footing for Hurricane Isaias, canceling or shifting a long list of Saturday events, activating emergency shelters, and locking in weekend staffing as forecasts pointed to damaging overnight winds, heavy rain, flooding risk and an elevated tornado threat through Saturday, Oct. 10. Officials said
Atlanta, Ga.: Feds move to sell 2 Georgia ICE warehouse sites
ATLANTA, Ga. — Federal officials have notified leaders in Oakwood and Social Circle that the government is proposing to sell two warehouse facilities previously slated to become Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers, a development closely watched across metro Atlanta. ICE purchased both properties earlier this year before dropping plans to convert them into federal
Isaias to bring heavy rain, gusty wind, tornado risk to Georgia
Tropical Storm Isaias could bring heavy rain, strong winds and a few tornadoes to north and middle Georgia this weekend. Isaias formed in the Gulf on Wednesday and is expected to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Thursday. The National Hurricane Center expects it to make landfall as a hurricane late friday
Ex-Bremen High coach gets 50 years for child sex crimes
A former Bremen High School teacher and coach will spend most of the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Tuesday for sex crimes against students. Haralson County Superior Court Judge Andrew Roper sentenced Geoffrey Brad Matthews to 50 years, with the first 49 to be served in prison followed by a year
Sixth arrest made in Macon park shooting that wounded 12
A sixth person has been arrested in the mass shooting that wounded 12 young people at a birthday party in a Macon park last month, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators identified the latest suspect as Jaylen Williams, 18. He was interviewed Tuesday, then arrested and booked into the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center.
Atlanta, Ga., family can pursue FBI agent over wrong-house raid
ATLANTA, Ga. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, Oct. 7, that an Atlanta family whose home was raided by mistake in 2017 cannot take the federal government to trial, but can keep pressing claims against the FBI agent who led the SWAT team. The case stems from a pre-dawn raid on Oct. 18, 2017.
Atlanta: TD 9 raises weekend tropical rain threat
ATLANTA, Ga. — Tropical Depression 9 formed over the southwest Gulf late Tuesday and is forecast to strengthen into Hurricane Isaias before a late-week landfall along the central Gulf Coast, leaving north Georgia in a weekend rain threat after several dry, pleasant days. Metro Atlanta forecast desks said the system is aimed at the Mississippi–Alabama […]