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• Atlanta celebrates restoration of the historic Oakland Cemetery bell tower

  17-11-2022 14:58 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA (WUPA) –The city of Atlanta is ringing in a new chapter at the historic Oakland Cemetery, after restoring the facility's 123-year-old bell tower.Bruce Barfield reflected on his family's connection to the Oakland Cemetery."I'm the great-great-grandson of the sexton that was in place when this building was built," he said.His great-great-grandfather, Henry Barfield, was the first sexton to work inside the bell tower, which was built in 1899. Well over a century later, the city held a
  
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• Lawyers demand guards seen on video beating Camden County detainee be arrested, fired: "You don't beat a person like that"

  17-11-2022 14:43 via cbsnews.com
  In this screenshot taken from Camden County Detention Center surveillance video and provided by attorney Harry Daniels, jailers beat detainee Jarrett Hobbs at the facility, in Georgia, on Sept. 3, 2022.Camden County (Georgia) Detention Center / Courtesy of attorney Harry Daniels via AP Woodbine, Ga. — Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee recorded by security cameras being punched by guards repeatedly in the head and neck called Wednesday for the deputies to be fired and arrested, insistin
  
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• Georgia House Speaker David Ralston has died at age 68

  17-11-2022 00:00 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Speaker David Ralston died Wednesday at 68, spokesperson Kaleb McMichen said, less than two weeks after he announced he was stepping down because of health concerns.A statement issued by McMichen said only that Ralston had died after "an extended illness." The Blue Ridge Republican became Georgia state government's second most powerful leader during his 13 years leading the 180-member House."A great pine tree has fallen in the Georgia House of Represe
  
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