https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comTue, 17 Apr 2018 10:51:00 +0200 The children studied botany, biology, techniques of plant propagation, worked at a greenhouse. The pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/wild-plant-conservation-association/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/wild-plant-conservation-association/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kveda-bakhvi-school-project/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kveda-bakhvi-school-project/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/childrens-department-national-cancer-center/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/childrens-department-national-cancer-center/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bobokvati-clinic/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bobokvati-clinic/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/art-education-project-for-vulnerable-children/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/art-education-project-for-vulnerable-children/ The First Step Foundation was started in 1998 by Jane Corboy, wife of the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, and Nino Kadagidze-Zhvania, widow of the former Prime Minister of Georgia.The First Step established pilot programs to provide appropriate care for children with special nee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-first-step/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-first-step/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-ninos-medical-clinic/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-ninos-medical-clinic/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ngo-new-life/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ngo-new-life/ Dalisa and her enthusiastic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ngo-napertskala/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ngo-napertskala/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ear-nose-and-throat-clinic/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ear-nose-and-throat-clinic/ Click the arrow in the video box to watch our interview.
Ride On RyanSaturday, April 288 a.m.L. Scott Ste]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-corner-annual-triathlon-honors-life-of-local-trainer/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-corner-annual-triathlon-honors-life-of-local-trainer/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-welcomes-new-police-chief/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-welcomes-new-police-chief/ The scammers call consumers and tell them they have won a big prize through the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes. They then instruct the consumer to send several hundred dollars via wire transfer or a Green Dot MoneyPak card to secure their prize or pay for fees or taxes. Consumers who c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-scam-targets-callers-with-fake-publishers-clearing-house-sweepstakes-prize/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-scam-targets-callers-with-fake-publishers-clearing-house-sweepstakes-prize/ As a result of the investigation int]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-police-make-arrest-in-carnival-shooting/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-police-make-arrest-in-carnival-shooting/ The funeral Tuesday at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church is the second of three public services for Miller, who died Friday at the age of 86.
Miller was a lifelong Democrat but is the only American to have delivered the keynote address at a Democratic and Republican national convention. He did it for Cli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-former-presidents-head-to-atlanta-for-zell-millers-funeral/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-former-presidents-head-to-atlanta-for-zell-millers-funeral/ A Richmond County Sheriff’s Office report says Blue was shot Friday by a masked robber at McBean Package Shop in Hephzibah (HEHP’-sih-bah). No one has been arrested.
The Augusta Chronicle reports Jensi Kyle, Blue’s former owner, said Monday that she sold him to the store’s owner when she stopped working there and employees would take turns bringing him home at ni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/guard-dog-killed-in-armed-robbery-at-georgia-liquor-store/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/guard-dog-killed-in-armed-robbery-at-georgia-liquor-store/ The Telegraph of Macon reports the F-15 on a pedestal that welcomed people to Robins Air Force Base for years was removed Saturday by the 402nd Maintenance Group.
The base said in a Facebook post that the plane will be repainted before it becomes part of a planned memorial to deceased base workers at the Museum of Aviation.
The plane had sat along state route 247]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/robins-air-force-base-f-15-relocated-to-be-part-of-memorial/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/robins-air-force-base-f-15-relocated-to-be-part-of-memorial/ The funeral Tuesday at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church is the second of three public services for Miller, who died Friday at the age of 86.
Miller was a lifelong Democrat but is the only American to have delivered the keynote address at a Democratic and Republican national convention. He did it for Cli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/carter-clinton-bush-to-remember-zell-miller-in-atlanta/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/carter-clinton-bush-to-remember-zell-miller-in-atlanta/ News 3 was invited to the vigil but asked not to bring cameras. But after receiving approval the emotion was present in every word and on every face. News 3 had a chance to speak to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vigil-held-to-remember-3-year-old-who-drowned-in-hinesville-pond/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vigil-held-to-remember-3-year-old-who-drowned-in-hinesville-pond/ One of the more than 800 satellite marches took place in Savannah in response to the Parkland school shooting that left 17 people dead. The local event was hosted by two SCAD freshmen, Kylie Ruffino and Devyn Bauer.
“Saturday was one of the most humbling and empowering experiences I’ve ever had,” Ruffino said.
After leading more]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-next-for-march-for-our-lives/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-next-for-march-for-our-lives/ 5:30 p.m.
A funeral service is to be held Tuesday in Atlanta for former Georgia governor and U.S. senator Zell Miller with three former presidents set to speak: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
It’s the second following one Monday attended by hundreds of mourners in Young Harris, Georgia, where Miller died Friday at the age of 86. Tuesday&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-3-ex-presidents-to-speak-at-zell-miller-service/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-3-ex-presidents-to-speak-at-zell-miller-service/ The Athens Banner-Herald reports that Kristin Matthew Ward was found guilty of child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes and violating his oath as a police officer on Friday, but was acquitted of aggravated sexual battery and two other counts.
Ward was a 27-year-old Athens-Clarke County officer when he was arrested in 2015 after someone accused him of an assault that took place betwe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-police-officer-convicted-of-child-molestation/Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-police-officer-convicted-of-child-molestation/ City officials announced Thursday that the city’s computer network had been attacked by ransomware that encrypted some city data.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Monday the attack is an important reminder of the need to ensure that the city’s digital infrastructure is secure and up to date.
She says some city services are su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-still-feeling-the-effects-of-ransomware-cyberattack/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-still-feeling-the-effects-of-ransomware-cyberattack/ The Telegraph reports lawyers announced Monday that 48-year-old Elisabeth Faye Cannon would plead guilty, just as jury selection in her case was to begin.
Cannon was accused of shooting and critically wounding then-15-year-old Vernon Marcus Jr. in January 2017. Cannon told investigators she fired shots intending to scare people away and did]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-woman-pleads-guilty-to-shooting-teen-in-head/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-woman-pleads-guilty-to-shooting-teen-in-head/ WALB-TV reports the crash happened before dawn Monday on Georgia Highway 300 in rural southwest Georgia.
The Georgia State Patrol said Daniel Harrell of Baconton was driving a 54-year-old tractor in the southbound lane when a semi-truck smashed into the tractor, throwing Harrell about 125 feet (3]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tractor-hit-by-semi-truck-then-pickup-on-georgia-highway/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tractor-hit-by-semi-truck-then-pickup-on-georgia-highway/ Mourners are gathering Monday at Young Harris College in Miller’s hometown.
Miller died Friday at his home in Young Harris at the age of 86. He served two terms as Georgia governor from 1991 until 1999 and was appointed to the Senate in 2000.
Monday’s funeral on the campus of Miller’s alma mater includes several hymns and a eu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mourners-begin-3-days-of-remembrance-for-georgias-zell-miller/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mourners-begin-3-days-of-remembrance-for-georgias-zell-miller/ Forty-three-year-old Lamonte Hargrove died in a Sunday morning fire that started in the bedroom of a singlewide mobile home.
An agency news release says the Milledgeville house fire has been ruled accidental. It says Hargrove’s death is Georgia’s 29th fire fatality this year.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-mobile-home-fire-fatality-due-to-smoking-material/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-mobile-home-fire-fatality-due-to-smoking-material/ Decatur police Sgt. John Bender said in a statement that the department is searching for 36-year-old Royce Stewart on two charges of murder and one count of theft. WSB-TV reports this isn’t the first time Stewart has been wanted in a slaying; court records show Stewart was wanted on murder charges in 2003 for an 18-year-old’s death.
The sergeant says poli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-sought-in-stabbings-of-middle-schooler-man/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-sought-in-stabbings-of-middle-schooler-man/ According to footage from a City of Norcross camera, her SUV went northbound across the southbound lanes of Peachtree Industrial and head-on into the concrete pole.
Inside the vehicle were 25-year-old Bakari Warren and her children, ages 5 and 7.
In the back of a police car, officers gently questioned the children about]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-georgia-mother-crashed-vehicle-with-kids-inside-to-prove-god-is-real/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-georgia-mother-crashed-vehicle-with-kids-inside-to-prove-god-is-real/ The Troup County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Sunday that Quandrell Steele was taken into custody along with Cindy Moore, a woman who allegedly fled with him from Florida. It’s unclear what they were charged with or whether they have lawyers.
Steele was pulled over in a stolen car after Florida deputies began pinging his cell phone.
Authorities]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-taken-into-custody-after-3-people-were-stabbed/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-taken-into-custody-after-3-people-were-stabbed/ The Eastman Gun Show, a fairly common event, is held several times a year in Savannah. It’s an opportunity for Coastal Empire residents to purchase weapons for hunting, recreational or defensive purposes.
Fourteen-year-old Reagen Mosley attended the gu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/enthusiasts-attend-gun-show-the-same-weekend-as-march-for-our-lives/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/enthusiasts-attend-gun-show-the-same-weekend-as-march-for-our-lives/ Glynn County Police responded to Eagles Pointe Apartments Sunday evening.  They found a 17 year old male suffering from gunshot wounds.  He was transported to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The victim is identified as Xantavian Pierce.
 
Investigators are urging anyone having information on this incident to contact police.Glynn County Police Detectives are investigating a shooting at Eagles Pointe Apartments off Crispen Blvd.
It hap]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-glynn-county-authorities-investigate-deadly-shooting-of-17-year-old/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-glynn-county-authorities-investigate-deadly-shooting-of-17-year-old/ Glynn County Police Detectives are investigating a shooting at Eagles Pointe Apartments off Crispen Blvd.
It happened just before 5 pm.
Officers and emergency medical personnel arrived to find a 17-year-old male shot inside an apartment.
He was transported to the Southeast Georgia Health System – Brunswick Campus in critical condition.
This investigation is in the early stages, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting are not yet clear. Investigators]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-authorities-investigate-shooting-17-year-old-male-critical/Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-authorities-investigate-shooting-17-year-old-male-critical/ The Daily Citizen-News reports that West Hill Cemetery in Dalton includes a paupers section for children up to 6 months old whose parents can’t afford to bury them.
There are about 67 unmarked graves in the children paupers section of the city-owned cemetery.
Dalton resident Amanda Jones has been trying to raise awareness about all those unmarked grave]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgians-aim-to-add-headstones-to-unmarked-graves-of-babies/Sun, 25 Mar 2018 16:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgians-aim-to-add-headstones-to-unmarked-graves-of-babies/ The rally started in Wright Square and ended at Forsyth Park. It was organized by Devyn Bauer and Kylie Ruffino, two Savannah College of Art and Design students, who said they are ‘fed up’ with repeated acts of violence in schools.
Marchers were shouting “enough is enough” and “time’s up” while c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/students-allies-join-march-for-our-lives-in-savannah/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/students-allies-join-march-for-our-lives-in-savannah/ Hinesville Police confirm they’ve found the body of a missing 3 year old boy.  They say Ayiden James Quilter was found in a pond about 200 yards away from his home.
He disappeared Saturday from Governors Quarters in Hinesville.
Authorities are still investigating.
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Hinesville Police are searching for a missing three year old boy.
Ayiden James Quilter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sad-update-hinesville-police-recover-body-of-missing-toddler/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sad-update-hinesville-police-recover-body-of-missing-toddler/ They say Ayiden James Quilter was found in a pond about 200 yards away from his home.
He disappeared Saturday from Governors Quarters in Hinesville.
Authorities are still investigating.Hinesville Police are searching for a missing three-year-old boy.
Ayiden James Quilter disappeared Saturday afternoon from Governors Quarters in Hinesville.
Officials say Ayiden is autistic.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-police-recover-body-of-missing-toddler/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-police-recover-body-of-missing-toddler/ Hinesville Police are searching for a missing three year old boy.
Ayiden James Quilter disappeared Saturday afternoon from Govenors Quarters in Hinesville.
Officials say Ayiden is autistic.
He is about 3 ft tall, he does respond to his name if called.
If you see him — Call Hinesville Police @ 368-8211 — Or 911]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-hinesville-police-searching-for-missing-3-year-old-boy/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-hinesville-police-searching-for-missing-3-year-old-boy/ Led by students including survivors of the Parkland shooting, protesters waved signs reading “Protect Kids Not Guns” and “Vote Them Out” as they marched to the Georgia Capitol on Saturday.
Prominent civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who joined the march, praised the st]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/anti-gun-violence-protesters-flood-the-streets-of-atlanta/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 19:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/anti-gun-violence-protesters-flood-the-streets-of-atlanta/ The March For Our Lives movement is led by students across the nation demanding for an end to gun violence and mass shootings.
A shooting that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida sparked the MFOL movement.
News 3 will have a live broadcast Saturday with team coverage of area marches happening — from]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-march-for-our-lives-special-report-at-1-pm/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-march-for-our-lives-special-report-at-1-pm/ The March For Our Lives (MFOL) movement is led by students demanding for an end to gun violence and mass shootings.
A shooting that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida sparked the MFOL movement.
Marches happened nationwide from Washington D.C. to Atlanta to Savannah. Click ‘p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-march-for-our-lives-in-savannah-bluffton/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-march-for-our-lives-in-savannah-bluffton/ WABE Radio reports Mercedes-Benz USA this month opened its new North American headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, for 1,000 employees.
The luxury car manufacturer is owned by Germany-based Daimler, but Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Dietmar Exler used the grand opening to remind the crowd of the brand’s U.S. pre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-fear-steel-tariff-could-hurt-auto-industry-in-the-south/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-fear-steel-tariff-could-hurt-auto-industry-in-the-south/ The final days of the session are generally chaotic as lawmakers push to vote on as many bills as possible. Lawmakers also use legislative maneuvers to hitch stalled proposals to other bills in order to push them through.
A proposal awaiting a vote in the House would move Georgia from its 16-year-old electronic touchscreen voting system]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/near-sessions-end-focus-on-paper-ballots-abuse-lawsuits/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/near-sessions-end-focus-on-paper-ballots-abuse-lawsuits/ Police spokesman Carlos Campos told WSB-TV in a statement Friday that all airport surveillance video of 23-year-old Shanequa Sullivan should have been secured.
News outlets report Sullivan had autism, and was last seen in February leaving Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where she worked fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-surveillance-video-not-saved-in-womans-death-case/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 07:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-surveillance-video-not-saved-in-womans-death-case/ The event is in response to the massacre in Parkland, Florida. On Valentine’s Day, a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Now students all over the country have organized nearly 700 marches demanding change to current gun laws.
On Friday night, a group of teenagers gathered at the Sentient Bean near Forsyth Park to make]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/students-prepare-signs-in-anticipation-for-savannahs-march-for-our-lives/Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/students-prepare-signs-in-anticipation-for-savannahs-march-for-our-lives/ WSB-TV reports the fire broke out at a home in Lithia Springs around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
The home was destroyed by the blaze.
Rick Martin, with the Douglas County Government, said a mother, father and two kids were injured in the fire. One of those children, a 6-year-old girl, later died. The other’s conditions were not immediately available.
The cause o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-3-others-injured-in-georgia-house-fire/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-3-others-injured-in-georgia-house-fire/ It was one of the most horrific crimes in Savannah’s history.  A pipe bomb exploded inside a building killing civil rights attorney and city alderman Robert Robinson.
Now, 30 years later, the man convicted of the crime is scheduled to be put to death.
Walter Leroy Moody was sentenced to seven life terms, plus 400 years in 1991 after he was convicted of the crime and another bombing in Alabama.  A federal judge was killed.
Moody, whose from Rex, Georgia, ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/convicted-bomber-set-to-die-by-lethal-injection-friends-of-savannah-alderman-react/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/convicted-bomber-set-to-die-by-lethal-injection-friends-of-savannah-alderman-react/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Senate on Friday approved its version of a spending plan for the financial year starting July 1. The vote sets up negotiations between House and Senate leaders to hash out differences in their funding plans by Thursday, the last day of legislative session.
The budget proposals feat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-oks-budget-cuing-up-house-talks-in-last-week/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-oks-budget-cuing-up-house-talks-in-last-week/ Lori Geary, a spokeswoman for the Miller Institute Foundation, said he died Friday morning. His grandson, Bryan Miller, said the former senator and governor died “peacefully surrounded by his family.”
He passed at his home in the north Georgia mountains.
Miller’s relatives announced last year]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-gov-zell-miller-dies-at-age-86/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-gov-zell-miller-dies-at-age-86/ 12:30 p.m.
The Georgia Republican who succeeded Democrat Zell Miller in the U.S. Senate says, “We need more people like him.”
Miller died Friday at age 86. GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson became close friends with Miller even though the two men were bitter rivals in their race for Georgia governor in 1990. Miller was victorious and later reached across party lines to appoint Isakson to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-isakson-says-we-need-more-people-like-miller/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-isakson-says-we-need-more-people-like-miller/ 5 p.m.
The former Georgia governor who appointed Zell Miller to the U.S. Senate says the late Southern Democrat played a big role in shaping the state.
Democrat Roy Barnes succeeded Miller as governor in 2000. Barnes said of Miller: “Governors generally give us just a line or two in history. He will give us a whole paragraph.”
Miller died Friday at age 86. He served two terms as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-former-governor-says-miller-made-georgia-history/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-former-governor-says-miller-made-georgia-history/ 6:45 p.m.
A top Democratic Party operative says the United States might not have “had a Bill Clinton presidency without Zell Miller.”
Paul Begala helped Miller win the Georgia governor’s race in 1990. Miller later introduced Begala to the Arkansas governor who would win the White House in 1992.
Begala says Miller’s support was key to Clinton winning an important Geor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-former-aide-says-miller-key-to-clintons-92-win/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-former-aide-says-miller-key-to-clintons-92-win/ Time and again, Miller proved himself a stubbornly independent Southern Democrat during a political career that spanned four decades. Miller died Fr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-us-sen-zell-miller-dies-he-was-2-term-governor/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-us-sen-zell-miller-dies-he-was-2-term-governor/ Lori Geary, a spokeswoman for the Miller Institute Foundation, said he died Friday morning. His grandson, Bryan Miller, said the former senator and governor died “peacefully surrounded by his family.”
Miller’s relatives announced last year that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s dis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-us-sen-zell-miller-dies-at-86-was-2-term-governor/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-us-sen-zell-miller-dies-at-86-was-2-term-governor/ Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal released the following statement following the death of Miller: “It is with a heavy heart that Sandra and I offer Shirley our deepest condolences on the passing of her devoted husband, Zell. Georgia has lost a favorite son and a true statesmen, and I’ve lost a dear friend. Zell’s legacy is unequaled and his accomplishmen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-fmr-georgia-gov-zell-miller-dies-at-age-86/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-fmr-georgia-gov-zell-miller-dies-at-age-86/ WSB-TV reports the Lithia Springs home was destroyed by the Thursday afternoon fire.
County Communications & Community Relations Director Rick Martin says the child’s mother, father and another child were injured.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-killed-family-injured-in-georgia-house-fire/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-killed-family-injured-in-georgia-house-fire/ Reese McCranie, a spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, said in a phone interview Friday that the airport was not affected by the attack discovered Thursday, but “We don’t want to open up the airport to any possible]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-airport-takes-precautions-after-cyberattack-on-city/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-airport-takes-precautions-after-cyberattack-on-city/ Anyone with knowledge of his location is asked to call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-seek-missing-man/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-seek-missing-man/ The Telegraph of Macon reports that a Houston County District Attorney’s Office statement says Brandon Bushay Smith was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, 30 years, without parole plus 30 years without parole in the February 2017 armed robbery.
Prosecutors say the 30-year-old had walked inside the Warner Robins store and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-shooting-paralyzing-store-clerk/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-shooting-paralyzing-store-clerk/ After 17 years of service, Phillip Claxton was asked to resign by Mayor Gary Norton. Four members of council told Norton they couldn’t work with Claxton but neither them or Norton will give WSAV an official explanation.
At last month’s council meeting, Claxton was asked by Norton for his resignation. Since then he was put on paid administrative leave.
On Thursday night, dozens]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-city-council-votes-to-cut-ties-with-long-time-city-administrator/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-city-council-votes-to-cut-ties-with-long-time-city-administrator/ Savannah beat out Branson, Missouri, Myrtle Beach and Boston in the category.  New York City topped the list and neighbors Charleston, S.C. made number 15.
For the complete list of Top Destinations, click here. ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-makes-top-20-us-destinations-on-trip-advisor/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-makes-top-20-us-destinations-on-trip-advisor/ Fast Forward to today. Students have been told the school is closing as of May. “Basically they told us that the school isn’t profitable so they’re s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-law-school-is-closing-students-saddened/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-law-school-is-closing-students-saddened/ An arraignment hearing was held Thursday for a 16 year old boy charged with murdering a Windsor Forest High School student.
Jeffery Burton entered a not guilty plea in court.  He faces 13 counts — including malice and felony murder in the shooting death of 15 year old George Akins, Jr., last October.
Investigators said a fight broke out between two groups that night, and ended in gunfire.  Police arrested Burton two days after the crime.  We spoke to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teenager-pleads-not-guilty-during-arraignment-for-murder-of-savannah-student/Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teenager-pleads-not-guilty-during-arraignment-for-murder-of-savannah-student/ The Athens Banner-Herald reports that university police say 21-year-old Jasmine Aris Starnes was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct.
A campus police report says a graduate student leaving his lab in the early morning found the gun lying in plain sight in a planter earlier this month. Police say the weapon’s magazine held six 9mm hollow-point rounds]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/student-accused-of-leaving-loaded-gun-at-university-bus-stop/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/student-accused-of-leaving-loaded-gun-at-university-bus-stop/ By a non-unanimous voice vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill by Republican Rep. John Carson to crack down on distracted driving.
Carson’s bill has already passed the House, but it took nearly a month before the Senate committee voted on the controversial measure.
Carson says drivers who are texting or surfing the web ar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/distracted-driving-bill-passes-key-georgia-senate-committee/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/distracted-driving-bill-passes-key-georgia-senate-committee/ Chatsworth Police Chief Josh Etheridge tells The Daily Citizen that 59-year-old Roy Glenn Bass was struck by a large roller at the Mohawk Industries facility on Tuesday morning and subsequently died at a hospital.
The company said in a statement that the cause of the accident is currently unknown. Bass joined Mohawk in 2012, working as an elec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-is-2nd-death-at-georgia-industrial-facility-in-7-months/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-is-2nd-death-at-georgia-industrial-facility-in-7-months/ But Republicans argue that Georgians should have equal access to the polls during federal and state elections, with each county having the same number of early-voting opportunities.
Sen. Matt Brass of Newnan says the measure has no race-based motives and is merely an attempt to achieve “parity” acros]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-democrats-outraged-over-push-to-limit-weekend-voting/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-democrats-outraged-over-push-to-limit-weekend-voting/ Chief Operating Officer Richard Cox told reporters that city officials learned there was an outage affecting various internal and customer-facing applications at 5:40 a.m. Thursday.
He said the outage did not affect the public safety, water departments or Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. But some applications that people use to pay bills or access cour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-of-atlanta-computer-network-hit-by-ransomware-attack/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-of-atlanta-computer-network-hit-by-ransomware-attack/ The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Thursday that 30-year-old Artur Sargsyan of Glendale, California, owned and operated Sharebeast.com and other websites. Prosecutors say his file-sharing infrastructure allowed the illegal download of about a billion copyrighted mus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/owner-of-illegal-music-sharing-site-gets-5-years-in-prison/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/owner-of-illegal-music-sharing-site-gets-5-years-in-prison/ The proposal, passed by the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee Thursday, would give judges more leeway in forgoing cash bail for low-income offenders and more opportunities to impose community service rather than fines.
The proposal also enhances penalties for certain crimes involving firearms.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governors-criminal-justice-overhaul-passes-house-committee/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governors-criminal-justice-overhaul-passes-house-committee/ Emanuel County deputies and Twin City police officers responded around 6:00 p.m. to a residence on North Railroad Avenue in Twin City after neighbors heard multiple gunshots.
According to Emanuel County Sheriff J. Tyson Stephens, deputies located the body of 19-year-old Michael Cole Mosses in the residence upon arrival.
He appeared to have at least one gunshot woun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-emanuel-county-authorities-investigate-deadly-twin-city-shooting/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-emanuel-county-authorities-investigate-deadly-twin-city-shooting/ Marketing Director Maggie Reimer tells The Macon Telegraph that Betts and Jaimoe Johanson have not been in the same town since 1999, excluding Gregg Allman’s funeral last year.
The Dickey Betts Band and the Devon Allman Project featuring Duane Betts will play at the Macon City Auditorium, and the Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/last-2-original-allman-brothers-to-play-in-georgia/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/last-2-original-allman-brothers-to-play-in-georgia/ The National Park Service says Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District should be placed on the threatened Priority One list. A lengthy report indicates the integrity of the district, which was established in 1966, is in danger. Since the 60s, at least 28 buildings within the district have been demolished and government buildings have been constructed which d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-say-savannahs-national-historic-landmark-district-is-in-danger/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-say-savannahs-national-historic-landmark-district-is-in-danger/ That’s what happened in a Mississippi Walmart on Monday night after three Georgia men went shopping while openly carrying an M-4 assault rifle, a handgun and a machete.
The Commercial Dispatch reports that a Walmart employee called police and then]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/walmart-ousts-3-georgia-men-openly-carrying-rifle-handgun-machete/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/walmart-ousts-3-georgia-men-openly-carrying-rifle-handgun-machete/ 5-year-old Cambria Shuman
 
Now the parents of Cambria Shuman are going to court for answers. An attorney for Cambria’s parents tells News 3 the family has filed a lawsuit against the bu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parents-of-5-year-old-killed-in-liberty-county-bus-crash-file-lawsuit/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parents-of-5-year-old-killed-in-liberty-county-bus-crash-file-lawsuit/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-looking-for-new-tenants-to-run-forsyth-cafe/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-looking-for-new-tenants-to-run-forsyth-cafe/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quotes Gwinnett County authorities as saying in a report that her caretakers and family members, 54-year-old Terry Ward Sorrells and 18-year-old Christian Alexander Sorrells, have been charged with neglect of a disabled adult or elder person.
The report says firefighters were called out to a Sugar Hill home on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-bedridden-woman-found-covered-by-roaches-maggots/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 08:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-bedridden-woman-found-covered-by-roaches-maggots/ Some local organizations have stepped up in the past but Nine Line Apparel is working to give these veterans a whole new set of skills. The Nine Line Foundation’s primary goal is to meet the needs of s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nine-line-foundations-new-initiative-helps-fellow-vets-get-back-on-their-feet/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 04:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nine-line-foundations-new-initiative-helps-fellow-vets-get-back-on-their-feet/ On Wednesday more than 30 members of the Savannah Chatham County Public School System  walked and climbed in the footsteps of those in combat boots
Hunter Army Airfield hosted it first “Day in the Life of a Solider” with the goal of providing staff with an inside look at how life is for military families.
Staff, counselors and teachers teamed up with membe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hunter-army-airfield-hosts-sccpss-for-inaugural-day-in-the-life-of-a-solider/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 01:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hunter-army-airfield-hosts-sccpss-for-inaugural-day-in-the-life-of-a-solider/ Savannah’s Police Chief has a message for more than a dozen local businesses.  They’re accused of serving alcohol to minors during the St. Patrick’s Day Festivities.
Savannah Police and their ABC Unit worked long hours during the two day festival hoping to crackdown on underage drinking.  And, when the celebration was over, they released a long list of businesses cited for selling alcohol to minors.
Here’s the list —
Totally Awesome]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/several-savannah-businesses-cited-for-selling-alcohol-to-minors/Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/several-savannah-businesses-cited-for-selling-alcohol-to-minors/ The street value of what was taken by agents is more than $4 million.
The six month long operation, “Operation Snow Plow” became the largest bust in the history for the Savannah-Chatham Counter Narcotics Team.
“They knocked down a substantial organization within this community, within the Southeast,” said CNT Director Everett Ragan. 
During a joint investigation, CNT, DEA, and supporting ag]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cnt-makes-largest-cocaine-bust-in-chatham-county-history/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cnt-makes-largest-cocaine-bust-in-chatham-county-history/ Linda Smith filed the complaint about four fellow council members. She says they violated a city ethics law by approving a construction waiver for builder Fred Williams.
Port Wentworth Councilwoman Linda Smith has filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission
All four of those councilpeople, Debbie Johnson, Thomas Barbee, Paul Fox and Sheri Dyal, have taken campaign c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-city-councilwoman-files-ethics-complaint/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-city-councilwoman-files-ethics-complaint/ The Cobb County School District had warned students they would be punished, but didn’t specify what that would entail in the weeks leading up to protest.
Wheeler High School walkout organizer Rhea Singi told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the school was inconsistent with the punishment]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-district-doles-out-punishments-for-school-walkout/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-district-doles-out-punishments-for-school-walkout/ Calhoun Mayor James Palmer says residents have asked him whether it’s safe to walk the streets.
Facebook Inc. has been under scrutiny amid complaints about fake news, fake accounts and how its data is used by political groups.
The snake alert]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fake-facebook-post-prompts-fear-complaints-in-georgia-town/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fake-facebook-post-prompts-fear-complaints-in-georgia-town/ According to Tybee Police, Hall was reported missing from a nursing home on Tybee Island and requires medicine.He was last seen wearing gray jogging pants near Kroger at McAlpin Square. He has silver hair and is about 5 feet 8 inches and heavy set.
If seen, call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-report-missing-man-say-he-requires-medicine/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-report-missing-man-say-he-requires-medicine/ He was wearing gray jogging pants near Kroger at McAlpine Square. He has silver hair and is about 5 feet 8 inches and heavy set.
He suffers dementia. If seen, call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-missing-man-with-dementia/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-missing-man-with-dementia/ People also reported large hail and damaging wind.
Here at home, reports of pea-sized hail came in from downtown Savannah yesterday.And larger hail was seen on Hilton Hea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-confirmed-tornadoes-hit-atlanta-area/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-confirmed-tornadoes-hit-atlanta-area/ Michael Anderson is accused of money laundering, mail fraud and making false statements.Anderson, whose family owns Scuba Steve’s Seafood on Highway 80, was indicted on charges he falsely claimed he was losing thousands of dollars in his shrimping business.
Investigators say Anderson wanted federal money to deal with his losses.
They say he cheated the g]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-business-owner-faces-serious-charges-in-federal-court/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-business-owner-faces-serious-charges-in-federal-court/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Margo Kline filed a lawsuit Friday seeking punitive damages and a trial. The lawsuit says Hawks external affairs director David Lee, who is black, promoted a culture of discrimination against white people, and especially white women.
Kline, who is white, worked as a community developm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-hawks-employee-sues-claims-discrimination-against-whites/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-hawks-employee-sues-claims-discrimination-against-whites/ According to the National Safety Council, 40,100 people died on roadways across the nation in 2017. 1,550 died on Georgia roadways last year, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Just three months into 2018 we currently sit at 254 fatalities.
News 3 sat dow]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-your-side-news-3-breaks-down-roadway-death-numbers/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-your-side-news-3-breaks-down-roadway-death-numbers/ Tens of thousands of people in Puerto Rico haven’t fared as well. After Hurricane Maria, millions on the island were out of power for the coming weeks and months.
Tuesday marks the six month anniversary since the monster Category Four storm made landfall on the island killing 64, thoug]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/its-still-pretty-bad-over-there-savannah-family-on-puerto-rico-six-months-after-maria/Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/its-still-pretty-bad-over-there-savannah-family-on-puerto-rico-six-months-after-maria/ A total of 129 people were arrested during “Operation Lucky Charms” this weekend.
The majority of those arrests involved drugs and alcohol.
During the three days from Thursday to Sunday, Port Wentworth Police arrested 36 people for DUI, made 35 drug arrests, and captured two wanted felons.
“Our number one goal is that everyone is going where they want to go safely,” said Sgt Nathan Jentzen. “]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-lucky-charms-nets-drugs-guns-suspects/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-lucky-charms-nets-drugs-guns-suspects/ Claxton was asked for his resignation at the last council meeting by Mayor Gary Norton at the request of four of the six Port Wentworth Council members.
Debbie Johnson, Thomas Barbee, Paul Fox and Sheri Dyal all demanded the city’s longtime administrator be let go.
Port Wentworth Councilman Thomas Barbee
Port Wen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-government-trouble-at-the-top/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-government-trouble-at-the-top/ Midday thunderstorms brought hail along with them. Pea-sized hail was reported on parts of Hilton Head Island while egg-sized hail fell on Daufuskie Island.
Around 3:00 p.m. Savannah’s Eastside even saw a bit of a hail/rain mixture, which only lasted for a few minutes. Hail in South CarolinaHail (Glenn's Green Daufuskie Cottage) Egg-sized hail on Daufuskie Island (v]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-weather-brings-hail-to-coastal-empire-lowcountry/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-weather-brings-hail-to-coastal-empire-lowcountry/ The season officially kicked off at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, and along with it came midday thunderstorms — and even hail.
Pea-sized hail was reported on parts of Hilton Head Island while egg-sized hail fell on Daufuskie Island.
Around 3:00 p.m. Savannah’s Eastside even saw a bit of a hail/rain mixture, which only lasted for a few minutes. Hail i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-weather-brings-hail-on-first-day-of-spring/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-weather-brings-hail-on-first-day-of-spring/ The Georgia Southern Athletics Department is looking for a new Public Address Announcer for this year’s football season.
The voice of Allen E. Paulson Stadium will help provide a memorable game day experience for students, athletes, coaches and Eagles fans.
They’re looking for a strong vocal talent, preferably with previous experience, who can follow the game and r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-accepting-applications-for-new-football-pa-announcer/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-accepting-applications-for-new-football-pa-announcer/ An all-white jury in 1977 convicted Johnny Gates of raping and murdering a white woman and sentenced him to die. He has since been resentenced to life in prison without parole.
In a court filing Monday, his lawyers describe newly disclosed prosecution trial notes from capital]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-man-convicted-by-all-white-jury-seeks-new-trial/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-man-convicted-by-all-white-jury-seeks-new-trial/ The aquarium made the announcement Tuesday. Plans call for the saltwater exhibit to feature floor-to-ceiling windows, and the aquarium says that potential species being considered include hammerheads, sand tiger]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fins-up-georgia-aquarium-to-create-shark-habitat-in-atlanta/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fins-up-georgia-aquarium-to-create-shark-habitat-in-atlanta/ Andrew Spencer takes us through some of the more heavily damaged areas.
Severe thunderstorms and tornado watches forced people to take shelter, Monday night in parts of the Southeastern U.S.
Despite reports of tornadoes and numerous lightning strikes, most people seem to have avoided the worst of the damage. However, some isolated spots got hit very hard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/possible-tornadoes-damage-reported-in-georgia-alabama-tennessee/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/possible-tornadoes-damage-reported-in-georgia-alabama-tennessee/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/red-cross-wants-you-to-be-prepared-for-severe-weather/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/red-cross-wants-you-to-be-prepared-for-severe-weather/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a DeKalb County judge sentenced Donte Alexander Grant on Monday.
County District Attorney spokeswoman Yvette Jones says the Covington man had pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide and a charge of driving while under the influence of marijuana. Grant will get five years of probation once he is relea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-sentenced-2015-dui-crash-killed-married-couple/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-sentenced-2015-dui-crash-killed-married-couple/ City of Savannah, Director of Sustainability says, “the project is being done in support of the savannah forward strategic plan. which has a goal to convert 15% of the city’s vehicles fleet to alternative fuel,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-looks-to-add-new-electric-vehicles-to-fleet-by-2023/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-looks-to-add-new-electric-vehicles-to-fleet-by-2023/ But many of you have been asking how much that “fun” cost taxpayers.
“I was looking forward to him being here,” said Mayor Eddie DeLoach. “It just puts us on another platform as far as the nation’s concerned on what we can deliver and what we can do as a city.”
Though not everyone was as exci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-much-did-pences-visit-cost-city-of-savannah/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-much-did-pences-visit-cost-city-of-savannah/ But many of you have been asking how much that “fun” cost taxpayers.
“I was looking forward to him being here,” said Mayor Eddie DeLoach. “It just puts us on another platform as far as the nation’s concerned on what we can deliver and what we can do as a city.”
Though not everyone was as exci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-much-did-pence-visit-cost-city-of-savannah/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-much-did-pence-visit-cost-city-of-savannah/ A city news release Monday said costs included $2,900 to install new red carpet in Mayor Eddie DeLoach’s conference room and on City Hall’s second-floor balcony. Officials also spent $1,000 for a structural assessment of the balcony to ensure it was safe before DeLoach and Pence used it to watch some of the St. Patrick&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-spent-4512-sprucing-up-city-hall-for-pence-visit/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-spent-4512-sprucing-up-city-hall-for-pence-visit/ The House voted 173-1 on Monday in favor of the bill, which legislators say will help public safety.
The legislation says those who win at least $250,000 and submit a written request can prevent their name from being publicly released.
The measure easily passed the Senate last month. But before the bill goes to the governor, senators must approve minor wording changes.
Rep. R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-backs-push-to-keep-lottery-winners-anonymous/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-backs-push-to-keep-lottery-winners-anonymous/ The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that department investigators are looking into the death of Valdosta State Prison inmate Benjamin Snyder. The agency says Snyder was pronounced dead just after 10 a.m. Friday.
Snyder was sentenced to prison in 2013 in Richmond County after he was convicted of making terroristic threats.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-say-georgia-inmate-died-after-fight/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-say-georgia-inmate-died-after-fight/ Advocates and lawmakers held a news conference inside the state Capitol on Monday and questioned why the bill, which passed the House overwhelmingly last month, has not received a Senate committee hearing.
Rep. David Clark, the bill&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/medical-marijuana-advocates-fuming-over-georgia-ptsd-bill/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/medical-marijuana-advocates-fuming-over-georgia-ptsd-bill/ The beautiful square is a hot spot for festival-goers to experience the parade every year, but city leaders explained to News 3 that it’s also a popular place for many underage drinkers.
Last week, Savannah police told News 3 that they were going to amp up its law enforcement presence in the area, as well as place new trash and recycle bins in the squar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chippewa-square-trashed-after-st-patricks-day-parade/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chippewa-square-trashed-after-st-patricks-day-parade/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fashion-show-fundraiser-benefits-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fashion-show-fundraiser-benefits-childrens-miracle-network-hospitals/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said on Twitter Monday morning that the trooper shot a person who has been taken to a hospital. The agency says the trooper is “ok,” and that the condition of the wounded person was unknown.
No other details were immediately released.
Hapeville is about 7 miles (11 kilometer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-state-trooper-involved-in-shooting-near-atlanta/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-state-trooper-involved-in-shooting-near-atlanta/ 1:15 p.m.
A strong thunderstorm has begun dropping hail in northern Mississippi as the Southeast braces for a round of storms that threaten to bring strong tornadoes.
In Mississippi on Monday, the National Weather Service reports hail near Ripley, while radar indicates hail fell along a 50-mile path from Holly Springs to Booneville. The storm has tracked all the way across the state from west]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-storm-brings-hail-to-northern-mississippi/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-storm-brings-hail-to-northern-mississippi/ 11:20 a.m.
Forecasters say there’s increasing confidence that strong tornadoes could rumble across parts of the South – especially northern Alabama.
In a mid-morning update Monday, the national Storm Prediction Center said the risk appeared increasingly likely for “several tornadic supercells” to traverse northern parts of Alabama.
The region is in the bulls-eye of a la]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/confidence-rises-that-twisters-will-strike-south/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/confidence-rises-that-twisters-will-strike-south/ News outlets report that a total of 10 horses decided to take to the streets and ended up blocking traffic on Highway 78 near North DeKalb Mall on Saturday morning.
Motorists came to a standstill as police blocked off traffic to ensure the safety of the motorists and the horses.
Police were on the scene at 9 a.m. trying to contain them, and all lanes were open by 9:30 a.m.
Little Cre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-horses-block-traffic-on-georgia-highway/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-horses-block-traffic-on-georgia-highway/ Forecasters warned that the storms could threaten more than 29 million people, raising the risk of powerful tornadoes, damaging winds and hail the size of tennis balls.
Cities in northern Alabama reported power outages, and the National Weather Service in Huntsville reported at least three confirmed tornadoes in the area.
In Limestone County, an Alabama cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-storms-spawn-tornadoes-damage-homes-in-southeast-us/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/severe-storms-spawn-tornadoes-damage-homes-in-southeast-us/ The national Storm Prediction Center said large parts of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee and a small portion of northeast Mississippi would be under a tornado threat Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Forecasters said enhanced risk of severe storms covers Nashville and Chattanooga in Tennessee; and Birmingham, Hunt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/damaging-hail-and-tornadoes-threatened-for-southeast-us/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/damaging-hail-and-tornadoes-threatened-for-southeast-us/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-police-id-man-found-dead-in-car/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-county-police-id-man-found-dead-in-car/ Pooler Police are investigating a motorcycle crash on Interstate 95 from Pooler Parkway to Highway 80.
Traffic was at a complete standstill for hours as police investigated the scene.
Witnesses say a truck collided with the motorcycle.
News 3 will keep you updated.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-motorcycle-crash-on-i-95/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-motorcycle-crash-on-i-95/ According to Pooler police, the driver of a dark-colored Ford Mustang, model 2010-2014, struck a motorcyclist and left the scene on Pooler Parkway and Highway 80 (mile marker 103).
Scene of the motorcycle vs. vehicle accident.
The victim died at the scene around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday night.
Police are looking for the Ford Mustang, which may have front-end damage.
Traffic w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-deadly-hit-and-run-on-i-95/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-deadly-hit-and-run-on-i-95/ According to detectives with Savannah Police Department, a physical fight broke out between Joshua DeMuro, 26, and Kevin Gilman, 33 around 9:30 p.m. on March 18.
SPD says the two men knew each other.
During the altercation police say DeMuro fatally shot Gilman. Gilman was pronounced dead at the scene in the 8700 block of Hurst Avenue.
DeMuro has been charged with murder and transported to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-id-victim-suspect-in-hurst-avenue-homicide/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-id-victim-suspect-in-hurst-avenue-homicide/ Violent Crimes detectives are investigating this incident as a homicide. This shooting does not appear to be random. The circumstances surrounding this incident remain under investigation.
The name will be released once next of kin is notified.
Anyone with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-deadly-shooting-on-hurst-ave/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-deadly-shooting-on-hurst-ave/ Officers are on the scene of a deadly shooting in the 8700 block of Hurst Avenue.
A man was pronounced dead on the scene.
Witnesses called 911 after hearing gunshots.
Savannah Police detectives interviewed several witnesses on the scene for hours.
News 3 will continue to update this story.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-deadly-shooting/Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-deadly-shooting/ WABE Radio reports that bamboo makes up 98 to 99 percent of pandas’ diets.
The zoo’s pandas consume an enormous amount of it — more than 200 pounds between all four of them together — every day.
It’s harvested from Georgia yards by the zoo’s bamboo team.
The bamboo team only uses hand tools such as loppers and handsaws — no motors or gas. They cut]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bamboo-buffet-food-for-hungry-pandas-is-grown-in-backyards/Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bamboo-buffet-food-for-hungry-pandas-is-grown-in-backyards/ Republican Rep. Ed Setzler of Acworth says the measure will ensure election results can be audited and bolster voter confidence. The measure has already passed the Senate.
Georgia currently uses a system that lacks a clear record of voter intent, making it difficult to audit or verify results, according to Marian Schneider, pres]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-mull-paper-ballot-voting-system/Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-mull-paper-ballot-voting-system/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/slideshow-savannah-st-patricks-day-parade-2018/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/slideshow-savannah-st-patricks-day-parade-2018/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia’s congressional delegation cites the city’s proximity to technology firms, universities, military bases and the world’s busiest airport.
The Army Futures Command is part of the military’s efforts to restructure how it researches, develops and acquires new equipment.
Military officials have said there are &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-leaders-pitch-atlanta-as-site-for-new-army-command/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-leaders-pitch-atlanta-as-site-for-new-army-command/ 1 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence has left Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day parade after walking a short leg of the procession.
Pence paused briefly to shake hands with supporters Saturday while walking about 1/3 mile from City Hall and around two of the city’s oak-shaded squares. He hugged one woman standing with a Trump sign. And the vice president took a group selfie wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pence-leaves-st-patricks-day-parade/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pence-leaves-st-patricks-day-parade/ 10:30 a.m.
Vice President Mike Pence has joined the sprawling St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Georgia’s oldest city.
Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, strolled onto the second-floor balcony of Savannah’s City Hall late Saturday morning. They were accompanied by Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach.
Crowds behind barricades across the street cheered and chanted “U-S-A&rd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pence-joins-savannahs-st-patricks-day-party/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pence-joins-savannahs-st-patricks-day-party/ The message reads, “Most often the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade is the main element in Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, however, with majority of the brigade supporting operations in Afghanistan we want to show our support to the City of Savannah Government. Without the support of our community leaders, families and friends around Hunter A]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3rd-combat-aviation-brigade-shares-st-pats-shoutout-from-afghanistan/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3rd-combat-aviation-brigade-shares-st-pats-shoutout-from-afghanistan/ The group will meet up with Mayor Eddie DeLoach at Savannah City Hall to watch the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade where they have rolled out the red carpet for his visit.
On our way to Savannah! Glad that my mom, Nancy Pence-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vp-mike-pence-brings-wife-mother-to-savannah-for-parade/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vp-mike-pence-brings-wife-mother-to-savannah-for-parade/ Pfc. Dylan Kelly, 21, an armor vehicle crewman assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, was assigned to 3rd Infantry Division. Kelly served in the Army for 15 months and Fort Stewart was his first assignment. Kelly is from Benton, Illinois, and is survived by his father and stepmother.
The incident occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, evening on Highway]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-stewart-soldier-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-near-statesboro/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-stewart-soldier-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-near-statesboro/ Megan Parrish said she and her family get to town several days early to camp out in order to grab their traditional spot. She even brought her boyfriend, Jesse Mills, to town for his first Savannah St. Patrick’s Day pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-early-morning-parade-land-grab-turns-to-marriage-proposal/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-early-morning-parade-land-grab-turns-to-marriage-proposal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/from-parking-to-crowds-some-locals-say-theyd-rather-skip-the-parade/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/from-parking-to-crowds-some-locals-say-theyd-rather-skip-the-parade/ One drink on-street limit: $121Size limited 16 ounces: $150Drinking from can, bottle or glass: $150Drinking alcohol in a parked motor vehicle: $150Unlawful for minor to drink/possess alcohol: $250Consumption of alcohol in Festival Area  without req]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-the-cost-for-ignoring-rules-sheriff-announces-misdemeanor-fines-for-st-pats/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-the-cost-for-ignoring-rules-sheriff-announces-misdemeanor-fines-for-st-pats/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/saint-patricks-day-weekend-kicks-off-with-huge-crowds-in-city-market/Sat, 17 Mar 2018 04:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/saint-patricks-day-weekend-kicks-off-with-huge-crowds-in-city-market/ According to Long/Ludowici Volunteer Fire and Rescue Chief Chris Moss, the fire began to get out of control at the home on Stafford Dairy Road around 2:00 p.m.
Due to windy conditions, the flames spread to a two-story residence as well as 3 vehicles and a nearby storage shed.
Firefighter Ray Purcell said the residence was fully engulfed in flam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trash-fire-burns-out-of-control-destroys-long-county-home/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trash-fire-burns-out-of-control-destroys-long-county-home/ Federal prosecutors said in a news release Friday that 30-year-old Joe L. Fletcher of Akron is charged with illegally possessing a communication device inside a federal prison.
Prosecutors say Fletcher, who had convictions for drug and gun charges, arrived at the federal prison in Atlanta in January. Later that month, they say, he posted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/feds-inmate-posted-video-online-using-contraband-phone/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/feds-inmate-posted-video-online-using-contraband-phone/ The Daily Citizen-News reports 53-year-old Jesse Randal Davidson was released from jail in Whitfield County on the bond Thursday afternoon. District Attorney Bert Poston says Davidson will remain in custody at a mental health facility rather than in jail.
Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier says Davidson fired a snub-nos]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-in-classroom-released-from-jail-on-bond/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-in-classroom-released-from-jail-on-bond/ On Wednesday, the city announced a list of items that would be prohibited in the “Enhanced Security Zone.”
City spokesperson Michelle Gavin said she misspoke when she announced on Wednesday that signs would be prohibited in the secure]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-city-says-it-will-allow-signs-for-parade-after-aclu-announces-lawsuit/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-city-says-it-will-allow-signs-for-parade-after-aclu-announces-lawsuit/ The Daily Citizen-News reports 53-year-old Jesse Randal Davidson was released from jail in Whitfield County on the bond Thursday afternoon. District Attorney Bert Poston says Davidson will remain in custody at a mental health facility rather than in jail.
Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier says Davidson fired a snub-nos]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-at-school-released-from-jail/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-at-school-released-from-jail/ Bill Halstead, the father of 7-year-old Tripp Halstead, tells WSB-TV that his son died Thursday. Stacy Halstead, Tripp’s mother, says in Facebook post that he died at a hospital after fighting an infection.Tripp was 2 years old when the branch fell and hit him while he was at the playground of his day care in Winder on Oct. 29, 2012. He suffered brain damage,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tripp-halstead-georgia-boy-struck-by-falling-tree-branch-5-years-ago-dies/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tripp-halstead-georgia-boy-struck-by-falling-tree-branch-5-years-ago-dies/ 10:35 p.m.
Georgia has put to death a man known as the “stocking strangler,” who was convicted of raping and killing older women in attacks that terrorized a small city decades ago.
The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said 67-year-old Carlton Gary was pronounced dead at 10:33 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Jackson. He was the first inmate exe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-executes-man-dubbed-stocking-strangler/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-executes-man-dubbed-stocking-strangler/ In the midst of the pomp and parade, one Rincon teen wants to raise awareness about a dark side to the holiday.
In his freshman year at South Effingham High School, Darius Scott, entered a speech contest. He and his mom were looking for a topic to raise awareness about an unspoken issue in society.
Human Trafficking came across their radar and once Darius Scott cam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rincon-teen-to-use-saint-patricks-day-to-sound-alarm-on-human-trafficking/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rincon-teen-to-use-saint-patricks-day-to-sound-alarm-on-human-trafficking/ Bill Halstead, the father of 7-year-old Tripp Halstead, tells WSB-TV that his son died Thursday. Stacy Halstead, Tripp’s mother, says in Facebook post that he died at a hospital after fighting an infection.
Tripp was 2 years old when the branch fell and hit him while he was at the playground of his day care in Winder on Oct. 29, 2012. He suffered brain damage, remained]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parents-georgia-boy-struck-by-tree-branch-in-2012-has-died/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parents-georgia-boy-struck-by-tree-branch-in-2012-has-died/ Some say they are proud to have Mr. Pence in the parade Saturday. Others say it will be a security nightmare.
“I don’t think he’s on the list of what we’re looking for, I think we’re just looking to enjoy the parade and the atmosphere,” says one resident.
“It’s gonna be a traffic nightmare, you know how much security]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-reacts-to-vice-president-pences-upcoming-visit-for-st-patricks-day/Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-reacts-to-vice-president-pences-upcoming-visit-for-st-patricks-day/ Three longtime officers were promoted to lieutenant.
Sergeants Brian Hood, Shawn Myers, and Lindsey Talley were all described as dedicated professionals.
Lt Shawn Myers and his family
Lt Lindsey Talley and her family
Their families were all on hand to pin the officers with their new badges.
Sergeant Talley was actually pinned by her husband Chris, who was just promoted to Lieutenant in the Savannah Police Departmen]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garden-city-promotes-3-long-time-officers/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garden-city-promotes-3-long-time-officers/ “We don’t want this to happen to anyone else, and we don’t want this individual to keep doing this,” Savannah Police Detective Kristen Davis.
What police say Kimberlie Nieves Colon is doing is using someone else’s credit card to go on a shopping spree.“It started at Planet Fitness where individuals broke into a car and stole a bag that had personal identification items, credi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-18-year-old-fraud-suspect/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-18-year-old-fraud-suspect/ Remington “Remi” Walden died in 2012 after the Jeep Grand Cherokee he was riding in was hit from behind and burst into flames. The boy’s parents argued the company’s rear-mounted fuel tank design showed reckless disregard for human life.
Fiat Chrysler had asked the Georgia Supreme Co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-court-rules-against-fiat-chrysler-in-jeep-fire-case/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-court-rules-against-fiat-chrysler-in-jeep-fire-case/ Morris Ellis was extradited to Winder, Georgia, on Tuesday after he was arrested in his hometown of Vestavia Hills, Alabama.
The family of 63-year-old Danny Payne tells WSB-TV that he’s on life support after suffering a severe head injury in the March 3 attack.
A Barrow County Sheriff’s statement says Ellis confronted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parking-spot-fight-leaves-1-jailed-another-on-life-support/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parking-spot-fight-leaves-1-jailed-another-on-life-support/ Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner is now scheduled to stand trial Oct. 15. Her trial was to start next week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Epps ordered the change Thursday.
The delay allows more time for pretrial motions. Also pending is a ruling by the judge on whether Winner’s confession to FBI agents can be used as evidence.
Winner]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-postpones-trial-of-woman-charged-with-leaking-secrets/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-postpones-trial-of-woman-charged-with-leaking-secrets/ Twenty-four suspects are facing charges after a multi-agency investigation which uncovered five kilos of cocaine, some thirty pounds of marijuana and dozens of guns.
The investigation also turned crack cocaine and more than $60,000 in cash.
Eric Hall, 45, of Brunswick
All but one of those suspects were arrested on Tuesday. Authorities are still searching&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/24-charged-in-glynn-county-drug-bust-1-suspect-at-large/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/24-charged-in-glynn-county-drug-bust-1-suspect-at-large/ 5:30 p.m.
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to stop the scheduled execution of a man dubbed the “stocking strangler.”
Sixty-seven-year-old Carlton Gary is scheduled to be put to death at 7 p.m. EDT. He was convicted of raping and killing three elderly women in 1977. Prosecutors said he was also responsible for six other attacks, four of them fatal. All of the vi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-high-court-declines-to-stop-execution/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-high-court-declines-to-stop-execution/ 10:35 p.m.
Georgia has put to death a man known as the “stocking strangler,” who was convicted of raping and killing older women in attacks that terrorized a small city decades ago.
The office of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said 67-year-old Carlton Gary was pronounced dead at 10:33 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Jackson. He was the first inmate exe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-executes-man-dubbed-stocking-strangler/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-executes-man-dubbed-stocking-strangler/ 11:35 a.m.
A Georgia death row inmate whose execution is scheduled for Thursday says he is dissatisfied with his attorneys and has asked a judge to postpone his execution and appoint a new lawyer.
Carlton Gary, now 67 years old, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening. He was convicted of raping and killing three elderly women in 1977.
In a handwritten motion filed Thur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-condemned-georgia-inmate-asks-for-new-attorney/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-condemned-georgia-inmate-asks-for-new-attorney/ WTOC-TV reports the 24 charged in the ring are accused of selling cocaine and marijuana for years in southeast Georgia. Federal and local Glynn County agencies announced the Tuesday arrests and seizure of about $150,000 worth of drugs and guns at a Wednesday news conference.
Twenty-three people were arrested, but authorities are still searching for Eric Hall, of Brunswick.
Glynn C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-sought-23-arrested-in-georgia-drug-trafficking-ring-bust/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-sought-23-arrested-in-georgia-drug-trafficking-ring-bust/ DeKalb County police say three men broke into the man’s Decatur home just after midnight on Thursday. Lt. Rod Bryant says the break-in may not have been a random incident, but did not explain why.
Bryant tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the armed intruders fired at the man, who then got his own gun and fired back. A masked intrud]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-man-kills-intruders-during-possibly-planned-attack/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-man-kills-intruders-during-possibly-planned-attack/ Twenty-three-year-old Antonio DE’Juan “Caesar” Walker surrendered to police Wednesday in the slaying of 21-year-old Monterrius Malik Dugger.
Dugger was shot twice in the chest early Sunday morning at a house party in Macon and later died at a hospital. Two other people were wounded and in stable condition as of Monday.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says Walker]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-charged-with-murder-for-fatal-shooting-at-georgia-party/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-charged-with-murder-for-fatal-shooting-at-georgia-party/ Students at Savannah Arts Academy participated in a National School Walkout one month after the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The demonstration lasted 17 minutes, one minute for each life lost on Valentine’s Day.
“Our school should not be a cemetery. It should be a place of learning,&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-arts-academy-students-participate-in-national-walkout/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-arts-academy-students-participate-in-national-walkout/ Carlton Gary, 67, is scheduled to die by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson. He would be the first inmate executed by Georgia this year.
Gary was convicted in 1986 on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-plans-to-execute-man-known-as-stocking-strangler/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-plans-to-execute-man-known-as-stocking-strangler/ Carlton Gary, 67, was put to death by injection of compounded pentobarbital, a barbiturate, at the state prison in Jackson. He was the first inmate executed by Georgia this year.
Strapped to a gurney with his eyes closed, Gary didn’t respond when Warden Eric Sellers asked if he wished to ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-executes-man-known-as-the-stocking-strangler/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-executes-man-known-as-the-stocking-strangler/ Sixty-seven-year-old Carlton Gary is scheduled to become Georgia’s first inmate executed this year, via an injection planned Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson.
Gary was convicted of three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1st-georgia-execution-of-2018-set-with-stocking-strangler/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1st-georgia-execution-of-2018-set-with-stocking-strangler/ While city leaders met Wednesday to discuss the Vice President’s visit leaders of the LGBT community met to discuss how they’ll welcome Pence to the hostess city; despite a conflict of political opinion. Leaders of the local LGBT community say they are troubled the city has invited someone who practices such ‘discriminatory measures.’ Many say it brings a slight level of discomfort to their diverse community.
But, they say they will not prote]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lgbt-community-responds-to-vice-president-pences-visit-for-st-patricks-day-weekend/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lgbt-community-responds-to-vice-president-pences-visit-for-st-patricks-day-weekend/ In Ridgeland, firefighters responded to a call Wednesday afternoon; a brush fire started off Washboard Lane just feet from a home.
“It’s really a lack of education. Sometimes, people underestimate how fast fire can spread,” said Henry Criss with the Ridgeland Fire Dept., “They think, you know, I’v]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/weather-conditions-prompt-outdoor-fire-danger/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 01:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/weather-conditions-prompt-outdoor-fire-danger/ The anniversary culminated in the National Walkout. The goal was have students walk out of class for 17 minutes representing the 17 lives lost on Valentine’s Day.
At Islands High School students had several options on how they could remember the fallen.
At 10:00 a.m. close to 100 students chose to walk out the front doors of the school and gathered around the fron]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/islands-high-school-takes-part-in-the-national-walkout/Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/islands-high-school-takes-part-in-the-national-walkout/ Timing was everything in the hunt Friday at the Candler Road landfill in Hall County where truck after truck dumps about 300 tons of trash a day.
From a frantic phone call, solid waste crews were able to narrow down the trash arrival with one woman’s treasure.
They had one clue to go on — the trash bag was bla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/workers-recover-100k-in-diamonds-woman-accidentally-trashed/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/workers-recover-100k-in-diamonds-woman-accidentally-trashed/ Tai-ri Darnell Crocker, 33, is accused of shooting 34-year-old Jeffrey Raymond at the Baymont Inn and Suites on Friday.
He was arrested later that day in South Carolina and was transported to Bulloch County on Tuesday.
Crocker is expected to go before the grand jury in May.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-bond-for-statesboro-homicide-suspect/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-bond-for-statesboro-homicide-suspect/ Police said Wednesday that no party tents, coolers, purses or outside drinks other than bottled water will be allowed in the secured zone for Pence’s visit. It covers a short leg of the 2.25-mile (3.6-kilometer) parade route. But it’s an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-worried-about-the-fun-as-pence-comes-to-st-pats/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-worried-about-the-fun-as-pence-comes-to-st-pats/ It was billed as a walkout, though neither chamber was in session at the time.
Wearing orange ribbons and holding pictures of the 17 people killed in last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, dozens of lawmakers observed a moment of silence and called on the Georgia General Assembly to tak]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/democratic-lawmakers-stage-walkout-at-georgia-capitol/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/democratic-lawmakers-stage-walkout-at-georgia-capitol/ Since then, students around the country have been speaking out, trying to get the attention of lawmakers; asking them to enact stricter gun control laws.
The walkout began at 10 a.m. nationwide and is planned to last 17 minutes–that is one minute for each of the lives lost one month ago. The Parkland vict]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-news-3-team-coverage-of-national-student-walkout-day/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-news-3-team-coverage-of-national-student-walkout-day/ Pfc. Mario Figueroa-Flores was sentenced to 10 years confinement and discharged from the Army dishonorably.
He was arrested in April 2017 after a joint investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Command, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.  The investigation found that he had been obtaining coc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-stewart-soldier-sentenced-for-cocaine-trafficking/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-stewart-soldier-sentenced-for-cocaine-trafficking/ Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that a grand jury indicted Jun Ying, the former chief information officer of Equifax’s U.S. Information Solutions.
They say Ying exercised all his available stock options and sold his Equifax stock after he received information in late August that caused him to realiz]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-equifax-executive-charged-with-insider-trading/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-equifax-executive-charged-with-insider-trading/ Hall County Solid Waste Director Johnnie Vickers tells WSB-TV a woman made a distraught call into one landfill Friday saying she had accidentally thrown out her jewelry. Vickers says timing is everything in the game to recover something.
He assembled a team of five employe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/100k-in-jewelry-recovered-from-nearly-10-tons-of-trash/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/100k-in-jewelry-recovered-from-nearly-10-tons-of-trash/ Fannin County Fire Chief Larry Thomas tells news outlets that 47-year-old Stanley Henson had been driving his personal truck in Dawson County to his other job Monday afternoon. State Patrol Trooper Chris Jones says Henson died at the scene and that his death was an accident based on the weather.
Thomas says Henson worked with him at a car crash hours before he died. Henson was with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/volunteer-firefighter-killed-wind-toppled-tree-on-his-truck/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/volunteer-firefighter-killed-wind-toppled-tree-on-his-truck/ Carlton Gary, 67, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at the state prison in Jackson in what would be Georgia’s first execution this year. He was convicted in 1986 on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawyer-stocking-strangler-inmate-should-not-be-executed/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 06:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawyer-stocking-strangler-inmate-should-not-be-executed/ The State Board of Pardons and Paroles plans to hold a closed-door clemency hearing Wednesday for Carlton Gary. The 67-year-old inmate is scheduled to die Thursday.
Gary was convicted on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of 89-year-old Florence Scheible]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/board-to-hold-clemency-hearing-for-condemned-georgia-inmate/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 06:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/board-to-hold-clemency-hearing-for-condemned-georgia-inmate/ Some residents on Whitemarsh, Wilmington, Talahi and Oatland Islands are working hard and taking money out of their own pockets to make it happen. “Well we’ve been raising money and actually we’re over 20,000 an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/islands-residents-continue-to-push-for-incorporation/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 04:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/islands-residents-continue-to-push-for-incorporation/ Some residents on Whitemarsh, Wilmington, Talahi and Oatland Islands are working hard and taking money out of their own pockets to make it happen. “Well we’ve been raising money and actually we’re over 20,000 an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/island-residents-continue-to-push-for-incorporation/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 04:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/island-residents-continue-to-push-for-incorporation/ Police obtained warrants for the arrest of Tai-ri Darnell Crocker, 33, of Lithia Springs in connection with a homicide that occurred Friday, March 9.
Crocker is accused of shooting and killing 34-year-old Jeffrey Raymond at the Baymont Inn and Suites early that morning.
He was apprehended later on Friday in South Carolina where he was awaiting ext]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/homicide-suspect-transported-to-bulloch-county-awaits-first-court-appearance/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/homicide-suspect-transported-to-bulloch-county-awaits-first-court-appearance/ Thousands are expected to take action in memory of those lost, rallying around one word — enough.
It’s being called The National School Walkout, and so far more than 1,000 protests are planned to be held March 14 to mourn the victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Students are encouraged to walk out of school for se]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/area-schools-prepare-for-national-school-walkout/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/area-schools-prepare-for-national-school-walkout/ According to Gena Bilbo, Effingham County spokesperson, no injuries were reported.
Four people were believed to be on board.
Emergency officials have made contact with the crew and are trying to locate the aircraft.
This story is developing. Stay with News 3 for updates.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-in-effingham-county/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-in-effingham-county/ Atlanta police tell news outlets two women returning home around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday found the boy, who approached their car and said he was cold. An Atlanta police overnight commander said the child wasn’t dressed for the weather, clad in only a sweatshirt and pants. He’s believed to be 4 or 5 years old.
Police later determined he had been left with babysitters who had]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/young-atlanta-boy-found-wandering-in-freezing-weather/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/young-atlanta-boy-found-wandering-in-freezing-weather/ Katie Byrd, spokeswoman for the office of Attorney General Chris Carr, confirmed in an email Tuesday that the office had referred the matter to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
WSB-TV reported last week that a string of text messages showed an Atlanta city spokeswo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-that-atlanta-hindered-records-request-draws-scrutiny/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-that-atlanta-hindered-records-request-draws-scrutiny/ News outlets report DeKalb County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said 39-year-old Charvez Ryals turned himself in Tuesday in connection with the Saturday shooting death of 31-year-old Daniel Wise.
Wise’s friend Robbie Johnson told news outlets they had gone to pick up Wise’s children and gunfire erupted after they put th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-father-of-3-fatally-shot-during-custody-exchange/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-father-of-3-fatally-shot-during-custody-exchange/ WALB-TV reports that the Worth County Grand Jury indicted Kanazawa “Nard” Albritten, Brent Miller and Bryan “Bam” Morris on Monday morning. Prosecutors say the south Georgia men had 28 grams of methamphetamine, with a street value of thousands.
The indictment also named Brandi Davis for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana.
It’s unclear whether they have lawyers.
___]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-georgia-men-indicted-on-meth-trafficking-charges/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-georgia-men-indicted-on-meth-trafficking-charges/ Police had been searching for Heavenlee Benjamin for more than a week before finding her Tuesday. Heavenlee went missing from the Readfield foster home late last month.
The Kennebec (KEH’-nuh-bek) Journal reports Maine state police were working with Georgia authorities to charge 35-year-old Robert Gooden with crim]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-missing-girl-found-man-who-took-her-kills-himself/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-missing-girl-found-man-who-took-her-kills-himself/ Police had been searching for Heavenlee Benjamin for more than a week before finding her Tuesday. She went missing from the Readfield, Maine, foster home late last month.
The Kennebec Journal reports Maine State Police were working with Georgia authorities to charge 35-year-old Robert Gooden with criminal rest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-girl-found-man-who-took-her-fatally-shoots-self/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-girl-found-man-who-took-her-fatally-shoots-self/ Officers spotted him and engaged him in a second pursuit that was caught on camera.
It all started Saturday morning at 8:30 when police say Malik Yancey, 17, sped by them going 96 miles per hour–where the speed limit is 45–on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Suwanee.
They say he was driving a stolen car out of DeKalb County.
Police tr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/caught-on-cam-ga-teen-leads-cops-on-wild-car-chase/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/caught-on-cam-ga-teen-leads-cops-on-wild-car-chase/ City spokeswoman Michelle Gavin announced at a news conference Tuesday that Pence and members of his family will join Mayor Eddie DeLoach for the festivities on Saturday. No other details were immediately available.
Irish immigrants and their descendants have been celebrating the March 17 holiday in Savannah since 18]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mike-pence-to-visit-savannah-georgia-for-st-patricks-day/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mike-pence-to-visit-savannah-georgia-for-st-patricks-day/ VP Mike Pence will join Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach in welcoming parade participants and parade goers.
“It’s a true honor to welcome Vice President Pence to our beautiful city,” said Mayor DeLoach in a news release. “We are excited to showcase our City and this parade to the Vice President and our]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vp-mike-pence-joining-savannah-leaders-for-st-patricks-day-parade/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vp-mike-pence-joining-savannah-leaders-for-st-patricks-day-parade/  ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-vp-mike-pence-will-join-savannah-leaders-for-st-patricks-day-parade/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-vp-mike-pence-will-join-savannah-leaders-for-st-patricks-day-parade/ Claud “Tex” McIver, who’s 75, faces charges including murder in the September 2016 death of 64-year-old Diane McIver.
Tex McIver was a partner at a prominent law firm and vice chair of the state election board. Diane McIver was president of U.S. Enterprises Inc., the parent company of Corey Airport Services, where she had worked for 43 years.
A prosecutor t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whether-lawyer-shot-wife-on-purpose-is-key-question-at-trial/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whether-lawyer-shot-wife-on-purpose-is-key-question-at-trial/ An Associated Press investigation finds that sex assault cases occurring where military kids live and learn often die on the desks of prosecutors. Criminal investigators shelved an unknown number of reports.
Instead of punishment or rehabilitation, offenders]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-least-24-kid-on-kid-sex-assault-cases-on-bases-in-georgia/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-least-24-kid-on-kid-sex-assault-cases-on-bases-in-georgia/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/incorporate-the-islands-to-hold-meeting-tuesday-night-at-630/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/incorporate-the-islands-to-hold-meeting-tuesday-night-at-630/ Cobb County fire Lt. Dan Dupree tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a statement that 44-year-old Stacey Leigh Boulware died early Monday roughly two hours after passing her physical training. Dupree says the 19-year veteran of the department had responded to two calls before collapsing at a fire station in Vinings.
Boulware died at a Marietta hospital. One of the calls she responded to Monday invo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-area-firefighter-collapses-dies-after-training/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-area-firefighter-collapses-dies-after-training/ Sandra Franklin calls it neglect and after months of trying to correct it she says nothing’s changed. She is “disappointed, angry, because he can’t do it for himself and I don’t have the transportation to assist him to get him back and forth to church.”
Her son who has multiple sclerosis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-your-side-mother-reaches-out-after-para-transit-service-fails-to-assist-her-disabled-son/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 05:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-your-side-mother-reaches-out-after-para-transit-service-fails-to-assist-her-disabled-son/ Savannah Fire responded to the fire around 6:30 on Sunday morning to the Kingstown Apartment complex off of Skidaway Road.
Firefighters found Tameka Robbins, 38, severely burned outside her ground floor apartment. Her special needs daughter, Mikayla Robbins, 13, was still inside. She was rescued and both were transported to Memorial Health. Mikayla later d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-still-in-critical-condition-after-daughter-dies-in-savannah-apartment-fire/Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-still-in-critical-condition-after-daughter-dies-in-savannah-apartment-fire/ Work began Monday and will continue throughout the week for repair and maintenance by CSX.
Industrial Park crossing will be closed Tuesday, March 13 along with the Main Street/Church Street Road crossing.
Work began Monday on the Purrysburg Road crossing.
Each closing should last two to three days depending on the weather.
The City of Hardeeville asks drivers to plan accordingly.CSX Railroad h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hardeeville-railroad-crossings-closing-for-repair/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hardeeville-railroad-crossings-closing-for-repair/ The policy requires that weekend or after-hours events on Capitol grounds be approved by one of Georgia’s seven constitutional officers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the lawsuit claims the policy violates the First Amendment by blocking a planned March]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/anti-gun-organizers-challenge-georgia-protest-policy/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/anti-gun-organizers-challenge-georgia-protest-policy/ Scouts returned to the state Capitol on Monday to once again ask lawmakers to get their founder’s name affixed to a Savannah bridge that currently honors a white segregationist.
Despite the presence of hundreds of scouts in the Capitol last month, efforts to remove former Gov. Eugene Talmadge’s name from the bridge and replace it with that of Savannah native Juliette Gordon Low have stalled.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-still-fighting-to-change-name-of-georgia-bridge/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-still-fighting-to-change-name-of-georgia-bridge/ Domtar Corporation, in collaboration with First Book, donated 140 books for the students to read throughout the year.
Employees from the manufacturing facility also had the chance to read with children in the school’s Fifth Grade book club.
After this year, the books will be shared with future fifth graders who sign-up for the school’s book club.
This is the third grant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/domtar-donates-books-to-jesup-students/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/domtar-donates-books-to-jesup-students/ Atlanta police have said no one has heard from 35-year-old Timothy Cunningham since Feb. 12.
The CDC said Monday that reports Cunningham recently was passed over for a promotion are incorrect.Its statement says Cunningham received an “exceptional proficiency promotion” July 1 to the position of commander, an early pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cdc-says-missing-worker-wasnt-passed-over-for-a-promotion/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 20:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cdc-says-missing-worker-wasnt-passed-over-for-a-promotion/ Her family said she had eaten such snacks before — and she was always careful to avoid peanuts. But this time she became ill.
She was rushed to a nearby school, where nurses treated her until an ambulance arrived.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-girl-12-has-fatal-allergic-reaction-to-granola-bar/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-girl-12-has-fatal-allergic-reaction-to-granola-bar/ House lawmakers voted 97-64 on Monday to allow on-premise consumption to begin at 11 a.m. on Sundays.
If the bill is signed into law, earlier sales would have to be approved in local referendums.
Gov. Nathan Deal’s spokeswoman declined to say whether the governor intends to sign the measure.
GOP Rep. Meagan Hanson of Brookhaven says e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sunday-alcohol-sales-expansion-heads-to-georgia-governor/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sunday-alcohol-sales-expansion-heads-to-georgia-governor/ The Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office was notified late last month of a device in the privileged attorney-client interview room at the jail.Prosecutors say it was installed at the direction of now suspended Sheriff Jeff Hobby.
Attorney Mark Brimberry says Georgia Law explicitly prohibits a person recording]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-recording-device-found-inside-worth-co-jail/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-recording-device-found-inside-worth-co-jail/ Click the arrow in the video box to find out how you can help.
Learn more about Briana in our WSAV Parker’s Outstanding Student profile here.
More details:Creating Believers Fashion ShowA fundraiser for Children’s Mi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-corner-fashion-show-fundraiser-to-benefit-cmn-hospitals/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-corner-fashion-show-fundraiser-to-benefit-cmn-hospitals/ Heard Elementary School won first place overall and Sand Hill Elementary School placed second.Students competed in events such as Pasta Bridge Building, Creating Insulation and a web scavenger hunt to teach the fundamentals of technology and sciences. Sand Hill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/heard-elementary-takes-top-honors-at-science-olympiad/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/heard-elementary-takes-top-honors-at-science-olympiad/ On Feb. 24, at around 4:20 a.m. Feb. 24, an adult male was seen on surveillance footage entering through a window at Auto Shine, 239 E. Montgomery Cross Road. The man left after several minutes.
According to police, he stole a silver flashlight and a green book bag that contained gloves, a skull cap and a pai]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-man-wanted-in-break-in-at-auto-shine-on-southside/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-man-wanted-in-break-in-at-auto-shine-on-southside/ WTOC-TV reports 13-year-old Mikayla Robbins and her 38-year-old mother Tameka Robbins were inside the apartment where the fire started early Sunday morning. Savannah Fire Department Battalion Chief Elzie Kitchen says his crews arrived at the Kingstown Apartments on Savannah’s eastside around 6:30 a.m. to find flames had engulfed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-apartment-fire-kills-1-child-displaces-14-people/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-apartment-fire-kills-1-child-displaces-14-people/ A Bibb County Sheriff’s statement says 21-year-old Monterrius Malik Dugger was shot twice in the chest Sunday morning at about 1 a.m. and later died at a hospital. Twenty-five-year-old Ramone Dawann Smith was shot in the right knee and 27-year-old Jessica Monique Fullwood was shot in the left foot; both are in stable condition.
The release s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-dead-2-injured-in-shooting-at-georgia-house-party/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-dead-2-injured-in-shooting-at-georgia-house-party/ Walker County Director of Public Relations Joe Legge tells WRCB-TV that vandals turned over transformers filled with oil at the Coast American building in Rossville, Georgia.
He says the oil spilled Sunday night contained the hazardous chemical polychlorinated biphenyls and leaked in to a nearby drainage ditch. The Environmental Protection Agency says polychlorinated biphenyls]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vandalism-blamed-for-hazardous-georgia-chemical-spill/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vandalism-blamed-for-hazardous-georgia-chemical-spill/ WRISTBANDS:
Where will wristbands be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-st-pats-parade-wristbands-parking-rules-for-squares/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-st-pats-parade-wristbands-parking-rules-for-squares/ On May 12, 2016 at around 11 a.m., officers responded to Adel at Lamar street and discovered a burning vehicle with human remains inside. The victim was later identified as Fullmer, 22, which prompted detectives to launch a homicide investigation.
Fullmer’s family and SPD detec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-family-seek-information-in-2016-homicide-of-eva-fullmer/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-family-seek-information-in-2016-homicide-of-eva-fullmer/ There are currently detours set up around Norwood Avenue as crews work to repair the issue.Officials also recommend residents avoid swi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-580000-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-herb-creek-near-norwood-ave/Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-580000-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-into-herb-creek-near-norwood-ave/ The Times reports that the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau is preparing to take its mobile visitor center on the road this year.
The group’s president, Stacey Dickson, says it’s like a “food truck for information.”
The newspaper reports that the group has been]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/visitor-center-on-wheels-rolls-out-welcome-mat-to-lake-area/Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/visitor-center-on-wheels-rolls-out-welcome-mat-to-lake-area/ City officials in Pooler noted that Ashley Brown also has extensive law enforcement experience. He spent 24 years as a police officer in neighboring Savannah, where his duties included a leadership role as a precinct captain.
The Savannah Morning News reports Brown was elected in 2015 to the city council in Pooler, which has about 23,000 residents.
Pooler city officials say]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/small-georgia-city-picks-councilman-as-its-new-police-chief/Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/small-georgia-city-picks-councilman-as-its-new-police-chief/ Police spokesman Carlos Campos says in an email that the woman said she was stopped while driving in northwest Atlanta early Friday by a man in a dark sedan with a blue light bar on the roof. She says he approached her car and sexually assaulted her.
He was described as white, slender, athletically built and about 6 feet to 6-foot-three, wearing a dark jacket and a st]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-fake-police-officer-sexually-assaults-woman/Sun, 11 Mar 2018 03:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-fake-police-officer-sexually-assaults-woman/ Fort Stewart Commanders and the parade committee are asking women to refrain from smooching soldiers marching in the parade.
In a post on Twitter, parade committee members said that this request is for safety reasons. A spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division added, it is also about professionalism. Soldiers are in uniform and are technically on duty, so they are not allowed to break formation.
Although it is tradi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-the-harm-savannah-locals-react-to-the-end-of-the-smooching-soldiers-tradition/Sun, 11 Mar 2018 01:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/whats-the-harm-savannah-locals-react-to-the-end-of-the-smooching-soldiers-tradition/ But organizations seeking secure elections say they’re worried that Georgia could end up with an untrustworthy and expensive new system.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that lawmakers haven’t fully committed to paper ballots, which some see as a more secure way of conducting elections.
A bill to replace all of Georgia’s 27,000 voting machines in time for th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/concern-expressed-over-georgias-move-to-new-voting-machines/Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/concern-expressed-over-georgias-move-to-new-voting-machines/ The university says Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood each received Bachelor of Business Administration degrees from UGA in 2004. UGA President Jere W. Morehead says they’re looking forward to Kelley and Haywood’s inspiring comments scheduled May 4 at 7 p.m. in Sanford Stadium.
The multi-platinum]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lady-antebellum-members-to-deliver-ugas-commencement/Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lady-antebellum-members-to-deliver-ugas-commencement/ The seven-member honors jazz combo from Valdosta State University is on a weeklong trip to perform a series of concerts in China, give a seminar on innovation and creativity in music and collaborate with Chinese musicians.
The Valdosta Daily Times reports the trip comes after Valdosta State and the Business College of Shanxi University in Taiyuan, China, were recently awarded a grant t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jazz-band-of-georgia-students-performing-concerts-in-china/Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jazz-band-of-georgia-students-performing-concerts-in-china/ The 16th annual Tybee Island Irish Heritage Parade is set to be the biggest parade to date.
According to Parade Chairman Jay Burke, 100 different units are set to walk, march, float and cruise down Butler Avenue.
Mayor Jason Buelterman told WSAV the island expects more than 20,000 people to be a part of the para]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/largest-participation-expected-for-tybee-island-irish-heritage-parade/Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/largest-participation-expected-for-tybee-island-irish-heritage-parade/ Long County Volunteer Fire and Rescue crews arrived on Moody Road around 3:30 p.m. to find a double-wide mobile home fully engulfed in flames.
But a 150-pound propane tank hindered firefighters as it shot flames several feet into the air.
They were held back until the tank emptied.
According to Long County Fire Incident Commander, Ray Purcell, two men were displaced by the fire.
Both wer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/long-county-fire-leaves-two-displaced-puppy-dead/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/long-county-fire-leaves-two-displaced-puppy-dead/ Thirteen of Georgia’s 14 U.S. House seats are contested this year, as is the governor’s office, which will be vacated by term-limited GOP Gov. Nathan Deal.
Seven Republicans, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp, are in the governor’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stage-set-for-georgias-may-primaries-for-governor-congress/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stage-set-for-georgias-may-primaries-for-governor-congress/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday it obtained a copy of the complaint a lobbyist brought against Republican state Sen. David Shafer of Duluth, accusing him of unwanted sexual advances over a period of years.
Shafer responded with a statement saying: “This false complaint is about politics, not the truth.” Shafer formally]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmaker-denies-sexual-harassment-allegations/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmaker-denies-sexual-harassment-allegations/ Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds says in a statement that Elizabeth Wall pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 killing.
Thirty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Jenna Wall was shot four times while her young sons sat in her mother-in-law’s vehicle.
The shooting took place in Jenna Wall’s parents’ h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-guilty-but-mentally-ill-in-daughter-in-laws-death/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-guilty-but-mentally-ill-in-daughter-in-laws-death/ Organizers of Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day parade gathered Friday to pour watering cans full of green dye into the wrought-iron fountain in Forsyth Park. A large crowd of onlookers erupted in cheers as the clear water turned a glittering emerald green.
Crews across the city, meanwhile, performed similar dye jobs on Savannah’s other]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/going-green-savannahs-fountains-get-set-for-st-patricks/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/going-green-savannahs-fountains-get-set-for-st-patricks/ 33-year-old Tai-Ri Crocker was apprehended on Friday in South Carolina. He is now awaiting extradition, according to the Statesboro Police Department, via their Facebook post.
We will continue to update this story as new information becomes available.
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STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) — Police are investigating a homicide that occurred at the Baymont Inn and Suites early Friday morning.
Around 6:00 a.m. officers from the Statesboro Police Department responded to the h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-suspect-in-statesboro-homicide-arrested/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-suspect-in-statesboro-homicide-arrested/ Around 6:00 a.m. officers from the Statesboro Police Department responded to the hotel on Main Street in reference to a shooting incident.
Officers found a victim, Jeffrey Lee Raymond, age 34 or Statesboro, who sustained apparent gunshot wounds.
Raymond was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.Statesboro Police Department identified Tai-ri&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-id-victim-suspect-in-statesboro-homicide/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-id-victim-suspect-in-statesboro-homicide/ According to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, a School Resource Deputy was notified about a male student making threats of having a gun and threatening to “kill someone.”
The deputy quickly took action and made contact with the student.
An initial investigation confirmed a verbal threat was made against another student, but the teen did not have a gun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-student-14-arrested-for-terroristic-threats/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-student-14-arrested-for-terroristic-threats/ According to Long County Sheriff Craig Nobles, Richard and Shelly Worthy lost their home on Frasier Harris Road to an intentional fire.
Both were able to exit the home without injuries. The home was declared a total loss.
Nobles says evidence at the home led investigators to a case of arson.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and State Fire Marshal are working to find]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10000-reward-offered-in-ludowici-arson-case/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10000-reward-offered-in-ludowici-arson-case/ Financial Crimes detectives said no one from the police department will ever call and demand payment.
According to police, in one of the scams, the caller identifies himself as a Savannah Police Department officer and says the person is under investigation, but will settle in exchange for a cash payment. The scam work]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-new-wave-of-criminal-phone-scams/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-new-wave-of-criminal-phone-scams/ Each year the buckets of green dye are dumped into the Forsyth Park Fountain to start “turning Savannah green.”
In addition, all fountains around the city got their share of green dye.
St. Paddy’s Day is just 8 days away, and the fun is just beginning! Follow along at savannahstpats.com.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/forsyth-park-fountain-goes-green-for-st-patricks-day/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/forsyth-park-fountain-goes-green-for-st-patricks-day/ Police also say there is a person of interest in the case, but no arrest has been made and police have not released details on the suspect.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-police-report-fatal-shooting-at-baymont-inn-and-suites/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-police-report-fatal-shooting-at-baymont-inn-and-suites/ He said, “It’s sort of really mean how you’re doing it. It’s bad, I mean, don’t do that. You could really hurt someone.”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/univ-of-north-georgia-suspends-1-fraternity-2-sororities-in-hazing-reports/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/univ-of-north-georgia-suspends-1-fraternity-2-sororities-in-hazing-reports/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites a Georgia State Patrol release that says Payton Mosher was hit last Tuesday by a Dodge Ram driven by 39-year-old David Clemens.
It says Clemens was picking up his daughter and reversing down the narrow, dead end road with no roadway markings when he hit Payton. The release says Mosher was running from a driveway when he was hit.
He was airlifted to a hospital and died]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/7-year-old-run-over-by-truck-in-georgia-dies/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 15:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/7-year-old-run-over-by-truck-in-georgia-dies/ WSB-TV reports that Jenna Garland also advised the official to “drag this out” as long as possible, and provide information in the most confusing format available.
The station had requested public records in 2017 for a story that eventually revealed that several city coun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/texts-atlanta-tried-to-shroud-public-records-sow-confusion/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/texts-atlanta-tried-to-shroud-public-records-sow-confusion/ SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The annual ‘Greening of the Fountain’ takes place Friday, March 9, at noon at Forsyth Park.
The event marks the start of “turning Savannah green” for the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration by dyeing the Forsyth Park Fountain.
The event is free and open to the public.
News 3 will be LIVE at today’s event.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-greening-of-fountain-to-take-place-friday-at-noon/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-greening-of-fountain-to-take-place-friday-at-noon/ The event marks the start of “turning Savannah green” for the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration by dyeing the Forsyth Park Fountain.
The event is free and open to the public.
News 3 will be LIVE at today’s event.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/greening-of-fountain-to-take-place-friday-at-noon/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/greening-of-fountain-to-take-place-friday-at-noon/ The incident occurred on Feb. 14 and 15 at Carter’s, 8108 Abercorn Street.
The suspects are described as two, heavyset black females.
Anyone with information on their identities or the incident is asked to contact Southside Precinct detectives at (912) 351-3403. Information can also be forwarded to Crim]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-2-shoplifters-accused-of-taking-childrens-clothing/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-2-shoplifters-accused-of-taking-childrens-clothing/ Last month, in a five to one vote, Tybee City Council passed an ordinance set to go into effect the weekends of April 14 and 21, respectively. This is reportedly the same weekend as the annual Orange Crush spring]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-mlk-committee-protests-upcoming-alcohol-music-beach-ban/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-mlk-committee-protests-upcoming-alcohol-music-beach-ban/ “A suspect in 3 different cases of theft by deception, forgery in which he’s been using counterfeit bills to purchase i-Phones from people,” explains Garden City Police Detective Shane Glasco.
He’s using online sales sites like Facebook Marketplace and Letgo to draw in his victims.
“He put an ad up. A lady responded, set up a time to meet,” explained Glasco. “She]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-wanted-armed-robbery-online-sales-scam-suspect/Fri, 09 Mar 2018 00:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-wanted-armed-robbery-online-sales-scam-suspect/ When asked about President Trump’s tariff plan, Ryan said he believes the most effective way to address unfair trade is targeting specific practices.
He said he’s “working on persuading the president” about these “surgical” tactics.
“I’m just not a fan of broad-based, across the board tariffs because I think you’ll have a lot of uninten]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/house-speaker-ryan-talks-tariffs-tax-reform-during-atlanta-visit/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/house-speaker-ryan-talks-tariffs-tax-reform-during-atlanta-visit/ Carlton Gary is scheduled to die March 15. He was convicted in 1986 on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of 89-year-old Florence Scheible, 69-year-old Martha Thurmond and 74-year-old Kathleen Woodruff.
Prosecutors said he attacked nine elderly wom]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/citing-new-evidence-condemned-georgia-inmate-seeks-mercy/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/citing-new-evidence-condemned-georgia-inmate-seeks-mercy/ The Athens Banner-Herald cites a campus police report that says a graduate student leaving his lab early Sunday morning found the gun lying in plain sight in a planter. Police say that the weapon’s magazine held six 9mm hollow-point rounds, though no bullet was in its chamber.
Police are trying to identify the owner, and determine if that person had a permit to carry a weapon in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/loaded-gun-found-at-university-of-georgia-campus-bus-stop/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/loaded-gun-found-at-university-of-georgia-campus-bus-stop/ The Athens Banner-Herald cites a Monday Athens-Clarke County police report that says the 22-year-old woman and several friends were at a bar when an unidentified man tried to kiss one of them “in a manner that was every bit unwanted as it was sloppily awkward.”
He continued “acting in a drunken and tumultuous manner” as the group at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rowdy-inebriate-backflips-into-woman-at-georgia-bar/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rowdy-inebriate-backflips-into-woman-at-georgia-bar/ Ashley Brown, from the Savannah Police Department (SPD), will be leading the City of Pooler Police Department.
Brown served SPD for 24 years, most recently holding the rank of captain and commander of the Southside Precinct.
“Brown understands all facets of the organization,” said Pooler Mayor Mike Lamb in a press release. “We are happy to have him on board and are conf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-of-pooler-names-new-chief-of-police/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-of-pooler-names-new-chief-of-police/ Roughly 200 soldiers from nearby Fort Stewart are expected to march in the coastal Georgia city’s sprawling St. Patrick’s Day parade March 17. Traditionally, women wearing bright lipstick dart from the crowd to plant kisses on the faces of passing troops.
A Fort Stewart spokesman and the parade’s ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/army-no-more-kissing-soldiers-on-st-patricks-in-savannah/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/army-no-more-kissing-soldiers-on-st-patricks-in-savannah/ DeKalb County police Lt. Lonzy Robertson tells The Atlanta Journal-Constriction the shooter fired several rounds into an apartment building Wednesday night before fleeing the scene. He says one bullet crashed through a window and struck the child. The girl is in stable condition with minor injuries.
The police lieutenant says the motive behind the attack is unknown and the investiga]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-year-old-wounded-in-georgia-apartment-shooting/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-year-old-wounded-in-georgia-apartment-shooting/ Ronald L. Wheeler III of Streamwood, Illinois, pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
Prosecutors say Wheeler, known online as Trappy and Trappy_Pandora, began working as AlphaBay’s public relations specialist in May 2015 and worked with others to traffic i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/darknet-market-spokesman-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/darknet-market-spokesman-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge/ According to Savannah Fire, crews were dispatched to One Cottingham Drive at 8:08 a.m. on March 8,  after neighbors reported seeing smoke and flames coming from the home. Firefighters forced their way in through the locked front door and searched the home and battle the fire–which was fueled by the jumble of personal items and debris stored]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-person-found-dead-in-bedroom-in-house-fire-at-cottingham-drive/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-person-found-dead-in-bedroom-in-house-fire-at-cottingham-drive/ Savannah Fire determined the victim fell asleep while smoking.
Savannah Fire crews were dispatched after neighbors reported seeing smoke and flames coming from the home. Firefighters forced their way in through the locked front door and searched the home and battle the fire–which was fueled by the jumble of personal items and debris stored inside t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-found-dead-in-bedroom-in-house-fire-at-cottingham-drive/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-found-dead-in-bedroom-in-house-fire-at-cottingham-drive/ A Newton County Sheriff’s statement says the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has conducted an autopsy, and the findings describe the girl as possibly black or biracial, between 12 and 17 years old and with no tattoos or identifying marks.
The center says there are 125 missing children in Georgia, and 39 of them match]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/39-missing-girls-match-description-of-body-in-georgia-river/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/39-missing-girls-match-description-of-body-in-georgia-river/ Gov. Nathan Deal held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that the social media giant’s 9th U.S. data center will be built in Newton County, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.
Deal says the data center will lead to the creation of more than 100 full-time jobs. Consisting of two buildings occupying about 970,000 square feet (90,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/facebook-set-to-invest-750m-in-georgia-data-center/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/facebook-set-to-invest-750m-in-georgia-data-center/ The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release after the indictment was unsealed Tuesday that 23 members of the violent prison gang had been arrested, including 20 who were already in custody on state and local charges.
Federal prosecutors say the gang originated in the Cobb County jail]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/feds-say-23-members-of-georgias-ghostface-gangsters-arrested/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 11:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/feds-say-23-members-of-georgias-ghostface-gangsters-arrested/ Dozens of students gathered on campus to march in solidarity sending a message that they do not feel safe on their campus. But, instead of remaining silent they are using their voices to fight for tougher gun laws.
According to student Co- Leader of ‘National Conference of Black Political Sci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-state-university-students-hold-anti-gun-violence-vigil/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-state-university-students-hold-anti-gun-violence-vigil/ According to The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, Southeast Bulloch Middle School administrators reported that a student was possibly in possession of marijuana and a knife.
Deputies responded to the school, and after a brief investigation, they found a ‘box cutter type knife’ in the possession of a 13-year-old male student.
They say no marijuana or any other]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bulloch-county-teen-arrested-for-bringing-box-cutter-to-school/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bulloch-county-teen-arrested-for-bringing-box-cutter-to-school/ Behind that mound and over a make-shift bridge is a homeless camp. Underneath the Truman Parkway lies tents, couches and people. People who call the space their temporary home. A home, despite circumstances, some find unclean.
“If you’d seen it before, it was trash everywhere. It was nasty. I wouldn&rsq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/president-street-homeless-camp-faces-ongoing-trash-problem/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/president-street-homeless-camp-faces-ongoing-trash-problem/ but what happens after the student is caught, and the news release goes out?
The answer according to the Chatham County District Attorney, isn’t easy.
“Automatically that you can prove you made the call, you made the threat that is a 1-10 years in jail and $5000 fine,” said Chatham County DA Meg Heap.
A fine an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/what-are-the-potential-penalties-connected-to-school-threats/Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/what-are-the-potential-penalties-connected-to-school-threats/ A record number of women advanced in congressional and state legislative races.
Most of the candidates are Democrats, a national trend fueled largely by frustration over the election of President Donald Trump and actions by his administration and Republicans in Congress. Issues such as health care and immigration are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/female-candidates-see-early-boost-in-texas-primary/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/female-candidates-see-early-boost-in-texas-primary/ Gov. Nathan Deal held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce that the social media giant’s 9th U.S. data center will be built in Newton County, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.
Deal says the data center will lead to the creation of more than 100 full-time jobs. Consisting of two buildings occupying about 970,000 square feet (90,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gov-facebook-to-put-750m-data-center-near-atlanta/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gov-facebook-to-put-750m-data-center-near-atlanta/ According to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), the assault reportedly occurred early in the morning on-post in a barracks on October 9, 2017.
The suspect wanted for questioning in connection with this case is described as a black male around 5’8” to 5’10” with a medium build, military-style haircut and a slight southern ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/army-investigators-offer-5000-reward-in-fort-stewart-sexual-assault-case/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 21:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/army-investigators-offer-5000-reward-in-fort-stewart-sexual-assault-case/ Florida wildlife officers called for help last week after finding the dolphin near Jacksonville.
She was injured with multiple shark bite wounds to her body and a flipper.
A rescue team from SeaWorld and the Georgia Aquarium conservation field station went to get the dolphin, bringing her to Orlando.
She’s now able to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/wildlife-rescue-teams-help-save-dolphin-in-jacksonville/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/wildlife-rescue-teams-help-save-dolphin-in-jacksonville/ 1:45 p.m.
Authorities say water pressure is beginning to return to parts of a Georgia county after a major water main break shut down schools and businesses in a large part of metro Atlanta.
DeKalb County authorities said Wednesday afternoon that crews had isolated the break just northeast of Atlanta, and that water pressure was slowly being restored throughout the county.
The massive water main bre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-water-pressure-begins-to-return-in-metro-atlanta/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-water-pressure-begins-to-return-in-metro-atlanta/ WSB-TV reports that a fisherman found the body Saturday in the Yellow River, which flows through suburbs east of Atlanta.
Pat Campbell Jr. says he initially thought the body was a mannequin caught on some branches, but then took a closer look and called 911.
The body is thought to be a girl between the ages of 12 and 17,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/body-in-georgia-river-thought-to-be-teen-aged-girl/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/body-in-georgia-river-thought-to-be-teen-aged-girl/ Cartersville police say the boy was left inside the vehicle, along with four other children, on Sunday outside a house in Cartersville.
The Daily Tribune News reports that the wounded boy was taken to a medical facility and received treatment for what authorities describe as an injury that’s not life-threatenin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-boy-3-shoots-himself-inside-vehicle-with-no-adults/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-boy-3-shoots-himself-inside-vehicle-with-no-adults/ Julia Pearce, who is also the head of Tybee’s MLK committee, sent a letter to the mayor and council members requesting a revision of the ban. She says the ban during the two weekends in April for Orange Crush is unfair because it targets a specific group.
This is the second year in a row that Tybee Island city leaders have passed the controversial]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-leader-asks-mayor-council-to-reconsider-alcohol-ban-aimed-at-orange-crush/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-leader-asks-mayor-council-to-reconsider-alcohol-ban-aimed-at-orange-crush/ Parrish is known to frequent Garden City and Savannah on Mitchell, 44th and 46th streets.
If you have any information, call Crimestoppers anonymously at 912-234-2020.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garden-city-police-seek-man-wanted-on-charges-of-rape-armed-robbery/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garden-city-police-seek-man-wanted-on-charges-of-rape-armed-robbery/ A U.S. Department of Justice statement says 55-year-old Christopher McCray of Jonesboro, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee pleaded guilty Monday to one count of accepting illegal kickbacks before U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen.
The statement says McCray was the country manager for a subcontractor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-us-contractor-admits-taking-kickbacks-from-afghan-company/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 08:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-us-contractor-admits-taking-kickbacks-from-afghan-company/ They say they’re happy the protests across the nation are bringing more awareness to issues like school safety, mental illness, and gun control. But they’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-students-prepare-for-national-walk-out/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-students-prepare-for-national-walk-out/ At the end of February, FEMA approved the changes to the maps.
According to Tybee Assistant City Manager, George Shaw, the updates were made possible through extensive and updated research, improvements made through dune restoration and, historically, the island not having significant flooding. Shaw said the considerations for the new maps were ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fema-approves-new-flood-maps-for-tybee-island/Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fema-approves-new-flood-maps-for-tybee-island/ The Candler County Sheriff’s Office says they were notified this morning that a Metter Middle School student had made threats to harm other students.
We’re told the school resource deputy opened an investigation and the 13-year-old male student was later taken into custody in connection with the incident. Officials say he is facing several felony counts of terroristic threats.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metter-middle-school-student-arrested-for-making-threats/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metter-middle-school-student-arrested-for-making-threats/ We’re told Specialist Thomas Wachter was last seen around 9:00AM  and he was believed to not be in his right state of mind when he left the facility on Fortner Road, according to officials.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Specialist Wachter is asked to call (912) 685-2291.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-searching-for-man-who-wandered-off-from-national-guard-armory-in-metter/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-searching-for-man-who-wandered-off-from-national-guard-armory-in-metter/ Legislators announced Tuesday that they have introduced Republican-backed proposals in both the House and Senate to establish study committees on school security.
Each committee would be tasked with writing a report later this year on its findings.
The announcements come in the wake of last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.
House Speaker David Ralston has said the House version of the Fiscal Year 201]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-propose-studying-school-security-needs/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-propose-studying-school-security-needs/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Carroll County deputies responded to a 911 call Monday night reporting a “suspicious person with a gun” in the west Georgia town of Temple. The deputies were informed that 33-year-old David Willoughby was armed with either a shotgun or rifle, and found him in some woods]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-deputies-kill-man-later-learn-he-had-pellet-gun/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-deputies-kill-man-later-learn-he-had-pellet-gun/ Click here to go to Carter’s Twitter page and tag your questions with #AskBuddy.
Carter says you can ask questions about tax re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rep-buddy-carter-invites-public-to-ask-me-anything/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rep-buddy-carter-invites-public-to-ask-me-anything/ Cobb County police say 23-year-old Dario Mejia-Ortiz of Cumming was working Monday afternoon near the edge of a road in Kennesaw where new construction was ongoing.
Police say a dump truck knocked him to the ground, and the truck continued over him. Police say the dump truck driver, Cartersville man, pulled over and remained at the scene.
The crash remaine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-dump-truck-outside-atlanta/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-by-dump-truck-outside-atlanta/ Police say the female victim answered the front door of her residence around 2:45 p.m. and encountered a male suspect who was posing as a delivery man. After a brief exchange, the suspect forced her to open the back door of the residence, letting two additional suspects inside.As the two other suspects colle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/residents-react-to-home-invasion-and-sexual-assault-near-east-derenne/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/residents-react-to-home-invasion-and-sexual-assault-near-east-derenne/ Police say the female victim answered the front door of her residence around 2:45 p.m. and encountered a male suspect who was posing as a delivery man. After a brief exchange, the suspect forced her to open the back door of the residence, letting two additional suspects inside.As the two other suspects co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-report-home-invasion-and-sexual-assault-near-east-derenne/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-report-home-invasion-and-sexual-assault-near-east-derenne/ March 9Greening of Fountain at noon at Forsyth Park.
Tree Planting Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at Forsyth Park
Irish Heritage Society Dance at 8 p.m. at Alee Temple–ticket requiredMarch 10Tybee Island Irish Heritage Parade at 3 p.m.
March 11Celtic Cross Mass at 11:30 a.m. at Cathedral of St. John the Baptist: The Celtic Cross Mass, Procession and Ceremony are symbolic of the original celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/schedule-savannah-events-leading-up-to-st-patricks-day-parade/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/schedule-savannah-events-leading-up-to-st-patricks-day-parade/ “People tend to cut through and speed,” Brenda Simpson. “Cars go through the stop signs they tend to exceed the speed and we’re just worried about the safe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kensington-park-neighbors-express-ongoing-concern-about-speeders-in-the-neighborhood/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kensington-park-neighbors-express-ongoing-concern-about-speeders-in-the-neighborhood/ According to police, the vehicle was stolen. The driver of the vehicle fled from police in Port Wentworth traveled along Interstate 95 and then I-16 before crashing at the 37th Street exit. The car overturned before the driver attempted to flee the scene. According to police, one of the drivers sustained inj]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-police-investigate-high-speed-chase-ending-in-savannah/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-police-investigate-high-speed-chase-ending-in-savannah/ According to police, the vehicle was stolen. The driver of the vehicle fled from police in Port Wentworth traveled along Interstate 95 and then I-16 before crashing at the 37th Street exit. The car overturned before the driver attempted to flee the scene. According to police, one of the drivers sustained injuri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-investigates-high-speed-chase-ending-in-savannah/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/port-wentworth-investigates-high-speed-chase-ending-in-savannah/ The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that both men are hospitalized in stable condition after the altercation at Club Sparks in Macon early Monday. The statement says witnesses told investigators 25-year-old Jerome Dewayne Beasley was fighting with someone when club employee 27-year-old Tyree Singletary grabbed him to try and stop the scuffle. Beasley pulled out a pistol an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-2-men-hurt-by-gunshots-in-georgia-nightclub-fight/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 03:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-2-men-hurt-by-gunshots-in-georgia-nightclub-fight/ But the abundance of volunteers also comes with a reality check: The crowded primaries are giving the party’s ideological divide a full public airing and could give party leaders less control over who carries the mantle in November.
Democrats express confidence that a glut]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dems-head-into-primaries-with-a-bumper-crop-of-candidates/Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dems-head-into-primaries-with-a-bumper-crop-of-candidates/ Surveillance video captured a big black bear checking out the bird feeder in the backyard of Steve Stanley’s home in Marietta Friday night.
The bear then walks over to Stanley’s back porch and comes right up to the back door. You can even see the bear stand up on its hind legs.
Stanley says he was inside in his home with only the glass window]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/caught-on-cam-black-bear-visits-marietta-mans-backyard/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 23:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/caught-on-cam-black-bear-visits-marietta-mans-backyard/ News outlets report that Rep. Earl Ehrhart of Powder Springs announced Monday that he will not run for re-election after having served in the House for 30 years.
The outspoken Ehrhart was frequently involved in issues dealing with higher education.
In 2016, he and his wife sued the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that it was trying to “micromanage student sex lives” with its regulations on h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/long-serving-republican-ehrhart-retiring-from-georgia-house/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 23:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/long-serving-republican-ehrhart-retiring-from-georgia-house/ Click ‘play’ to rewatch this WSAV special hosted by Kim Gusby.
For more ‘Celebrating Black History’ coverage visit wsav.com/blackhistory.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-journey-a-wsav-special/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-journey-a-wsav-special/ Proponents of the measure, which passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support last month, say it will streamline Georgia’s adoption process.
The bill makes numerous technical changes to the state’s adoption code, last updated before widespread use of the internet.
One change reduces the length of time a birth mother has to change her mind and take back custo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-signs-sweeping-adoption-changes-into-law/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-signs-sweeping-adoption-changes-into-law/ A Southeast Bulloch High School student was arrested Friday evening and charged with Terroristic Threats and Disrupting a Public School.
According to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, an initial investigation revealed that the threat made by the student was directed at individual students and not against the school.
Officials say the student was a female. Her identit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-arrested-for-threatening-southeast-bulloch-high-school-students/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-arrested-for-threatening-southeast-bulloch-high-school-students/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is still working to identify the body and the cause of death, so Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese said he can’t say if it’s a homicide case. But he tells The Telegraph of Macon that he’s “99.9 percent” sure the body found Jan. 23 is the missing 37-yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/roommates-charged-after-body-found-in-shed-behind-home/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/roommates-charged-after-body-found-in-shed-behind-home/ The rare directive from the Georgia Supreme Court came Monday in an opinion on an appeal that took nearly two decades to reach the high court.
Margie Owens was convicted in June 1998 and sentenced to serve life in prison for killing her husband. It took eight years for her motion for a new trial to be heard and denied.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-seeks-to-end-excessive-delays-in-appeals/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-seeks-to-end-excessive-delays-in-appeals/ _______________________________________________________________________________________
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Savannah Police say Brandon Williams, 23, is missing. Williams is  6’1″ and 122 lbs. He was last seen in the area of the 1000 block of Cornell Avenue wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and green jeans.
If seen, call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-say-williams-has-been-located/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-say-williams-has-been-located/ If seen, call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-missing-man-last-seen-near-cornell-ave/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-report-missing-man-last-seen-near-cornell-ave/ The issue: how to offer more security at area schools in wake of the deadly school shooting in Florida. In the last week, there have been a number of reported threats at several local schools.
A number of topics including more federal funding for school resource officers and school counselors was discussed.
Arming teachers was also part]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rep-buddy-carter-meets-with-area-superintendents-to-discuss-school-safety/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rep-buddy-carter-meets-with-area-superintendents-to-discuss-school-safety/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-gov-nathan-deal-signs-hb-159-adoption-bill-at-1-pm/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-gov-nathan-deal-signs-hb-159-adoption-bill-at-1-pm/ House Bill 159 no longer includes the controversial ‘religious exemption’ that would have allowed for faith-based adoption agencies to legally refuse to work with same-sex couples as well as single mothers and unwed couples.
That measure will have to be pursued by lawmakers separately.
The bill being s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-signs-hb-159-adoption-bill/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-signs-hb-159-adoption-bill/ Three suspects were arrested–two adults males and one juvenile female.
The Chatham County Police Department encourages citizens to use the CCPD Whitefield precinct when meeting to purchase items off the internet and/or social media sites.
_________________________________________________________________]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-3-suspects-arrested-in-cellphone-thefts/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-3-suspects-arrested-in-cellphone-thefts/ Carlos Davis died Sunday from a single gunshot wound. Atlanta police Lt. Carven Tyus tells WSB-TV that several other people were in the room where Davis was shot.
However, Tyus says Davis and the gun weren’t on scene when police arrived.
Atlanta police Sgt. John Chafee tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Davis was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle and later died. Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-fatally-shot-at-atlanta-home-cause-under-investigation/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-fatally-shot-at-atlanta-home-cause-under-investigation/ Tara Grinstead was reported missing in October 2005 when she didn’t show up for work at a school in rural Irwin County. The case went cold until new information led to the arrest in February 2017 of Ryan Alexander Duke, a form]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-tosses-gag-order-in-slain-teacher-case/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-tosses-gag-order-in-slain-teacher-case/ Following the investigation, Brandon Tyler Daniel was arrested by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/candler-county-jail-employee-fired-arrested-in-sexual-assault-case/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/candler-county-jail-employee-fired-arrested-in-sexual-assault-case/ Traffic Court is held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Chatham County Courthouse. Recorder’s Court will send subpoenas through the mail with new court dates and times.
Criminal court sessions are not being effected and will proceed as scheduled.
Traffic Court cases are being rescheduled due to the City’s ongoing IT issues.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/continued-computer-issues-force-cancellation-of-savannahs-traffic-court-again/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/continued-computer-issues-force-cancellation-of-savannahs-traffic-court-again/ Through a continued investigation, detectives identified Deborah Garner as the shooter. On Feb. 28,  she was located and taken into custody by the Fort Knox Military Police.
On Dec. 30, officers were called to Montgomery Street and W. Park Avenue about 4 a.m. and discovered Jenkins deceased. An autopsy determined Jenkins su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-arrest-woman-in-connection-to-dec-30-homicide/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-arrest-woman-in-connection-to-dec-30-homicide/ No weapons were reported in either incident.
The first incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. at the McDonald’s located at 1A Gateway Boulevard East in Savannah. The second incident]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-report-2-thefts-by-people-using-let-go-app/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-report-2-thefts-by-people-using-let-go-app/ Family members of the 2-year-old girl say a large mirror fell on top of her while they were shopping in a Payless shoe store Friday night in Riverdale. The girl was taken to the hospital where she later died. Police are calling it accidental, but the girl’s family believes the mirror wasn’t secured.
Aqib Iftkhar, a cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-toddler-dies-after-mirror-falls-on-her-in-payless-shoe-store/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-toddler-dies-after-mirror-falls-on-her-in-payless-shoe-store/ Authorities say 30-year-old Andrew Davidson was charged with conspiracy to commit an offense involving explosives and destructive devices after Towne Lake community residents showed deputies video of what they believed was an explosion.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that residents felt an explosion near their homes Feb. 15.
Davidson was identified as the suspe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-man-had-explosives-bomb-making-materials/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-man-had-explosives-bomb-making-materials/ It’s a case that captured national headlines.  It’s been ten years since a popular Hilton Head Island couple disappeared.
John and Elizabeth Calvert vanished in March of 2008.  The couple managed the Harbour Town Yacht Basin.
The couple’s accountant, Dennis Gerwing, committed suicide a week after the Calvert’s disappeared.
Investigators believed he killed them in a dispute over missing money.
The Calverts were declared dead in 2009, but t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hilton-head-island-couple-missing-ten-years-case-still-unsolved/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hilton-head-island-couple-missing-ten-years-case-still-unsolved/ Some parents, students and teachers expressed their concerns after more than ten threats were made at several local schools.
Two teachers spoke out to News 3 after school leaders say a middle school student brought a gun to Hubert Middle School on Thursday. Jessica Lynn Curtis and Megan Ave’lallemant are teachers for an after-school writing program at Hubert called the Deep Cente]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teachers-speak-out-after-numerous-threats-directed-at-local-schools/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 02:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teachers-speak-out-after-numerous-threats-directed-at-local-schools/ The City of Savannah hosted workshops during the weekend of March 3rd to take notes from residents on how to attract more people to eat, shop and live in the area.
“Right now they get in their cars or their ubers and they go downtown and they leave the area, so if there was something here that was safe and attractive, that wouldn’t have to happen,&rdquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-leaders-are-planning-big-changes-to-savannahs-southside/Mon, 05 Mar 2018 01:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-leaders-are-planning-big-changes-to-savannahs-southside/ The Savannah Morning News reports that so far this year, the two raptors on Skidaway Island have renovated their home, fought off an intruder, and mated, with the cameras rolling.
Cameras trained on their nest send a live feed to the internet. Volunteers remotely control the pan, tilt and zoom on two of the three cameras, offering commentary and highlight rolls on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-raptors-star-in-bird-version-of-tvs-real-world/Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-raptors-star-in-bird-version-of-tvs-real-world/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that jurors on Friday convicted Felix Shirley of murder in the January 2017 killing of Misha Moore.
Citing the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, the newspaper says Shirley was sentenced to life in prison, plus five years.
The newspaper says Shirley had just ended his shift at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium when Moore approached him. As the two be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-convicted-of-killing-woman-who-rejected-8-offer-for-sex/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 23:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-convicted-of-killing-woman-who-rejected-8-offer-for-sex/ WSB-TV reports police and friends met at the Stanford building near Mercer University Saturday afternoon to look for 35-year-old Timothy Cunningham. Police told the station they believe Cunningham was last seen near Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta.
Cunningham is an epidemiologist at the Atlanta-based CDC. Before his Feb. 12 di]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-friends-start-new-search-for-missing-cdc-worker/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-friends-start-new-search-for-missing-cdc-worker/ They say greater transparency is needed in the search for Kennesaw State University’s new leader, and that top candidates should visit the campus and meet with students and faculty before the decision is made.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that search commit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/secrecy-of-search-for-university-president-draws-criticism/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/secrecy-of-search-for-university-president-draws-criticism/ The bill is known as the END Act, and will require police to notify prosecutors and federal immigration authorities when they learn that a suspect in custody is in the country illegally. Courts and jails would also be required to inform federal authorities when they encounter people in the country without authorization.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bill-local-authorities-must-help-enforce-immigration-law/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bill-local-authorities-must-help-enforce-immigration-law/ The uproar began last Saturday when Delta stopped offering fare discounts to NRA members in the wake of the school massacre in Florida. Republican lawmakers then killed a proposed tax break on jet fuel that would have helped the airline.
Jerry Funaro is a Chicago-based vice]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/will-firms-go-elsewhere-after-georgia-lawmakers-delta-spat/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 04:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/will-firms-go-elsewhere-after-georgia-lawmakers-delta-spat/ Tens of thousands of people will converge on the city for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
From the parade to the massive crowds — city leaders and WSAV want to make sure you’re prepared.
Savannah Police say to expect a heightened level of security for this year’s two-day event. They will also be cracking down on underage drinking.
When it comes to travel,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/need-to-know-savannah-city-leaders-police-preparing-public-for-st-patricks-day/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 01:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/need-to-know-savannah-city-leaders-police-preparing-public-for-st-patricks-day/ Lines of sparkling dresses, shoes and jewelry. It’s not what you are used to seeing at Veteran owned and operated Nine Line Apparel.
But these sequined gowns and high heels are for a good cause.
“Operation Prom Dress” started collecting donated dresses, shoes and accessories from our area -and even getting shipments from around the nation.
The goal is to make every teen look like a princess at their big d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-prom-dress-gives-girls-a-chance-to-be-a-princess-for-a-night/Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-prom-dress-gives-girls-a-chance-to-be-a-princess-for-a-night/ Between Thursday and Friday, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) has arrested two juveniles and are actively investigating numerous threats to area schools.
Two threats on Thursday, March 1 at South Effingham High School and South Effingham Middle School were found unsubstantiated.
But the trend continued into Frida]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-sheriff-to-petition-for-additional-school-days-after-threats/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-sheriff-to-petition-for-additional-school-days-after-threats/ Rik recently retired to spend more time with his handler, Sgt. Clayton Bryant, and focus on treatment.
The City of LaGrange recently vowed to pay for any treatments Rik needed to help in his battle with lymphoma.
The 9-year-old Belgian Malinois served with the LaGrange Police Department for six years.
Rik and Sgt. Bryant worked together for four years.
To hear more about Rik’s journey,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lagrange-police-dog-passes-away-after-short-battle-with-cancer/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lagrange-police-dog-passes-away-after-short-battle-with-cancer/ Bradley Frietas was found dead inside Freedom’s Landing Apartments, a student housing center, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
The 22-year-old from Atlanta was a junior at Georgia Southern University (GSU).
GBI was called to the scene Thursday, shortly after 9:00 p.m. to help with a welfare check at the request of the GSU Police Department.
EMS and the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-death-of-georgia-southern-student/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-death-of-georgia-southern-student/ According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, if all goes to schedule, the bridge will be open to traffic on Monday, March 5.
It’s been closed this week for emergency repairs.
The detour is still in place until things get back to normal:Traffic traveling east of the bridge on South Carolina Route 170 may use U.S. 17 northbound to I-95 southbound to Georgia Route 21]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houlihan-bridge-to-reopen-next-week/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houlihan-bridge-to-reopen-next-week/ According to officials, Christian Padilla was arraigned on Thursday and denied bond.
He is being held at the Bryan County Jail.
Padilla was arrested the night of Feb. 27. He is charged with terroristic threats and dissemination of information relating to terroristic threats.
A photo of the written statement saying, “I’m done don&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/student-accused-of-threatening-richmond-hill-hs-denied-bond/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/student-accused-of-threatening-richmond-hill-hs-denied-bond/ Several local school celebrated the event including Haven Academy. Read Across America DayRead Across America Day at Haven Academy. Photos By Dr. Lily Benson-Jaja Read Across America Day]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photo-gallery-local-schools-celebrate-read-across-america-day/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photo-gallery-local-schools-celebrate-read-across-america-day/ Local organizers are marking that event today at a spot in west Savannah. A marker sits near a bus stop that remembers what is referred t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/largest-slave-auction-in-south-known-as-the-weeping-time-remembered-in-savannah/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/largest-slave-auction-in-south-known-as-the-weeping-time-remembered-in-savannah/ 1:45 p.m.
A Delta Air Lines spokesman confirms only 13 members of the National Rifle Association bought discounted tickets using a perk later withdrawn by the airline following the school massacre in Florida.
Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter said Friday the discounted fares had been available for a short time and were only for NRA]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-only-13-nra-members-used-discount-delta-withdrew/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-only-13-nra-members-used-discount-delta-withdrew/ 12:15 p.m.
The Georgia Republican who led the charge for pro-gun lawmakers to punish Delta Air Lines says they were defending the values of “ridiculed and belittled” conservatives.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle called Delta a “beloved bedrock” of Georgia’s economy in an opinion piece published Friday by The Atl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-lt-governor-defends-denying-delta-perk/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-lt-governor-defends-denying-delta-perk/ Due to Northeast Winter Weather, there are some reported flight delays and cancellations. We encourage passengers to check with their airline prior to check-in. : https://t.co/r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-atlanta-airports-warn-travelers-of-delays-cancellations-due-to-winter-storm/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-atlanta-airports-warn-travelers-of-delays-cancellations-due-to-winter-storm/  The Daytime Parade Shuttle will operate from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. with service to and from the following locations. Passengers will pay $5 roundtrip fare to ride:From the Westside Shopping Center on U.S. 80 in Garden City to the Intermodal Transit Center on Oglethorpe Ave.
From the Island Towne Centre on U.S. 80 on Whitemarsh Island to the intersection of Price and Oglethorpe Ave.
From the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cat-announces-st-patricks-day-shuttle-schedule-fares/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cat-announces-st-patricks-day-shuttle-schedule-fares/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-alderman-cleared-of-criminal-wrongdoing-in-gun-buy-back-program/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-alderman-cleared-of-criminal-wrongdoing-in-gun-buy-back-program/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-youth-commission-to-travel-north-for-legislative-tour/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-youth-commission-to-travel-north-for-legislative-tour/ Over the past week, a black male subject has been reported as entering residences through windows during the evening hours. In two of these incidents, the subject woke up the residents. The subject’s motive for entering the residences is still being investiga]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-prowler-accused-of-entering-homes-at-night-in-paradise-park-windsor-forest/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-prowler-accused-of-entering-homes-at-night-in-paradise-park-windsor-forest/ The vote was not to discuss possible legalization of marijuana. The drug is still illegal in the state of Georgia.
Still, Alderman Van Johnson  has been resolute in his pursuit to curb the fallout of marijuana arrests.
“It’s an opportunity to increase education, employment, housing,” he said.
His pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-city-council-votes-to-lessen-penalties-for-simple-marijuana-possession/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 05:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-city-council-votes-to-lessen-penalties-for-simple-marijuana-possession/ Once, Dalton social studies instructor Jesse Randal Davidson went missing and was found, unresponsive, sitting on a curb. Another time he told police a strange and apparently unfounded story about a suspected murder.
Davidson now faces six charges including aggravated assault; terroristic threats and acts; and having a weapon on school prope]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-had-odd-encounters-with-cops-before-gunshot-incident/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-had-odd-encounters-with-cops-before-gunshot-incident/ The report says deputies brought him to a hospital for a mental evaluation and seized three rifles for safe-keeping after Jesse Randal Davidson torched the Mitsubishi Outlander on Aug. 13, 2016.
This latest report shows he was hospitalized at least three times as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-guns-taken-from-georgia-teacher-after-car-set-afire/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-guns-taken-from-georgia-teacher-after-car-set-afire/ By killing a proposed tax break on jet fuel, pro-gun Republicans won a political victory that could pay off in the short term, but other companies won’t soon forget that Georgia allied itself with the NRA over one of its largest private employers, with 33,000 workers statewide.
“When you inje]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/naked-politics-of-punishing-delta-could-haunt-georgia/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/naked-politics-of-punishing-delta-could-haunt-georgia/ Ignoring warnings that the state’s business-friendly image could be tarnished, Republicans in the state legislature voted Thursday to kill a tax break that would have saved Delta millions of dollars in sales tax on jet fuel. The proposal wasn’t c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-subjected-to-retribution-in-georgia-for-crossing-nra/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-subjected-to-retribution-in-georgia-for-crossing-nra/ Atlanta-based Delta released an internal memo CEO Ed Bastian sent to employees as GOP Gov. Nathan Deal swiftly signed into law a broad tax bill Republican lawmakers amended to kill a proposed tax break on jet fue]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-ceo-insists-we-are-not-taking-sides-in-us-gun-debate/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 04:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-ceo-insists-we-are-not-taking-sides-in-us-gun-debate/ There are heightened fears about security at a place where students should feel safe.
In the past week, there have been threats directed at five local schools.  Thursday, officials in Savannah-Chatham County say a middle school student was found with a gun.
A staff member at Hubert Middle found a student with a gun.  Police immediately placed the school on lockdown. No other weapons were found and school leaders can’t say how the student was disciplined or]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-parents-concerned-over-two-school-threats-in-24-hours/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-parents-concerned-over-two-school-threats-in-24-hours/ We’re told 20-year-old Emmanuel Pham, a current student at Georgia Southern, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by the university’s Department of Public Safety.
The department received the notification of a possible threat earlier Wednesday and determined it not to be credible.
He is being held at the Bulloch County]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-arrested-in-georgia-southern-university-terror-threat-identified/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-arrested-in-georgia-southern-university-terror-threat-identified/ The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said Thursday that Dr. Joseph Burton faces charges of conspiring to distribute and dispense controlled substances and illegal drug distribution.
Seven other people also face federal conspiracy charges. U.S. Attorney Byun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prosecutors-ex-medical-examiner-at-center-of-opioid-ring/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prosecutors-ex-medical-examiner-at-center-of-opioid-ring/ Today, when a person is involuntarily hospitalized, a report of that hospitalization is sent to state and federal officials to be used in criminal background checks. Under current Georgia law, those reports are kept on file for five years and then withdrawn from federal agencies and deleted by the state.
The GOP backed measure, which passed the House by a vot]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-house-votes-to-preserve-background-check-records/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-house-votes-to-preserve-background-check-records/ 3:45 p.m.
Pro-gun Republicans in the Georgia legislature have won a political victory over Delta Air Lines, denying the company a hefty tax break after it cut ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Florida high school.
The state House and Senate passed by large margins Thursday a sweepin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pro-gun-lawmakers-win-victory-over-delta/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-pro-gun-lawmakers-win-victory-over-delta/ 4:20 p.m.
Authorities say a Georgia teacher accused of firing a shot from a handgun out of a classroom window has waived his first court appearance, and will likely face a judge next week.
Police said 53-year-old social studies teacher Jesse Randal Davidson is accused of barricading himself inside a classroom at Dalton High School and firing the weapon, sendin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-teacher-waives-court-hearing-in-school-gun-scare/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-teacher-waives-court-hearing-in-school-gun-scare/ 11:40 a.m.
Police in north Georgia say a teacher accused of causing chaos at his high school by firing a gunshot in his classroom used a computer bag to conceal the weapon as he brought it into school.
Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier said investigators believe social studies teacher Jesse Randal Davidson brought the .38-caliber snub-nose revolver into Da]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-police-teacher-carried-gun-into-school-in-bag/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-police-teacher-carried-gun-into-school-in-bag/ St. Patrick’s Day festivities on Tybee Island will kick off with their annual Irish Heritage Celebration Parade on March 10 from 3-5 p.m. The family-friendly parade features floats, marchers and musical bands, and families are encouraged to dress in green and celebrate. The fun starts at the Tybee City Hall and proceeds down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street and is free and open to the public.
March 11 at 4 p.m.: Tybee Clean Beach Volunteers Bea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/full-schedule-of-st-patricks-day-2018-events-shuttles-for-tybee-island/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/full-schedule-of-st-patricks-day-2018-events-shuttles-for-tybee-island/ During their time at Carnegie Hall, Garrison will present a solo “Spotlight Performance” and perform with a mass chorus compri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garrison-middle-school-chorus-heads-to-carnegie-hall/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/garrison-middle-school-chorus-heads-to-carnegie-hall/ A sweeping tax bill with the fuel exemption stripped out by the Republicans passed the GOP-controlled House and Senate by wide margins, just days after Delta reacted to the school massacre in Florida by announcing it would no longer offer discount fares to NRA members.
Republican Gov. Nathan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pro-gun-georgia-lawmakers-punish-delta-for-crossing-the-nra/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pro-gun-georgia-lawmakers-punish-delta-for-crossing-the-nra/ The Georgia Senate is scheduled to vote on the newly amended measure Thursday.
The legislature has garnered national attention ever since Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle tweeted Monday that we would kill the proposed tax break on jet fuel as retribu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-to-vote-on-tax-bill-delta-benefit-dropped/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-to-vote-on-tax-bill-delta-benefit-dropped/ A tax measure, which was stripped of a jet-fuel tax break, passed the GOP-dominated Senate 44-10, with only Democrats opposed. It was the latest battle in a renewed debate over gun control and school safety after the Feb. 14 shooting.
The Senate’s presiding officer is R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-approves-tax-bill-snubbing-delta-in-nra-feud/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-approves-tax-bill-snubbing-delta-in-nra-feud/ The National Weather Service issued a flood warning Thursday in both states as heavy rainfall continues to cause widespread flooding of rivers and tributaries in Mississippi. A flood watch is in effect for most of the mid-South through noon Thursday.
In Alabama, police in the Birmingham suburb of Hueytown said high winds knocked down trees and power lines Thursday morning.
Forecas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flooding-a-threat-in-northern-parts-of-mississippi-alabama/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flooding-a-threat-in-northern-parts-of-mississippi-alabama/ WXIA-TV reported Wednesday that the man’s jump from the second-story was video recorded on social media. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Policy and Communications Director Reese McCranie says two passengers had been arguing when one became “visibly irate and belligerent.”
Atlanta police spokeswoman Stephanie Brown says t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-hurt-jumped-over-2nd-floor-rail-at-atlanta-airport/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-hurt-jumped-over-2nd-floor-rail-at-atlanta-airport/ WXIA-TV reported Wednesday that the man’s jump from the second-story was video recorded on social media. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Policy and Communications Director Reese McCranie says two passengers had been arguing when one became “visibly irate and belligerent.”
Atlanta police spokeswoman Stephanie Brown says t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-hurt-in-jump-from-2nd-floor-rail-at-atlanta-airport/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-hurt-in-jump-from-2nd-floor-rail-at-atlanta-airport/ CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
The video shows Duluth, Georgia father Seymore Harrison Jr. in his car with his daughter Charity Joy in the back seat.
The pair sing a song about Girl Scout cookies. Charity Joy is wearing her Girl Scout uniform and snapping her fing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-scout-sells-thousands-of-cookies-after-redbone-parody-video-with-dad-goes-viral/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-scout-sells-thousands-of-cookies-after-redbone-parody-video-with-dad-goes-viral/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jenkins-hs-holds-blood-drive-in-honor-of-toraya-jai-garvin/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jenkins-hs-holds-blood-drive-in-honor-of-toraya-jai-garvin/ Police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that four men are in custody for the Nov. 19 robbery at Barcelona Wine Bar where 29-year-old Chelsea Beller was shot.
Police Officer Donald Hannah said in a statement that fugitive investigators apprehended 19-year-old Terry Andre Jones after he landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airpo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-4-men-arrested-in-deadly-restaurant-robbery/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-4-men-arrested-in-deadly-restaurant-robbery/ 10:50 p.m.
Police in the town where a Georgia teacher is accused of firing a gunshot in a high school classroom say they encountered him twice before exhibiting odd behavior.
Dalton police said in a 2016 report that teacher Jesse Randal Davidson walked into the police department and told a rambling story suggesting a murder might have occurred. But police said they weren’t able to verify]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dalton-police-had-past-issues-with-teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-in-classroom/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dalton-police-had-past-issues-with-teacher-accused-of-firing-gun-in-classroom/ 5:45 p.m.
Georgia’s governor is criticizing what he calls an “unbecoming squabble” after fellow Republicans vowed to punish Delta Air Lines for breaking business ties with the National Rifle Association.
Gov. Nathan Deal broke his silence Wednesday on the controversy that has pitted gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol against one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-criticizes-squabble-between-gop-lawmakers-delta-air-lines/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-criticizes-squabble-between-gop-lawmakers-delta-air-lines/ Neighbors say “don’t get them wrong” they’re happy with how traffic is flowing now that construction is complete. But the concern now is the noise; something they say they deal with morning, noon and night.
“This noise is constant from 4:30 in the morning until la]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/loud-noise-from-hwy-204-drives-neighbors-crazy/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/loud-noise-from-hwy-204-drives-neighbors-crazy/ That movement spread like wildfire in October 2017. Women everywhere boldly told the world they weren’t going to take it anymore.
Two powerful women in the Savannah community also took a stand against harassment, and they’re also helping other women fight the battle.
Chatham County District Attor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-two-powerful-savannah-women-faced-harassment-fought-back-encouraging-others/Thu, 01 Mar 2018 01:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-two-powerful-savannah-women-faced-harassment-fought-back-encouraging-others/ University officials say the Office of Public Safety received notice of a possible threat that would occur on Thursday, March 1.
Public Safety investigated and the threat was determined not to be credible.
The suspect was arrested and charged on Feb. 28. They have not been identified.
This story is developing. Stay tuned on-air and online for upd]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-individual-arrested-for-threatening-statesboro-campus/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-individual-arrested-for-threatening-statesboro-campus/ DeKalb County Fire Capt. Ty Welch tells WSB-TV that responding firefighters found heavy flames tearing through the house within six minutes of the report early Wednesday. Welch says a family of four was inside the house at the time, and two adults and another young child escaped unharmed.
The boy suffered second-degree burns during the escape and was hospitalized.
Welch says inves]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/4-year-old-boy-suffers-severe-burns-in-house-fire-in-georgia/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/4-year-old-boy-suffers-severe-burns-in-house-fire-in-georgia/ The 9-year-old Belgian Malinois will be taken care of by his handler of four years Sgt. Clayton Bryant.
“As hard as he works he recognized that… he came over and sat down right beside me. His desire to work was out-weighed by his loyalty to me,” Bryant said.
Rik is said to be responding well to treatment for his lymphoma — but it comes at a cost.
To help ou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-steps-up-to-help-lagrange-police-dog-with-cancer/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-steps-up-to-help-lagrange-police-dog-with-cancer/ 12:45 a.m.
The Georgia House has passed a measure that proponents say would help keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
Today, when a person is involuntarily hospitalized, a report of that hospitalization is sent to state and federal officials to be used in criminal background checks. Under current Georgia law, those reports are kept]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-house-votes-to-preserve-background-check-records/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-house-votes-to-preserve-background-check-records/ 7:40 p.m.
Victims of childhood sexual abuse in Georgia could soon have more time to file lawsuits against their abusers under a proposal that has unanimously passed the House.
Republican Rep. Jason Spencer of Woodbine, who sponsored the measure, said science has shown that it can take decades for childhood victims to be able to confront their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-house-seeks-to-expand-hidden-predator-act/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-house-seeks-to-expand-hidden-predator-act/ 6:45 p.m.
Georgia is closer to adopting a voting system that leaves a paper trail.
The state Senate on Wednesday voted 50-1 in favor of a proposal that would replace electronic touch-screen voting with a paper-based system. It awaits House input.
Some lawmakers have pushed for paper ballots for years, arguing that paper ballots can’t be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-closer-to-adopting-paper-ballot-system/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-closer-to-adopting-paper-ballot-system/ 2:00 p.m.:
Metro Atlanta commuters could soon be riding the ATL to work under a proposal passed by the Georgia House.
The measure would establish a regional transit authority_called the ATL_that would be responsible for creating a plan to tackle Atlanta’s mounting transit concerns and approve access to new sources of transit funding.
Und]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-atlanta-commuters-could-soon-be-riding-the-atl/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-atlanta-commuters-could-soon-be-riding-the-atl/ On Wednesday around 11:30 a.m., Dalton City Police tweeted that officers were on the scene of reports of shots fired at the school located about 90 miles north of Atlanta.
53-year-old Jesse Randal Davidson, the school’s social studies teacher and football announcer, allegedly barricaded himself in a classroom and shot through a window with a handgun.
Students w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-in-custody-after-shots-fired-at-georgia-high-school-police-say/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-in-custody-after-shots-fired-at-georgia-high-school-police-say/ 53-year-old Jesse Randal Davidson, the school’s social studies teacher and football announcer, allegedly barricaded himself in a classroom and shot through a window with a handgun.
Davidson faces charges of aggravated assault involving a gun, terroristic threats and acts, carrying a weapon in a school safety zone and others.
Jail records]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-faces-half-dozen-charges-after-gunfire-at-georgia-high-school/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teacher-faces-half-dozen-charges-after-gunfire-at-georgia-high-school/ The proposal, passed unanimously on Wednesday, would require lobbyists to sign on to the General Assembly’s sexual harassment policy as a condition of their registration. It also outlines sanctions the General Assembly could impose on lobbyists that violate the policy, including revocation of their credentials and fines.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-wants-lobbyists-to-abide-by-harassment-policy/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-wants-lobbyists-to-abide-by-harassment-policy/ The houses were removed for the development of Ardsley Park.To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda or Day Clean Soul.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-gullah-geechee-neighborhood-of-sunnyside/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-gullah-geechee-neighborhood-of-sunnyside/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corps-of-engineers-marks-completion-of-outer-harbor-dredging-says-project-ends-early-under-budget/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corps-of-engineers-marks-completion-of-outer-harbor-dredging-says-project-ends-early-under-budget/ 5:45 p.m.
Georgia’s governor is criticizing what he calls an “unbecoming squabble” after fellow Republicans vowed to punish Delta Air Lines for breaking business ties with the National Rifle Association.
Gov. Nathan Deal broke his silence Wednesday on the controversy that has pitted gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol against one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-governor-bemoans-squabble-over-delta-nra/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-governor-bemoans-squabble-over-delta-nra/ 11 a.m.
Georgia’s lieutenant governor took to the Fox News Channel to defend his controversial threat to block a proposed sales tax exemption on jet fuel unless Delta Air Lines restores the travel discount it had offered to members of the National Rifle Association.
Appearing on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-lt-gov-defends-stance-against-delta/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-lt-gov-defends-stance-against-delta/ 12:50 p.m.
A Democratic candidate for the Georgia governor’s office says the state’s lieutenant governor may have broken anti-corruption laws when he threatened to block a proposed airline tax cut after Delta Air Lines ended its travel discount program with the National Rifle Association.
In a Wednesday letter, Stacey Evans urged Georgia Attorney Gene]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-dem-questions-legality-of-delta-threat/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-dem-questions-legality-of-delta-threat/ The State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday announced a closed meeting on March 14 to hear arguments for and against clemency for Carlton Gary. The 67-year-old inmate is scheduled to be put to death March 15.
Gary was convicted on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of 89-y]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/clemency-hearing-scheduled-for-georgia-stocking-strangler/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/clemency-hearing-scheduled-for-georgia-stocking-strangler/ Contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company began dredging a 20-mile (32-kilometer) stretch from the Savannah River into the Atlantic Ocean in September 2015. Project manager Armand Riehl said Wednesday a dredging barge is mopping up rough spots after the company removed about 857,000 dump truck loads of sand and mud from the river bottom.
Savannah is racing f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/973m-deepening-of-savannah-harbor-nearing-halfway-point/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/973m-deepening-of-savannah-harbor-nearing-halfway-point/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/singer-actress-patti-labelle-to-headline-southern-womens-show/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/singer-actress-patti-labelle-to-headline-southern-womens-show/ According to Richmond Hill Police, the investigation led to an arrest on Feb. 27.
The police posted this message on their Facebook page:
RHPD detectives along with the FBI worked diligently through the night following leads that we rece]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-richmond-hill-police-fbi-make-arrest-in-threat-made-at-high-school/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-richmond-hill-police-fbi-make-arrest-in-threat-made-at-high-school/ In an ongoing investigation, 17-year-old Christian Padilla, a student at RHHS, has been arrested in connection with the threat.
He was arrested Tuesday night around 10:00 p.m. at a McDonald’s where he was working.
Padilla faces charges of terroristic threats and dissemination of information relating to terroristic threats.
The Richmond]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-richmond-hill-police-fbi-arrest-student-for-threat-made-at-high-school/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-richmond-hill-police-fbi-arrest-student-for-threat-made-at-high-school/ Chasity Foster says, “Something did happen to her, and then to lose this is like something happening all over to lose her again.”
Foster says she’s desperate to find her daughter, Shaylin&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-mom-loses-necklace-with-daughters-ashes-at-disney-marathon/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-mom-loses-necklace-with-daughters-ashes-at-disney-marathon/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a Gwinnett County judge set bond Monday at $75,000 for 32-year-old Michael Wysolovski on charges including sodomy, cruelty to children and false imprisonment. He’ll also have to wear a GPS-monitoring ankle bracelet and have no contact with the girl and her family.
The FBI had said in June the 17-year-old girl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-holding-teen-against-her-will-granted-bond/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-holding-teen-against-her-will-granted-bond/ The Augusta Chronicle reports 25-year-old Reality Winner admitted in the recorded statement that she mailed a classified document to The Intercept, an online news outlet. Parts of the recording were played in federal court on Tuesday.
Def]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-judge-to-rule-whether-to-suppress-accused-leakers-statements/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-judge-to-rule-whether-to-suppress-accused-leakers-statements/ The Augusta Chronicle reports 25-year-old Reality Winner admitted in the recorded statement that she mailed a classified document to The Intercept, an online news outlet. Parts of the recording were played in federal court on Tuesday.
Def]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-to-rule-whether-to-suppress-accused-leakers-statement/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-to-rule-whether-to-suppress-accused-leakers-statement/ Smith posted a video on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Feb. 27, during the first day of filming and after he apparently discovered sand gnats while on locati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/actor-will-smith-filming-movie-near-savannah-says-georgia-gotta-do-something-about-these-bugs/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/actor-will-smith-filming-movie-near-savannah-says-georgia-gotta-do-something-about-these-bugs/ The men arrested were charged with various charges including alleged sexual exploitation of children, alleged crimin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-slumber-party-focuses-on-suspects-with-intent-to-meet-child-for-sex-in-georgia/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/operation-slumber-party-focuses-on-suspects-with-intent-to-meet-child-for-sex-in-georgia/ According to Savannah Police, officers responded to Planet Fitness on Eisenhower Drive for reports of an entering auto at around 10 p.m. on Feb. 17. The victim reported someone smashed her window and stole multiple items including a bag containing credit cards, social security card, clothing, a laptop and other items. The bag had been left in plain view]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-suspect-accused-of-using-stolen-credit-cards-at-target/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-suspect-accused-of-using-stolen-credit-cards-at-target/ The city of Alpharetta says in a statement that as promised earlier this month, Mayor David Belle Isle announced his resignation Feb. 21. His resignation triggered council members Jim Gilvin and Chris Owens to resign as well, as they had previously announced their intentions to run for ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/citys-mayor-resigns-to-run-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/citys-mayor-resigns-to-run-for-georgia-secretary-of-state/ Dozier says, “prevention of crime safety and security on our campus is our number one goal. our students are our most valuable asset.” She adds their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-state-president-addresses-deadly-shooting-for-the-first-time/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-state-president-addresses-deadly-shooting-for-the-first-time/ Gov. Nathan Deal, serving his final year in office, broke his silence on the controversy during a news conference with an apparent jab at candidates running to succeed him. He said a tax overhaul bill caught up in the debate had be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-governor-criticizes-unbecoming-squabble-over-delta/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-governor-criticizes-unbecoming-squabble-over-delta/ Threats from GOP Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and other Republicans running to become Georgia’s next governor are jeopardizing an exemption from sales taxes on jet fuel sought by Delta Air Lines.
Republican state Sen. Chuck Hufstetler said Tuesday that officials were working behind the scenes to resolve the dispute that erup]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-tax-break-at-stake-in-spat-with-georgia-gop-over-nra/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/delta-tax-break-at-stake-in-spat-with-georgia-gop-over-nra/ Then as Brian Strode backed out of his Battery Point home on Whitemarsh Island on Friday morning, he saw something eerie.
“Saw that the door was cracked and they had plummaged through the center console it was still lifted up, everything from the center console is sitting in the driver’s seat and then the glove box was opened and it looked like they only went through things that look like they could have had c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alarming-increase-in-islands-car-break-ins-share-common-theme/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alarming-increase-in-islands-car-break-ins-share-common-theme/ On Saturday, Michael Waller Jr., 23, led deputies on a chase which began in Flemington, went through Richmond Hill and onto Interstate 95.
Now Waller is wanted for aggravated assault on a police officer.
According to Chief of Detectives Tracy Jennings, deputies with the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-seek-suspect-in-i-95-high-speed-chase/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-seek-suspect-in-i-95-high-speed-chase/ Bryan County Schools and the Richmond Hill Police Department both say they are aware of the threatening statement and are working to provide additional security measures at the high school.
A photo of the written statement saying, “I’m done don’t come to school the 28th or they’ll be consequences … I w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-threat-found-at-richmond-hill-high-school/Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-threat-found-at-richmond-hill-high-school/ Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr says a refund program has been set up for consumers who lost money to scammers between Jan. 1, 2004 and Jan. 19, 2017.
This follows a settlement with the Western Union company which in January agreed to pay $586 million.
The FTC alleged that fraudsters were able to use Western Unio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/compensation-for-western-union-scam-available-for-victims/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/compensation-for-western-union-scam-available-for-victims/ Local media report that Atlanta police Major Michael O’Connor said Tuesday that 35-year-old Timothy Cunningham told co-workers he was expecting the promotion. Cunningham is an epidemiologist at the Atlanta-based CDC.
Police say Cunningham reported to work Feb. 12 but told colleagues he didn’t feel well]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-missing-cdc-worker-was-disappointed-about-promotion/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-missing-cdc-worker-was-disappointed-about-promotion/ At least four GOP candidates for governor recently condemned Delta for joining more than a dozen U.S. corporations that have ended partnerships with the NRA after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
One of them, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, called T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-lawmakers-want-delta-punished-for-nra-decision/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-lawmakers-want-delta-punished-for-nra-decision/ Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has threatened to block renewal of a major tax break for the Atlanta-based airline. Cagle’s top GOP rivals in the 2018 governor’s race agree with the move.
Republican Sen. Chuck Hufstetler is chairman of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmaker-georgia-gop-working-to-mend-delta-rift-over-nra/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmaker-georgia-gop-working-to-mend-delta-rift-over-nra/ Gov. Nathan Deal’s spokeswoman, Jen Ryan, said he had no immediate comment Tuesday on the controversy pitting other top Republicans against one of Georgia’s largest employers.
GOP Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle threatened Monday]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-candidates-want-delta-punished-for-dropping-nra/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-candidates-want-delta-punished-for-dropping-nra/ The brazen lynching horrified the country that year. But a federal grand jury indicted no one, and investigators over the decades since also failed to crack the case. Last month, Georgia’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1946-lynching-investigations-end-hope-for-answers-lingers/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1946-lynching-investigations-end-hope-for-answers-lingers/ WTVM-TV reports the Columbus Police Department issued a murder warrant for 39-year-old Travis Eugene Thomas when they learned of the Feb. 15 shooting. Police responded to reports of a person shot on Thomas Street that day and found 38-year-old Darnell Jackson with a gunshot wound. Jackson later died at a hospital.
A hearing has been set for Wednesday morning. It’s un]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-man-turns-self-in-after-fatal-shooting/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-man-turns-self-in-after-fatal-shooting/ Savannah State University tells news outlets in a statement that 19-year-old Phillip Burke was arrested Sunday in the shooting that killed 20-year-old Kaleel Clarke on the school’s campus Saturday afternoon. University police Chief James Barnwell says neither Clarke or Burke were students.
The university says Clarke suffered several gunshot wou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-id-shooter-man-killed-at-college-in-georgia/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-id-shooter-man-killed-at-college-in-georgia/ Dr. W.E.B. Dubois requested the endorsement of its leadership regarding his Niagara Movement .
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 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannah-mens-sunday-club/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannah-mens-sunday-club/ Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese tells WMAZ-TV the agency was investigating a complaint from the landlord about a strong smell coming from the shed. Landlord Eddie Alderman says he investigated the smell and found a body under a blanket.
Deese says he’s unsure if investigators checked the shed when they received the missing report of Amanda Peeples last December.
Alderman says a dete]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/body-found-in-shed-behind-missing-georgia-womans-home/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/body-found-in-shed-behind-missing-georgia-womans-home/ WMAZ-TV cites a Warner Robins Police news release that says 28-year-old Tashia Gomez and 40-year-old George Wesley Albert were charged with home invasion, armed robbery and aggravated assault. The two are accused of attempting to rob a home Sunday morning when a 19-year-old was shot in the arm.
It’s unclear if the two have lawyers.
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Informati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-charged-in-georgia-trailer-park-robbery-shooting/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-charged-in-georgia-trailer-park-robbery-shooting/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Coke said Monday that it’s making the cuts in its North American business unit which has about 8,000 employees.
Company spokesman Kent Landers says Coke has been implementing a new model that returns ownership of its bottling system to local operators.
Landers says changes include re-orienting jobs and adding new one]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coca-cola-cutting-up-to-350-jobs-mostly-from-its-atlanta-hq/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coca-cola-cutting-up-to-350-jobs-mostly-from-its-atlanta-hq/ LaGrange Police Sgt. Robert Kirby told news outlets that the child was shot in the head at an apartment complex on Monday. The child is in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital.
The handgun was within reach of the child’s 2-year-old and 7-year-old brothers.
Kirby says the children’s mother was home at the time of the shooting. Investigators are unsure who owns the f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/4-year-old-girl-shot-in-head-at-apartment-complex-in-georgia/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/4-year-old-girl-shot-in-head-at-apartment-complex-in-georgia/ According to a release from DOT, the closure is necessary for emergency bridge repairs.
During the closure, a 23-mile detour will be signed as follows:Traffic traveling east of the bridge on South Carolina Route 170 may use U.S. 17 n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houlihan-bridge-closed-to-ga-hwy-25-traffic-for-emergency-repairs/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houlihan-bridge-closed-to-ga-hwy-25-traffic-for-emergency-repairs/ According to a release from the company, “the store has experienced declining sales and negative profit over an extended period and its closure is necessary to make Kroger more competitive in the market.”
The company says all 120 associates will be considered]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/after-26-years-southside-kroger-to-close-on-march-23/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/after-26-years-southside-kroger-to-close-on-march-23/ An investigation revealed 50-year-old Glynn County resident Jeffery Gould was traveling north on Ga 27 in a black Jeep Wrangler when he crossed the center turn lane and traveled into the southbound lanes.
Sixty-nine year-old Glynn County resident Richard Reyna was traveling south o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-co-police-man-in-critical-condition-in-head-on-crash-charges-pending/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/glynn-co-police-man-in-critical-condition-in-head-on-crash-charges-pending/ “This is not the first time that this has happened and this is a big situation that keeps happening and keeps reoccurring,” Jalen Holmes says.
Befor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/reoccurring-violence-at-savannah-state-calls-for-concern/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/reoccurring-violence-at-savannah-state-calls-for-concern/ “DO NOT LOG INTO THE PC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE”
The sign tapes to computer screens is the latest part of a weeks long saga involved the City of Savannah and a malware attack, software intentionally used as a virus. Spokespersons for the city believe there was a phishing email that was possible opened by a city employee which spread the virus to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/malware-attack-continues-to-cripple-city-of-savannah-employees/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/malware-attack-continues-to-cripple-city-of-savannah-employees/ 7 p.m.
Georgia Democrats have blasted the state’s lieutenant governor, saying his recent threat against Delta Air Lines for severing ties with the National Rifle Association is proof that Republican lawmakers are in the pocket of the gun lobby.
The statements come shortly after Lt. Gov Casey Cagle tweeted that he would use his position to kill a proposed sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-democrats-say-nra-controls-state-leaders/Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-georgia-democrats-say-nra-controls-state-leaders/ McDuffie, 51, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 20, during a physical training session for the Hinesville Fire Department.
He fell unconscious while running at a park and was transported to Liberty Regional Medical Center where he passed.
According to the City of Hinesville, McDuffie was with the department since 2001.
Jimal Kinney, a friend of M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-fire-captain-laid-to-rest/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-fire-captain-laid-to-rest/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that three GOP candidates for governor recently condemned Delta for joining more than a dozen U.S. corporations that have ended partnerships with the NRA after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
The news comes as Delta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-republicans-upset-after-delta-cuts-ties-with-nra/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-republicans-upset-after-delta-cuts-ties-with-nra/ 5:10 p.m.
The university system of Georgia would have to create a free-speech policy protecting invited speakers under a proposal that passed the Senate on Monday.
The measure, sponsored by Sen. William Ligon, comes in response to a national debate about controversial speakers — often conservative ones — being disinvited from speaking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-senate-advances-free-speech-policy-mandate/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-senate-advances-free-speech-policy-mandate/ 3:05 p.m.
Georgia’s Republican senators want Atlanta voting polls to close an hour earlier.
The Senate voted along party lines, 35-19, Monday for a bill establishing a statewide 7 p.m. poll-closing time. Atlanta polls currently close at 8 p.m., an hour later than the rest of Georgia.
The measure, which goes to the House next, would also require]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-gop-senators-want-atlanta-polls-to-close-earlier/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-gop-senators-want-atlanta-polls-to-close-earlier/ The proposal passed Monday is one of the final pieces of Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s years-long initiative to overhaul the state’s criminal justice system by keeping fewer nonviolent offenders behind bars.
The latest measure would give judges more leeway in forgoing cash bail for low-income offenders held for nonviolent offenses and more opportuni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-advances-governors-cash-bail-overhaul/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-advances-governors-cash-bail-overhaul/ Delta is part of a growing chorus of businesses cutting ties with the NRA after the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead. But now the airline is coming under attack, with Georgi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-leader-threatens-delta-over-cutting-its-nra-ties/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-leader-threatens-delta-over-cutting-its-nra-ties/ CrimeStoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or indictment in the missing case of 35-year-old Timothy Cunningham.
Cunningham was last seen by coworkers while leaving the CDC in Chamblee, Georgia on February 12. Cunningham is a commander at the CDC and was once named to the Atlanta Busine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10k-reward-offered-in-missing-cdc-employee-case/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10k-reward-offered-in-missing-cdc-employee-case/ Students staged “die-ins,” mothers confronted lawmakers and activists pledged to vote out any lawmakers who do not enact “sensible” reform.
The annual rally had added relevance as it took place a week after the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.
Numerous gun bills are u]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-weigh-gun-control-proposals/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-weigh-gun-control-proposals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-resolution-to-rename-runaway-negro-creek/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-resolution-to-rename-runaway-negro-creek/ A growing number of gun owners are destroying weapons to protest mass shootings, and posting about it with the hashtag #oneless.
Scott Pappalardo put a saw to the Eagle AR-15 he’s owned for 30 yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-owners-are-destroying-their-guns-after-florida-shooting/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-owners-are-destroying-their-guns-after-florida-shooting/ In response to the killings of 17 people by a 19-year-old with an AR-15, some gun owners are waging personal protests against mass shootings.
The AR-15 is the gun drawing the most scorn duri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/after-florida-rampage-some-owners-are-destroying-their-guns/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/after-florida-rampage-some-owners-are-destroying-their-guns/ WALB-TV reports about 20 shots were fired at the store Sunday night in Lenox and the man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The station quotes Lenox police Chief Shane Daughtrey as saying the man was wounded in a drive-by shooting, but the department hasn’t verified what type of car the shooter drove.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the case.
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Inf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-shot-at-georgia-dollar-general-police-investigating/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-shot-at-georgia-dollar-general-police-investigating/ According to Jeff Davis County Schools Superintendent Dr. Stan Rentz, a Snapchat saying, “Don’t go to school, pass it on because a shooting threat has been made at Jeff Davis County Schools” began circulating Sunday night.
By Monday morning, the rumor made it’s way onto Facebook, Dr. Rentz explained.
The Hazlehurst Police Department issued a warning on their Face]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jeff-davis-county-schools-superintendent-addresses-shooting-threat/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jeff-davis-county-schools-superintendent-addresses-shooting-threat/ According to the post: The Hazlehurst Police Department is aware of information about a possible school shooting. Our investigation into this information has not produced any evidence that it will occur. However, as a precaution there will be extra officers patrolling the schools today
Hazlehurst is located in Jeff Davis County.
We will]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hazlehurst-police-release-statement-on-possible-school-shooting/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hazlehurst-police-release-statement-on-possible-school-shooting/  ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-dr-daniel-washington-worked-to-increase-education-numbers/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-dr-daniel-washington-worked-to-increase-education-numbers/ Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority officials told news outlets that the transit line was suspended Sunday after a man was shot around 6:30 p.m. near the Kensington station on the eastbound line. Investigators say the victim was shot in the leg.
Police say the suspect fled when the train stopped at the station.
Police are still searching for the suspect.
The victim’s ident]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/marta-resumes-service-after-man-shot-on-train-in-atlanta/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/marta-resumes-service-after-man-shot-on-train-in-atlanta/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-imposes-ban-on-open-air-drinking-loud-music-for-2-weekends/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tybee-imposes-ban-on-open-air-drinking-loud-music-for-2-weekends/ The Liberty Campus Open House on Feb. 27 is for high school students and transfer students who are interested in attending Georgia Southern University’s Liberty Campus. Students will have an opportunity to speak with admissions,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-to-host-open-house-at-liberty-campus-for-high-school-transfer-students/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-to-host-open-house-at-liberty-campus-for-high-school-transfer-students/ The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee selected Michael Kenny on Sunday as their new grand marshal.
Kenny says he couldn’t be happier to be a part of a tradition that he has given his life to for more than 40 years. “This is a thrill of a lifetime. for Savannah Irish men to hold this responsibility]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/theres-a-new-grand-marshal-in-town-for-st-patricks-day/Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/theres-a-new-grand-marshal-in-town-for-st-patricks-day/ Savannah State University officials said in a statement that the suspect was arrested Sunday. Police are continuing to investigate after a man was killed in the shooting on the school’s campus Saturday afternoon.
Savannah State University police chief James Barnwell told news outlets that neither the victim nor the suspect was students. Neither one was imm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-arrested-after-fatal-shooting-at-college-in-georgia/Sun, 25 Feb 2018 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-arrested-after-fatal-shooting-at-college-in-georgia/ Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar intends to build a 2,000-acre solar facility in Georgia’s Twiggs County, just south of Macon.
Don Moreland, chairman of the Georgia Solar Energy Association’s board of directors, says he believes the announcement is evidence that the state’s solar industry “is pretty resilient.”
Moreland tells WABE Radio that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/arizona-firm-announces-plan-for-massive-georgia-solar-plant/Sun, 25 Feb 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/arizona-firm-announces-plan-for-massive-georgia-solar-plant/ The three-day festival that opens March 2 and is being hosted by Valdosta State University.
The Valdosta Daily Times reports screenings include Brantly Jackson Watts’s “Birthday Cake,” a thriller about modern domestic violence. The documentary “Rodents of Unusual Size” looks at the in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/valdosta-university-to-host-south-georgia-film-festival/Sun, 25 Feb 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/valdosta-university-to-host-south-georgia-film-festival/ Billy Wooten, the Director of the LGBT Center in Savannah, told News 3 that he is appalled by the “religious liberty” bill.
“It’s just another misguided, misplaced, feverish effort to do in the name of religion things that are really as far as fro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/opposing-sides-weigh-in-on-controversial-adoption-bill/Sun, 25 Feb 2018 02:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/opposing-sides-weigh-in-on-controversial-adoption-bill/ The campus was on lockdown for hours while police investigate.
They say the person shot was not a student or a faculty member.
According to SSU, around 2:25 p.m., public safety received a report of shots fired in the vicinity of University Commons. The shooting victim was located and transported to Memorial Hospital where he died as a result of his injuries.
The campus was placed on lockdo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-shooting-at-savannah-state-university-leaves-1-dead/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-shooting-at-savannah-state-university-leaves-1-dead/ According to SSU, around 2:25 p.m. public safety received a report of shots fired in the vicinity of University Commons.
Law enforcement officials located 20-year-old Kaleel Clarke, a former student at SSU, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Clarke was transported to Memorial Hospital where he died as a result of his injuries.
According to SSU, Phillip Dayan Burke, 20, was o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-state-university-shooting-suspect-victim-identified/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-state-university-shooting-suspect-victim-identified/ Savannah State University is on lockdown while police investigate a shooting.
According to police, one person was shot, no word yet on the extent of injuries.
They say the person shot is not a student or a faculty member.
The University’s Tiger’s Roar website tweeted this photo that shows crime scene tape surrounding the University Commons Apartments.
News 3 has a crew on the scene, we will continue to update you on this story
 
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-state-university-on-lockdown-as-police-investigate-shooting/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-state-university-on-lockdown-as-police-investigate-shooting/ Gwinnett County Elections Director Lynn Ledford says she needs more than 2,000 poll workers before May’s primary elections, including 350 who are fluent in both English and Spanish.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Gwinnett County is the first and only community in Georgia to receive a U.S. Census Bureau designation mandati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-county-working-to-hire-spanish-speaking-poll-workers/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-county-working-to-hire-spanish-speaking-poll-workers/ The Brunswick News reports the nonprofit group One Hundred Miles plans to take a bus from Savannah to the statehouse in Atlanta on Thursday. Kelly Patton, the group’s coastal education coordinator, says the trip will give coastal residents a chance to share their concerns face-to-face with legislators.
Megan Desrosiers,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/conservation-group-offers-ride-from-coast-to-georgia-capitol/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/conservation-group-offers-ride-from-coast-to-georgia-capitol/ There are ways around the looming deadline, but legislators try to pass as many bills as possible and are expected to work late into the night.
Among the bills that are expected to come up for debate by Wednesday are two proposals to establish a regional transit authority, called the ATL, aimed at improving met]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/transit-overhaul-a-top-issue-as-lawmakers-approach-deadline/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/transit-overhaul-a-top-issue-as-lawmakers-approach-deadline/ Marvel’s latest blockbuster hit features the first movie to feature a lead black superhero surrounded by a primarily black cast.
On Friday, 150 Savannah students were able to experience the phenomenon up close thanks to the generosity of others.
In January, Christian Noble decided to take part in the #BlackPantherChallenge, a call on social media to invit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-gifted-free-movie-party-thanks-to-blackpantherchallenge/Sat, 24 Feb 2018 08:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-gifted-free-movie-party-thanks-to-blackpantherchallenge/ Right here in The Hostess City, one clothing company is standing by their motto “We’ve Got Your Six” to give back to the shooting victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Nine Line Apparel has launched a limited ‘Parkland Strong’ design to support the families and victims at Stoneman Douglas High.
In coordination with the non-profit organization]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nine-line-apparel-honors-parkland-shooting-victims-with-limited-t-shirt-design/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nine-line-apparel-honors-parkland-shooting-victims-with-limited-t-shirt-design/ Police issued a bulletin Friday saying 35-year-old Timothy Jerrell Cunningham was last seen Feb. 12. Police said he called in sick that day and hasn’t been heard from since.
WSB-TV reported his parents arrived from Maryland at his Atlanta home and found his car, keys, wallet and phone. They said he also left his dog at home.
His father, Terrell Cunningham,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-cdc-employee-missing-after-calling-in-sick/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-cdc-employee-missing-after-calling-in-sick/ Carlton Gary was convicted in 1986 on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of 89-year-old Florence Scheible, 69-year-old Martha Thurmond and 74-year-old Kathleen Woodruff.
State Attorney General Chris Carr announced Friday that the 67-year-old inmate is scheduled to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-execution-date-set-for-georgias-stocking-strangler/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-execution-date-set-for-georgias-stocking-strangler/ Carlton Gary was convicted in 1986 on three counts each of malice murder, rape and burglary for the 1977 deaths of 89-year-old Florence Scheible, 69-year-old Martha Thurmond and 74-year-old Kathleen Woodruff.
State Attorney General Chris Carr announced Friday that the 67-year-old inmate is scheduled to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-execution-date-set-for-georgias-stocking-strangler/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-execution-date-set-for-georgias-stocking-strangler/ On Friday, Sgt. Danny Walker with Chatham County Marine Patrol was out on patrol when he came across a dolphin stuck in the line.
Luckily, he was able to free the dolphin and send him on his way.
“Thank you, Sergeant Walker, for taking care of our marine creatures!” CCMP posted on their Facebook page.
CCMP is under the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-chatham-county-marine-patrol-rescues-dolphin-from-line/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-chatham-county-marine-patrol-rescues-dolphin-from-line/ On Friday, Sgt. Danny Walker with Chatham County Marine Patrol was out on patrol when he came across a dolphin stuck in the line.
Luckily, he was able to free the dolphin and send him on his way.
“Thank you, Sergeant Walker, for taking care of our marine creatures!” CCMP posted on their Facebook page.
CCMP is under the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-chatham-county-marine-patrol-rescues-dolphin-from-line/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-chatham-county-marine-patrol-rescues-dolphin-from-line/ Ossoff told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday that he will not enter this year’s race in Georgia’s 6th District in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. He says he will support Democratic candidates and focus on his career as an investigative journalist.
Last year’s special elect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ossoff-not-seeking-rematch-in-georgia-race-for-us-house-seat/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ossoff-not-seeking-rematch-in-georgia-race-for-us-house-seat/ Ossoff told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday that he will not enter this year’s race in Georgia’s 6th District in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. He says he will support Democratic candidates and focus on his career as an investigative journalist.
Last year’s special elect]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ossoff-not-seeking-rematch-in-georgia-race-for-us-house-seat/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ossoff-not-seeking-rematch-in-georgia-race-for-us-house-seat/ Sponsored by Sen. William Ligon, a Brunswick Republican, the measure was passed Thursday by a vote of 35 to 19 after about an hour of contentious debate.
Ligon said the bill is needed to ensure that faith-based organizations are not kept out of civic life.
But opponents of the measure say it would effectively allow state-sanctioned discr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-advances-controversial-adoption-proposal/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-advances-controversial-adoption-proposal/ Atlanta police Capt. Andrew Senzer tells news outlets that police haven’t nailed down the precise location, but the early Friday shooting took place somewhere between the Whisky Mistress bar and the Hampton Inn, both in Buckhead.
He says the victim left the bar in his Audi after a physical altercation, and at some point the suspect fired one shot, which penetrated the car and struck the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-man-followed-shot-while-driving-after-bar-fight/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-man-followed-shot-while-driving-after-bar-fight/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-congressman-robert-smalls/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-congressman-robert-smalls/ Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the fire department at 2702 Mechanics Ave. and begin to go to homes in town to offer free smoke alarm installation.
The event lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For alarms, call 912-354-3892. If you would like to volunteer, email: jessie.smith@redcross.org
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/red-cross-thunderbolt-fire-to-install-free-fire-alarms-to-residents-on-saturday/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/red-cross-thunderbolt-fire-to-install-free-fire-alarms-to-residents-on-saturday/ WSB-TV reports the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office realized a mistake was made after the murder victim’s family saw Javoris Hurston on the streets. The jail said it didn’t know Hurston recently pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Fulton County in the 2015 death of 51-year-old Barry Hawkins.
Last June, he pleaded guilty to Hawkins’ murder and received]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/convicted-murder-mistakenly-released-from-jail/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/convicted-murder-mistakenly-released-from-jail/ Can you help find this YouTube musician wanted for assault?
“they got into a verbal altercation that turned physical, in front of a two-year-old child that was present,” explains Savannah Police Detective Kevin Toliver.
Savannah Police Detectives are talking about Hershel Tanksley.
Tanksley allegedly beat up his girlfriend, and this wasn’t the first time police dealt wi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-aspiring-rapper-wanted-for-assault/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-aspiring-rapper-wanted-for-assault/ It’s full steam ahead for construction on the new multi million dollar arena project.  Parts of Savannah’s Westside, the Carver Village Community, will soon be transformed.
City leaders have hired a consultant who will help them manage the project.  People along West Gwinnett Street and Stiles Avenue will soon see that roadway close while crews work to raise Gwinnett Street to help with flooding issues.
Alderman Van Johnson took News 3 on a tour of t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannahs-westside-will-soon-see-transformation-with-new-arena/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 01:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannahs-westside-will-soon-see-transformation-with-new-arena/ Noah Tyson is from Guyton and went to South Effingham High School before graduating in January.
On Thursday, Feb. 22, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office arrested him in an ongoing investigation.
According to ECSO, statements allegedly made by Tyson resulted in the search of his residence and led to his arrest.
Authorities say the investigation will continue and ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-county-authorities-arrest-18-year-old-for-terroristic-threats/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-county-authorities-arrest-18-year-old-for-terroristic-threats/ Members of the Pooler Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Board of Directors, City Officials and Vanden leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Vaden Chevrolet.
“Being the only automotive dealership in Pooler makes this a very unique opportunity for our customers, and so far, the results have exceeded our expectations,” said owner Jane Vaden Thacher. “Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vaden-automotive-celebrates-new-dealership-in-pooler/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/vaden-automotive-celebrates-new-dealership-in-pooler/ On Monday, Feb. 19, Dr. Henry Hankerson, 45, was arrested and faces a charge of Cruelty to Animals.
Dr. Hankerson is currently the Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Baldwin County High School in Milledgeville.
He previously worked for the Vidalia City School District as the Assistant Principal of J.R. Trippe Middle School from 2005 to 2016.
After receiving complaints concerning a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/assistant-principal-arrested-in-animal-cruelty-case/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/assistant-principal-arrested-in-animal-cruelty-case/ Prosecutors say that from November 2016 to April 2017, 41-year-old Deldrick Jackson and his fiancee, 38-year-old Kelly Bass, provided escaped inmates with rides from the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta and smuggled contraband back into the prison.
The U.S. attorney’s office]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/inmate-gets-18-more-months-for-running-inmate-taxi-service/Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/inmate-gets-18-more-months-for-running-inmate-taxi-service/ The governor’s office estimates Georgia could collect $5.2 billion in added taxes over the next five years because of the federal changes.
The proposal, passed by the House Thursday, would cut top income tax rates for individuals and businesses from 6 to 5.75 percent in 2019, w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-passes-governors-sweeping-tax-cuts/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-passes-governors-sweeping-tax-cuts/ McDuffie, 51, was running at a local park on Tuesday, Feb. 20 when he fell unconscious.
His colleagues at the Hinesville Fire Department immediately rendered CPR until he was transported to Liberty Regional Medical Center. There McDuffie was pronounced dead from “a nature and cause of fatal injury that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-fire-captain-dies-during-training-session/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-fire-captain-dies-during-training-session/ “I started playing, skating at least when I was three years old. So I started skating about the time that I started like walking pretty good,” said Carter Penzien, a forward on the Ice Dawgs team.
Defender Aaron Phillips started playing street hockey, he said, “after that, I started ice, and then]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-olympics-challenge-news-3-takes-on-ice-hockey-with-uga/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-olympics-challenge-news-3-takes-on-ice-hockey-with-uga/ The Rev. Bernice King, speaking at The King Center in Atlanta, offered condolences for the families of the 17 people fatally shot Feb. 14 at a Florida high school and commended survivors for their activism to change gun laws.
She said she hopes people can “look toward solutions as th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mlks-daughter-supports-students-says-gun-changes-overdue/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mlks-daughter-supports-students-says-gun-changes-overdue/ The Rev. Bernice King spoke Thursday at The King Center in Atlanta about the Feb. 14 massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
King commended the surviving students and said she plans to join them during the March for Our Lives in Washington next month.
She also announced plans to mark the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kings-daughter-speaks-out-on-school-shooting/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/kings-daughter-speaks-out-on-school-shooting/ Organizers say the Power Rising Summit, running Thursday through Sunday, aims to bring black women together to develop strategies to be implemented locally and nationally.
Organizer Leah Daughtry, who has twice served as CEO of the Democratic National Convention, said that while black women have made progress in so many areas, their]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-gathering-aims-to-help-black-women-leverage-power/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-gathering-aims-to-help-black-women-leverage-power/ Republican Rep. Allen Peake of Macon said in a news release Thursday that this is his 12th and final year as a state representative.
Peake helped pass a 2015 bill legalizing the possession of medical cannabis oil for patients with certain serious conditions. Since then, he has helped patients obtain the product, which is hard to acquire because medical]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-medical-marijuana-advocate-wont-run-for-re-election/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-medical-marijuana-advocate-wont-run-for-re-election/ The Georgia Department of Corrections said in news release Thursday that corrections officers found inmate Joel Domingues unresponsive in his cell at Valdosta State Prison around 6:40 p.m. on Feb. 15.
The agency says prison medical staff tried unsuccessfully to revive him and a coroner pronounced him dead around 7:10 p.m.
The agency is investigating, which is standard pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-say-georgia-inmate-died-of-apparent-suicide/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-say-georgia-inmate-died-of-apparent-suicide/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-youth-meet-with-local-leaders-to-discuss-school-safety/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-youth-meet-with-local-leaders-to-discuss-school-safety/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/school-officials-say-threat-made-to-shs-not-aimed-at-savannah-high/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/school-officials-say-threat-made-to-shs-not-aimed-at-savannah-high/ The post referencing the common initials ‘SHS’ was shared by a Facebook user named Ray Andres.
The first post stated “Yes, SHS is the school I want,” followed by another stating, “I will bring a gun to school tomorrow, so be prepared to hear gunshots.”The post was shared a thousand times over and e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-rule-out-vague-shs-threat-at-local-schools/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-rule-out-vague-shs-threat-at-local-schools/ One of the male subjects was wearing army fatigues and pulled out a gun and pointed it at the emp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-2-men-accused-of-taking-carts-full-of-electronics-from-walmart-on-ogeechee-rd/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-seek-2-men-accused-of-taking-carts-full-of-electronics-from-walmart-on-ogeechee-rd/ Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Harris Hines, who plans to retire in August, gave his State of the Judiciary address Thursday before the General Assembly.
Criminal justice reform has been a priority for outgoing Gov. Nathan Deal. Hines said reform measures implemented in recent years are accomplishing three goals: holding lawbreakers accountable, improving public safety and savi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-top-judge-applauds-criminal-justice-reform-success/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-top-judge-applauds-criminal-justice-reform-success/ News outlets report that an officer responding to a call early Thursday morning in southwest Atlanta crashed into an SUV. Capt. Andrew Senzer says the driver of the SUV sustained serious injuries, and the officer complained about injuries to her knees.
Police have not disclosed who was at fault for the crash, and it’s unclear if anyone will be charged.
The impact totaled the cars]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-hospitalized-in-crash-between-atlanta-patrol-car-suv/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-hospitalized-in-crash-between-atlanta-patrol-car-suv/ DeKalb County police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell tells news outlets the child lived with his grandmother, and his parents arrived from California on Wednesday. Campbell says the boy’s mother and grandmother left the house to run errands, and returned home in the evening to find the child dead.
Campbell says there were other children in the home at the time, but they were not the suspect&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/father-25-arrested-in-5-year-old-sons-death-in-georgia/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/father-25-arrested-in-5-year-old-sons-death-in-georgia/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-cosplay-groups-black-panther-pic-goes-viral/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-cosplay-groups-black-panther-pic-goes-viral/ Trenton Police Chief Christy Smith told news outlets that Linda Diane Hulgan was hit by a bus on its way to pick up students from Dade Middle School on Tuesday afternoon. She says Dulgan was removed from life support Wednesday, but remains in an intensive care unit.
Smith says the Georgia State Patrol is trying to figure out if the crosswalk had signaled Hulgan to w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pedestrian-70-hit-by-school-bus-critically-injured/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pedestrian-70-hit-by-school-bus-critically-injured/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 33-year-old Michael Henderson pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault by a person with supervisory or disciplinary authority on Wednesday and received a 20-year sentence, 15 years of which he’ll spend on probation.
Henderson told police he had a two-year relationship]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-teacher-uga-player-gets-prison-for-student-sex-abuse/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-teacher-uga-player-gets-prison-for-student-sex-abuse/ Gwinnett County police Sgt. Jake Smithtold news outlets that the 17-year-old boy attacked his father and brother with an unknown sharp object, before fleeing the scene on foot Wednesday.
The teen was later arrested. Charges have not been released.
The injuries suffered were not life-threatening, but the victims’ exact conditions haven’t been released.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-teen-stabbed-brother-father-before-fleeing/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-teen-stabbed-brother-father-before-fleeing/ Although these students weren’t inside Stoneman Douglas High School that day they tell News 3 the fear of something like that happening here is real. And now they’re fighting to make lawmakers understand no one is excluded.
“Moms Demand Action” took five students from Savannah Arts Ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-group-and-students-travel-to-capitol-take-part-in-atlanta-protests/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 05:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-group-and-students-travel-to-capitol-take-part-in-atlanta-protests/ Former licensed nurse practitioners Loyce Pickquet Agyeman, of Snellville, faces a charge of felony murder and neglect to an elder person and Wanda Nuckles, of Buford, is charged with depriving an elder person of essential services. Certified nurse assistant Mable Turman, of College Park, is charged with neglect to an elder person.
All three also were indicted on one count of co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-nurses-indicted-on-murder-neglect-charges/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-nurses-indicted-on-murder-neglect-charges/ SOAR, GSU’s orientation program, hosted a pie-throwing event to benefit A Gift for Teaching, which provides supplies to schools in Orlando.
Chad Lunsford, head football coach, was happy to take one (or several) for the team.
“I don’t know why they would want to pie my face, but we’ll]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-football-coach-gets-pied-in-the-face-for-a-good-cause/Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gsu-football-coach-gets-pied-in-the-face-for-a-good-cause/ A House committee on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill by Republican Rep. John Carson of Marietta.
In Georgia, it is illegal to text behind the wheel, but drivers are allowed to dial and hold their phone behind the wheel. Law enforcement officers say they often cannot tell whether a driver is texting or me]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/panel-supports-bill-to-combat-distracted-driving-in-georgia/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/panel-supports-bill-to-combat-distracted-driving-in-georgia/ The Senate on Wednesday voted 51-0 in favor of a resolution to urge the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to officially change the creek’s name to Freedom Creek.
Lawmakers say the creek on Skidaway Island in Chatham County has had the controversial name for at least 100 years. In the 19th century, slaves were believed to have crossed the creek]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-united-in-renaming-runaway-negro-creek/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-united-in-renaming-runaway-negro-creek/ The state Department of Corrections said in a news release that Justin Stokes was found unresponsive in his cell at Ware State Prison in Waycross just after 1 p.m. Wednesday. The release says prison medical staff tried unsuccessfully to revive him. He was pronounced dead by a doctor at 1:50 p.m.
The agency is investigating, which is standard procedure when an inm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-prison-officials-investigate-apparent-inmate-suicide/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-prison-officials-investigate-apparent-inmate-suicide/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photos-meyers-taylor-gibbs-win-silver-in-womens-bobsled/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photos-meyers-taylor-gibbs-win-silver-in-womens-bobsled/ Led by the advocacy group, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, the gathering was joined Wednesday by several Democratic lawmakers including House Minority Leader Bob Trammell of Luthersville.
Mallory Harris, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Georgia in Athens, addressed the crowd about the effect gun violence]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gun-control-advocates-take-aim-at-georgia-capitol/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gun-control-advocates-take-aim-at-georgia-capitol/ Led by the advocacy group, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, the gathering was joined Wednesday by several Democratic lawmakers including House Minority Leader Bob Trammell of Luthersville.
Mallory Harris, a 22 year-old senior at the University of Georgia in Athens, addressed the crowd about the effect gun violence]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gun-control-advocates-take-aim-at-the-georgia-capitol/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gun-control-advocates-take-aim-at-the-georgia-capitol/ Glynn County Police Department officers will gradually move to a new graphics design with a black and white color scheme on patrol vehicles and badges.
Officers will also be issued new uniforms — a tan shirt and green pants. 
“We are buying uniforms with money budgeted for that purpose, and are stripping cars with money already budgete]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-look-for-glynn-county-police-department/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-look-for-glynn-county-police-department/ Two trucks, one tanker, were involved in the accident. One vehicle rolled over.
As a result, 4,800 gallons of turpentine spilled on the road.
Scene of the accident near Airport and Dunlevie roads. (Lewis Levine, Coastal News Service)
Authorities have closed access to the highway over concern about the flammability of the turpentine.
Liberty County Emergency Managem]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/highway-84-closed-after-turpentine-spill/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/highway-84-closed-after-turpentine-spill/ Two trucks, one tanker and one tractor-trailer, were involved in the accident around 11:30 a.m.
All lanes of traffic were closed for a few hours but westbound lanes have opened.
Delays are still expected and drivers are asked to avoid the area.
According to Georgia State Patrol, the tractor-trailer was following too closely and hit the tanker.
As a result, the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/eb-highway-84-closed-after-turpentine-spill/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/eb-highway-84-closed-after-turpentine-spill/ Lomax co-hosted with Mike Wallace a documentary that featured the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X. He became one of the first African Americans to host his own interview television show.To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-journalist-louis-lomax-hosted-groundbreaking-show/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-journalist-louis-lomax-hosted-groundbreaking-show/ The City Manager will hire the new chief, and the hope is to have the new chief in place in April.
Lt. Jim Ward currently serves as the Interim Chief of the Pooler Police Department.Combination photo: M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-move-closer-to-selecting-new-pooler-police-chief/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-move-closer-to-selecting-new-pooler-police-chief/ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a news release Wednesday that investigators found at least 13 system operators on multiple occasions failed to perform required checks of plant conditions and equipment. The agency said those employees made false log entries saying inspections were completed.
The NRC said the violations at the plant nea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/agency-seeks-fine-for-violations-at-georgia-nuclear-plant/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/agency-seeks-fine-for-violations-at-georgia-nuclear-plant/ According to police, at around 1 a.m., Andrew McDonald, 31, was walking across the street when he was struck by an unknown vehicle that was traveling south on Abercorn Street.  McDonald sustained serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
This incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-id-pedestrian-hit-near-abercorn-largo/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-id-pedestrian-hit-near-abercorn-largo/ Savannah police said in a news release that 91-year-old Martha Brown and her son, 70-year-old John Duncan, were found dead Tuesday in a back room of the house. Firefighters were called in because of a gas odor. They detected lethal levels of carbon monoxide.
Police said no foul play is suspected. Autopsies are being conducted to determine the cause of death.
Juliana Bla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-found-dead-in-georgia-home-filled-with-carbon-monoxide/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-found-dead-in-georgia-home-filled-with-carbon-monoxide/ Georgia-Pacific on Tuesday said that construction of a $135 million, 340,000-square-foot plant is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2018 in Warren County.
Company officials say the anticipated startup of the new facility is spring 2019.
Georgia-Pacific says the site is adjacent to its existing lumber mill. Plans call for the existing plant to continue full operat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-pacific-to-build-new-lumber-plant-in-east-georgia/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-pacific-to-build-new-lumber-plant-in-east-georgia/ The contentious “religious liberties” bill passed the committee Tuesday by a vote of 5-2 and could soon face a vote before the full Georgia Senate.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the vote was split along party lines, with five Republicans supporting the measure and two Democrats opposing i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-adoption-agencies-could-reject-same-sex-couples-under-new-bill/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-adoption-agencies-could-reject-same-sex-couples-under-new-bill/ “Our campus police chief will say you won’t ever stop necessarily something from happening]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-leaders-are-handling-threats-in-savannah-chatham-county-public-schools/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 05:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-leaders-are-handling-threats-in-savannah-chatham-county-public-schools/ Every week hundreds of cars make their way in and out of Memorial Health’s parking lot.
For months, staff at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire watched their frustrations grow in regards to limited parking on campus.
“We’re at our wit’s end,” Executive Director Bill Sorochak said. He reached out to WSAV for help.
He says there a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/voice-of-the-viewer-local-ronald-mcdonald-house-gets-answers-to-ongoing-parking-problems/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 03:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/voice-of-the-viewer-local-ronald-mcdonald-house-gets-answers-to-ongoing-parking-problems/ But are their words their own?
That’s what one former Georgia Congressman is asking — and his comments are drawing national attention.
“Their sorrow can very easily be hijacked by left-wing groups who have an agenda, ” said Jack Kingston on CNN’s New Day Tuesday morning.
“Do we]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/were-school-walkouts-started-by-students-former-ga-congressman-weighs-in/Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/were-school-walkouts-started-by-students-former-ga-congressman-weighs-in/ Deputies with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) responded to the Eldora Baptist Mission Church on Monday when the damage was discovered.
Investigators found extensive damage to the building, including broken windows, as well as damage to the church lawn.
There was also evidence of a fire that BCSO says “could have resulted in the total destruction and loss of the church buil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teens-charged-in-ellabell-church-vandalism/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teens-charged-in-ellabell-church-vandalism/ Nakimer Daniels, an art teacher at Radium Springs Elementary School, shared her decorations on Facebook.
Her post went viral with over 66,000 shares and 4,000 comments.
The door features an African American boy and girl on both sides of photos of historic black figures in history and present day.
She says she wanted the children to b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teachers-black-history-month-decorations-bring-viral-attention/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teachers-black-history-month-decorations-bring-viral-attention/ Republican Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday unveiled what he called one of the largest income tax reforms in Georgia’s history.
The governor’s office estimates Georgia could collect $4.7 billion in added taxes over the next five years because of the federal changes. Deal had hoped to defer the question of how to use those funds u]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-proposes-slashing-taxes-after-federal-windfall/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-proposes-slashing-taxes-after-federal-windfall/ Tirhas Hailu says her driver picked her up from the airport earlier this week. As they were driving down the highway, Hailu says the driver reached for a cup, and instead of taking a sip, he stuck it between his legs and began urinating.
Hailu recorded the incident on her cell phone — including the driver’s response when he said: “I had to do]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/uber-driver-accused-of-relieving-himself-in-front-of-passenger/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/uber-driver-accused-of-relieving-himself-in-front-of-passenger/ The contentious “religious liberties” bill passed the committee Tuesday by a vote of 5-2 and could soon face a vote before the full Georgia Senate.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the vote was split along party lines, with five Republicans supporting the measure and two Democrats opposing it.
The spon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/adoption-agencies-could-reject-same-sex-couples-under-bill/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/adoption-agencies-could-reject-same-sex-couples-under-bill/ ATLANTA, Ga. (WSAV) — Gov. Nathan Deal and legislators will hold a news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at noon in the North Wing of the State Capitol to outline changes to tax code legislation.
Last week, Gov. Deal introduced HB 918 which updates the 2018 Internal Revenue Code. According to a report from his office, the bill addresses the state revenue projections resulting from the Federal Tax Act while mirroring its 10-year timeframe.
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-gov-nathan-deal-holds-conference-to-outline-tax-code-changes-at-noon/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-gov-nathan-deal-holds-conference-to-outline-tax-code-changes-at-noon/ Over the last two weeks, Gov. Deal has pushed for changes to make up for the impact of the federal tax reform bill passed in December.
Ultimately he is wanting to conform to federal tax regulations in order to provide some relief for Georgians.
Last week Deal introduced HB 918 which updates the 2018 Internal Revenue Code. According to a r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-holds-conference-to-outline-tax-code-changes/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-holds-conference-to-outline-tax-code-changes/ To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-charles-hoskins-is-walking-encyclopedia-of-religious-history/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-charles-hoskins-is-walking-encyclopedia-of-religious-history/ The Exchange Club of Savannah has named Rebecca Heyward from Hancock Day School the Grainger Honda Teacher of the Month. They have also named Addie Bradley, a senior at St. Vincent’s Academy, the Grainger Honda Youth of the Month — an honor neither of them takes lightly.
Addie Bradley, said, “I’m so happy that I got this award. I think being in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/exchange-club-honors-teacher-student-of-the-month/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/exchange-club-honors-teacher-student-of-the-month/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday that Feb. 13 filings with the Fulton County magistrate court show Kelly owes more than $31,000 in past due payments to SB Property Management Global.
Court filings show Kelly paid $3,000 a month and $11,542 a month, respectively, for two homes just 2 miles (3 kilometers) apart.
Records don’t show criminal filin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/r-kelly-evicted-from-2-georgia-homes-over-30k-unpaid-rent/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/r-kelly-evicted-from-2-georgia-homes-over-30k-unpaid-rent/ The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement 28-year-old Sergio Palomares-Guzman was arrested Feb. 15 in connection with a videotaped incident believed to be from early January.
The sheriff’s office says Palomares-Guzman lived on a ranch where he worked as a horse trainer. The release says video shows him]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-man-helped-give-goat-whiskey-cocaine/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-man-helped-give-goat-whiskey-cocaine/ ______________________________________________________________________________________
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Chatham County Police Department and Chatham Emergency Management are asking for the public’s assistant to locate James Robertson, 84.
Police were notified at approximately 1:15 am that Robertson had walked away from the facility where he lives near the 300 block of Wilmington Island Road.
Robertson]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-missing-wilmington-island-man-located/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-missing-wilmington-island-man-located/ The teenagers staged a “lie in” — in memory of 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. This is just part of a larger movement among students and teachers to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-to-participate-in-nationwide-school-walkout/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-students-to-participate-in-nationwide-school-walkout/ There is a reason they chose to dawn a uniform, lace up a skate, or tighten their helmet.
For every athlete there is a story, a reason behind their resolve.
Some train for glory, fame and fortune.
Others, like the athletes found inside the Anderson Cohen Weightlifting Center in Savannah, train for survival.
From the outside, those participating in the strength, weightlifting, boxing, and conditioning courses may not appear to be t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-american-spirit-wilmington-island-man-overcoming-parkinsons-through-intentional-exercise/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-american-spirit-wilmington-island-man-overcoming-parkinsons-through-intentional-exercise/ Two male victims were arguing where one was cut.
He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Hazmat crews were called to park to clean up the scene. Savannah Police are still investigating.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-cutting-in-forsyth-park/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 04:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigate-cutting-in-forsyth-park/ We are there to take in every one of their glorious moments.
But what happens after the Olympic flame goes out?
Paul Anderson made sure that his life wasn’t defined by one medal, but by the hundreds of lives he changed long after the fans stopped cheering.
He was considered the World’s Strongest Man, but the strength of the man known as the “Dixie Derrick” wasn’t just limite]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-olympic-gold-medalist-champions-for-young-men/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-report-olympic-gold-medalist-champions-for-young-men/ The Brunswick News reports the $1 million donation to the St. Simons Land Trust came at an important time. The trust is working to meet a fundraising challenge by a charitable foundation that recently awarded it $2 million.
The Anschutz Foundation says it will give the Land Trust another $2 million if it can raise $4 mi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-simons-preservation-group-receives-1m-donation/Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-simons-preservation-group-receives-1m-donation/ Local media report 36-year-old Robert Bivines turned himself in Monday. Atlanta police said in a statement they had a warrant charging Bivines with felony murder. The victim was identified as 30-year-old Ryan Thornton.
Police said Thornton ordered delivery from UberEATS late Saturday and went outside his Buckhead apartment complex for his food. Investigators say witnesses told th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-ubereats-driver-charged-with-killing-customer/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-ubereats-driver-charged-with-killing-customer/ The 90-year-old is recovering in Atlanta after surgeons removed scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine early Sunday.
Her husband described his concerns Monday to several hundred people attending a President’s Day event at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Jimmy Carter sai]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jimmy-carter-deathly-afraid-as-wife-underwent-surgery/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/jimmy-carter-deathly-afraid-as-wife-underwent-surgery/ The girl’s father said that she was last seen at their East Orange County home when she went to bed Saturday night. Sunday morning, he went to wake her for church and she was gone.
By late Sunday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and FBI agents using electronic investigative techniques tracked the 11]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-florida-girl-found-with-abductor-at-georgia-hotel/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-florida-girl-found-with-abductor-at-georgia-hotel/ A WSB-TV analysis of state budget figures shows that less than half of the $14.5 million in fees the state collects on average for hazardous waste cleanup annually is spent on that need. The rest goes into Georgia’s general fund for other purposes.
There are 528 sites on Georgia&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-toxic-sites-await-cleanup-as-funds-are-diverted/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-toxic-sites-await-cleanup-as-funds-are-diverted/ gatherings, nightclubs, summer homes, the ocean and the legendary Mosby.
Beach City is the where semi-pro baseball games would be held,with Gulla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-many-flocked-to-desegregated-beaches-on-hilton-head-island/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-many-flocked-to-desegregated-beaches-on-hilton-head-island/ Another significant forgotten artist from Savannah is William Gray.
To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-forgotten-artists-of-savannah/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-forgotten-artists-of-savannah/ The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Alice Amelia Johnson of Orlando was located at a Holiday Inn Express in Macon on Sunday by FBI agents and local authorities who tracked her cellphone signal. A 24-year-old man found with the girl was taken into custody.
Authorities said Alice had been reported as an “endangered runaway&rdq]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-find-missing-florida-girl-11-at-georgia-hotel/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-find-missing-florida-girl-11-at-georgia-hotel/ The blaze started at about 3 a.m. Sunday at a home in Hiram, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta. News outlets report the flames rapidly spread to neighboring houses. Paulding County fire Lt. Steve Mapes said residents all fled safely and no one was seriously injured.
Glenn Allen, a spokesman for Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fire-that-destroyed-5-georgia-homes-damaged-14-ruled-arson/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fire-that-destroyed-5-georgia-homes-damaged-14-ruled-arson/ Cairo Mayor Booker Gainor says that he was included on a recently released list of Stacey Abrams’ supporters but has yet to endorse a candidate. WALB-TV reported Gainor said he was “shocked” to see his name on the list.
Two other local leaders, Fairburn Mayor Elizabeth Hurst and Muscogee County Superior C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-officials-deny-endorsing-candidate-for-governor/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-officials-deny-endorsing-candidate-for-governor/ Davey James, the owner of the Outback is in good condition while another victim named Quincy White had to undergo surgery. He’s currently listed in critical condition according to their director of communications.
Police say 42-year-old David Lanier lost consciousnes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-1-burn-victim-in-good-condition-other-victim-is-critical-after-outback-crash/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-1-burn-victim-in-good-condition-other-victim-is-critical-after-outback-crash/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-savannah-cardinals-were-1st-pro-team-owned-by-african-american-group/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-savannah-cardinals-were-1st-pro-team-owned-by-african-american-group/ Officers say when they approached the home, they heard the gunshots.
Police say they found 58-year-old Derrick Ricthie sitting on the ground in front of his home. They also found some weapons nearby. Officers immediately called for back-up.
Capt. Lloyd Slater of the Hinesville Police said,  “Apparently because of his emotional distress and the number of weapons that&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-police-arrest-man-accused-of-barricading-himself-mother-inside-home/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-police-arrest-man-accused-of-barricading-himself-mother-inside-home/ The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Ryan Thornton of Atlanta.
Local media report that according to the Atlanta Police Department, Thornton ordered delivery from UberEATS on Saturday and went outside a Buckhead apartment complex, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Atlanta, at 11 p.m. to pick up]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-atlanta-man-dead-after-dispute-with-ubereats-driver/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-atlanta-man-dead-after-dispute-with-ubereats-driver/ The fire broke around 5:30 p.m. off of Tibet Avenue. Elyssa Robinson said she panicked when she saw smoke coming from her neighbor’s apartment down the hall. She dropped down her daughter where another neighbor was waiting to catch her.
“At first she was like, ‘no no Mama. She’s not going to catch me,’ an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-tosses-daughter-to-safety-after-apartment-fire/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 01:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-tosses-daughter-to-safety-after-apartment-fire/ The fire broke around 5:30 p.m. off of Tibet Avenue. Elyssa Robinson said she panicked when she saw smoke coming from her neighbor’s apartment down the hall. She dropped down her daughter where another neighbor was waiting to catch her.
“At first she was like, ‘no no Mama. She’s not going to catch me,’ an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-panics-during-apartment-fire-and-tosses-5-year-old-out-of-a-window/Mon, 19 Feb 2018 01:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-panics-during-apartment-fire-and-tosses-5-year-old-out-of-a-window/ Another burn victim, Quincy White, is in critical.
————————————————————————————&md]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-new-details-on-burn-victims-after-car-crashes-into-outback-steakhouse/Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-new-details-on-burn-victims-after-car-crashes-into-outback-steakhouse/ The Brunswick News reports the $1 million donation to the St. Simons Land Trust came at an important time. The trust is working to meet a fundraising challenge by a charitable foundation that recently awarded it $2 million.
The Anschutz Foundation says it will give the Land Trust another $2 million if it can raise $4]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-island-preservation-group-gets-1-million-donation/Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-island-preservation-group-gets-1-million-donation/ The White House said in a news release Trump is nominating Monroe County Sheriff John Cary Bittick for the position of U.S. marshal for the Middle District of Georgia. Bittick has served as sheriff for 35 years and is a past president of the Georgia Sheriff’s Association and the National Sheriff’s Association.
David Lyons is Trump&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trump-names-georgia-sheriff-police-chief-as-us-marshals/Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trump-names-georgia-sheriff-police-chief-as-us-marshals/ The new policy also includes sections on lawmaker’ interactions with lobbyists and part-time employees, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports .
The changes come as a result of a review ordered by House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle amid nationwide allegations of sexual misconduct against seve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-legislature-gets-expanded-sexual-harassment-policy/Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-legislature-gets-expanded-sexual-harassment-policy/ The Telegraph reports that the work will eventually mean about 400 new jobs.
Brig. Gen. John Kubinec, commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, made the announcement recently to the Houston County Development Authority.
The Macon newspaper reports that the first planes are expected to begin arriving in June]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/airplane-work-expected-to-bring-400-jobs-to-georgia-air-base/Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/airplane-work-expected-to-bring-400-jobs-to-georgia-air-base/ Savannah Police Lt. Torrance Garvin says it happened Friday night. He says the crash into the back of an Outback Steakhouse broke a gas line and caused part of the kitchen ceiling to collapse.
Garvin says seven employees were transported to area hospitals for treatment. Three of them were burned. One person sustained a broken arm and one, a pregnant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/van-crashes-into-restaurant-at-least-7-hurt/Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/van-crashes-into-restaurant-at-least-7-hurt/ The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that Brookstone School in Columbus recently announced that the drug-testing of students in grades 8-12 will be voluntary next school year — and then mandatory in succeeding years.
The newspaper reports that Brookstone plans to use students’ hair samples which are sent to Psychemedics Corp. to conduct the testing. The Massachusetts-based c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-school-to-drug-test-students-by-using-hair-samples/Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-school-to-drug-test-students-by-using-hair-samples/ The Georgia Senate on Thursday approved two measures that would define new boundaries for the city of Stockbridge, which Eagle’s Landing is being carved from, and provide a charter for the new city.
The proposals passed with most Republicans’ backing, but not without opposition. Democratic Sen. Emanuel Jones, who represents portions of Stockb]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-plan-forming-city-of-eagles-landing/Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-plan-forming-city-of-eagles-landing/ Local officials said in a news release that city staff workers are currently unable to receive email attachments to help thwart further attack attempts. It’s suspected the malware virus that infected city computers more than a week ago was caused by an email phishing scheme.
City Hall says it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-city-government-recovering-from-malware-attack/Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-city-government-recovering-from-malware-attack/ With that out of the way, lawmakers have turned to proposals on taxes and transit, medical marijuana, expanded Sunday alcohol sales and other issues.
The House and Senate are considering measures that would establish a new transit authority, the ATL, to improve metro Atlanta’s commuting infrastructure. Unde]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-mid-session-georgia-lawmakers-take-on-taxes-transit/Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-mid-session-georgia-lawmakers-take-on-taxes-transit/ The Republican governor told WTOC-TV Friday he wants to examine the state Department of Natural Resources’ findings before taking a position on President Donald Trump’s plan to expand drilling in waters off Georgia and other coastal U.S. states.
Deal is the only governor of the 22 coastal U.S. states who has refrained from sta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-wants-study-of-offshore-drilling-pros-and-cons/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-wants-study-of-offshore-drilling-pros-and-cons/ This comes in the wake of the school shooting in Florida on Wednesday that left 17 students and staff members dead.
Islands High School, Windsor Forest High School and Liberty County High School all took precautions against individual threats.
According to Sheila Blanco, Public Information Manager for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Islands High School was on]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/area-schools-placed-on-precautionary-lockdown/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/area-schools-placed-on-precautionary-lockdown/ Local news outlets report that Tluang Tha Men died from injuries suffered when the driver hit them Friday morning in Stone Mountain, east of Atlanta. Police say the girl’s mother, Dawt Chin Sung, suffered minor injuries.
DeKalb County police spokesman Lt. Lonzy Robertson told WSB-TV that the driver, 38-ye]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-8-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-say-8-year-old-girl-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle/ Deal announced in January that she would undergo chemotherapy after her surgery as a precaution.
On Friday, she shared a few photos of herself getting her head shaved.
“Because chemo therapy causes hair loss, I took the next step in my journey by visiting the beauty shop,” she tweeted. “Despite a prob]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-first-lady-sandra-deal-shares-next-step-in-breast-cancer-battle/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-first-lady-sandra-deal-shares-next-step-in-breast-cancer-battle/ 17 people died in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida, on Wednesday.
Sam Watkins, Disaster Spiritual Care Leader of the Red Cross, was the lead spiritual care volunteer in the aftermath of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando back in 2016. He helps families who]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-red-cross-sends-volunteer-to-help-the-victims-of-the-florida-school-shooting/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-red-cross-sends-volunteer-to-help-the-victims-of-the-florida-school-shooting/ ABBYIt’s time now for this week’s perfect pet–meet Abby. She’s a sweet senior Daschund mix. This 13-year-old has some special needs in her old age and is looking for someone who just likes to spend quality snuggle time.
TANKTake a look at this droopy, goofy love bug–Meet Tank! He’s a big fella who enjoys the company of people, cats and other]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-this-weeks-perfect-pets-up-for-adoption-at-humane-society/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-this-weeks-perfect-pets-up-for-adoption-at-humane-society/ Liberty Campus in Hinesville on Feb. 27Start Now Spring minimester: This eve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-univ-announces-admission-events/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-univ-announces-admission-events/ U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said in a news release Friday that 26-year-old Octaveon Woods of Decatur, Illinois, faces wire fraud and money laundering charges.
Prosecutors say Woods claimed to represent entertainers including hip-hop artists Migos, Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert. Student groups at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-falsely-claiming-to-represent-famous-artists/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-falsely-claiming-to-represent-famous-artists/ A statement from the FBI said 23-year-old Jayquwan Lamar Newmones was arrested at a home in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday. Special Agent David J. LeValley said Newmones was found hiding in a bedroom in the home, and had significantly altered his appearance.
Last month, the Beaufort County, North Carolina, District Court issued a murder warrant for Newmones in connection with the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fbi-says-man-wanted-for-murder-in-north-carolina-captured/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fbi-says-man-wanted-for-murder-in-north-carolina-captured/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-dr-charles-elmore-known-as-jazz-history-aficionado/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-dr-charles-elmore-known-as-jazz-history-aficionado/ The event is on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at the East Broad Street Elementary School, 400 E. Broad Street.  The event will provide an opportunity to receive healthy information that will impact your life. This event is free and open to the public. Donations for the American]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/aka-hosts-free-community-heart-health-fair/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/aka-hosts-free-community-heart-health-fair/ Monroe County Sheriff’s Lt. Lawson Bittick tells The Telegraph of Macon that the language included in the post was “in a threatening style,” but did not disclose when the post was made or where it was posted.
The Monroe County School District said in an email to community members Thursday that the 17-year-old Mary Persons High School student was removed from the school after students r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teen-charged-with-making-threatening-online-post/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teen-charged-with-making-threatening-online-post/ Lanier High School Principal Christopher Martin said in a statement that administrators were tipped off that the 15-year-old boy had a gun on campus on Wednesday. Martin says a search revealed a gun in the student’s possession.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the teen faces a weapons charge and disciplin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-accused-of-bringing-gun-to-atlanta-area-high-school/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-accused-of-bringing-gun-to-atlanta-area-high-school/ Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills made the disparaging remarks in an email sent to the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association trying to rally opposition to Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In his email, the Republican sheriff said that Deal’s administration “coddled” criminal elements.
“This governor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-sheriff-compares-gov-deal-to-devil-says-he-has-no-regrets/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-sheriff-compares-gov-deal-to-devil-says-he-has-no-regrets/ WAGA-TV reports Athens-Clark County police arrested Jamison Goolsby and Bobby Wright on Wednesday.
Capt. Jerry Saulters says Goolsby would submit invoices in his capacity as the plant supervisor for the county’s North Oconee Water Reclamation Facility. The invoices were for a product the government didn’t receive, and usually amounted to $900 per week. They were made]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-men-accused-of-embezzling-funds-from-georgia-county/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-men-accused-of-embezzling-funds-from-georgia-county/ According to the Effingham County Board of Commission, January’s snowstorm severely damaged dozens of coal ash roads.
252 roads in Effingham County are considered coal ash roads that can contain hazardous material like lead and arsenic.
After the storm the county says it temporarily fixed the roads and has pledged more than a mil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-co-neighbors-riverkeepers-raise-concern-over-coal-ash-roads/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 05:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-co-neighbors-riverkeepers-raise-concern-over-coal-ash-roads/ Felder was accused of vehicular homicide and reckless driving in connection with a 2016 accident which left 69 year old Bernitha Vaughn dead.
He walked into court with the plan to plead to those charges, but then seemingly changed his mind once in front of Judge Bass.
The courtroom was cleared and Felder spoke with his parents for n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-in-deadly-high-speed-crash-pleads-guilty/Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-in-deadly-high-speed-crash-pleads-guilty/ Many are asking Congress to have a discussion about gun control — including some of the students who lost 17 teachers and classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
News 3 reached out to our federal lawmakers in Georgia and South Carolina, asking for more than a response in generalities, but one specific th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/what-should-congress-do-to-prevent-deadly-shootings-ga-sc-lawmakers-weigh-in/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/what-should-congress-do-to-prevent-deadly-shootings-ga-sc-lawmakers-weigh-in/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills made the disparaging remarks in an email sent to the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association trying to rally opposition to Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan.
In his email, the Republican sheriff said that Deal’s administration “coddled” criminal elements and had done more for perpetr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-compares-georgia-governor-to-lucifer-for-bail-plan/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-compares-georgia-governor-to-lucifer-for-bail-plan/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills made the disparaging remarks in an email sent to the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association trying to rally opposition to Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan.
In his email, Sills said that Deal’s administration “coddled” criminal elements and had done more for perpetrators of crime th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-compares-georgia-governor-to-lucifer/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sheriff-compares-georgia-governor-to-lucifer/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quotes a statement from the Cobb County District Attorney’s office in a Wednesday report saying a judge sentenced 59-year-old David Peter Eidens to 19 years in prison and a year of probation. Prosecutors say Eidens had an arrangement with the boy’s family to babysit and home-school him.
A warrant says the boy’s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/home-school-teacher-sentenced-on-child-molestation-charge/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/home-school-teacher-sentenced-on-child-molestation-charge/ Hooper was an escape artist and magician.  
The great Peter Hooper traveled the world entertaining thousands–rivaling Houdini.
To learn more, go to Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-magician-peter-hooper-rivaled-houdini/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-magician-peter-hooper-rivaled-houdini/ The program allows rental property managers to deny housing to people with criminal histories in an effort to protect residents.
City leaders put the program on pause after the ACLU of Georgia, Georgia Legal Services Program and Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council sent a letter to police. The stakeholders said they believe the housing policy prevents individuals w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-temporarily-suspends-its-crime-free-housing-program/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-temporarily-suspends-its-crime-free-housing-program/ A spokeswoman for the Cobb County district attorney’s office, Kim Isaza, tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 29-year-old Christian Hobby pleaded guilty Monday to charges including aggravated assault on a peace officer and child cruelty. Cpt. James Bullock tells WSB-TV he was trying to take Hobby into custody wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-gets-20-years-for-attacking-officer-with-railroad-spike/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-gets-20-years-for-attacking-officer-with-railroad-spike/ Ryan Fann, 34, takes the time to listen. Seated on the other side of the room is his patient. On this particular day it’s Calvin Frazier who recently had part of his right leg amputated. Frazier is seeking Fann’s counsel to begin the journey of obtaining a prosthetic.
Fann listens for physical changes, pain, progress, and Frazier’s hope for the future, freedom, and the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-american-spirit-savannah-paralympian-continues-to-gift-mobility-to-local-national-community/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-american-spirit-savannah-paralympian-continues-to-gift-mobility-to-local-national-community/ News 3 had a chance to sat down with the sister of an 18-year-old who saw it all and she says he’s just happy to be home and safe.
Caroline Coles, says her little brother Chase Coles,18, is a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl. This is only his second year at the school and they never expected anything like this to happ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-sister-shares-terrifying-moments-of-deadly-florida-school-shooting/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-sister-shares-terrifying-moments-of-deadly-florida-school-shooting/ “We are a rural area, so there’s no big city,” says Dr. Sarah Sutchell, a therapist at the Marriage and Family Research Institute in Beaufort.
When it comes to looking for love in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-carolina-georgia-rank-low-for-finding-love-online/Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-carolina-georgia-rank-low-for-finding-love-online/ The Savannah City Council voted Wednesday to make several small changes to the 1875 monument placed in Forsyth Park as a memorial to slain Confederate troops.
The 48-foot (14-meter) monument will be rededicated as the Civil War Memorial. A statue of a Confederate soldier atop the monument will remain. Busts of two Confederate officers placed besi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-approves-changes-to-confederate-monument-from-1875/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-approves-changes-to-confederate-monument-from-1875/ A funeral home announced Wednesday that the service for Locust Grove police officer Chase Maddox is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Glen Haven Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Maddox was shot three times, with the fatal wound to his head.
The suspect, 39-year-old Tier]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/memorial-service-planned-for-slain-georgia-police-officer/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/memorial-service-planned-for-slain-georgia-police-officer/ According to the Savannah Police Department, on the evening of Feb. 3 Jamison Batchelor flagged down officers at Jefferson and W. Bryan streets to report he had been robbed at knifepoint.
Batchelor told officers that around 10:30 p.m. he was withdrawing money from an ATM on 136 Bull Street when two black males pressed the tip of a knife into his back and demanded cash.
He claimed the men r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/spd-arrests-man-for-false-report-of-armed-robbery/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/spd-arrests-man-for-false-report-of-armed-robbery/ WALB-TV quotes a Thomasville police report as saying Joseph Baldwin gave an undercover officer directions to a prostitute Friday evening. Less than an hour later the officer saw Kayshonda Drake at a street corner. She asked him how much money he had and what he wanted.
Earlier that Friday, Anthony Adams told the officer it would cost $25 for “company” he was seeking.
Dr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-3-people-arrested-in-prostitution-sting-in-georgia/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-3-people-arrested-in-prostitution-sting-in-georgia/ The Blood Connection’s medical director, Dr. Robert Rainer, tells The Greenville News that donors have been unable to keep scheduled appointments because of the flu, and the supply has been running low.
The agency is extending its hours and adding new blood drives to attract donations needed to keep the risk to patients’ lives at bay.
More than 100 South]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-flu-causing-shortage-of-blood-donations/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-flu-causing-shortage-of-blood-donations/ In Georgia, a 19-year-old is stepping up to help families whose loved ones are buried in one cemetery.
This is the baby section of West Hill Cemetery in Dalton. As caretaker, Terrell Stallings shows some of these graves aren’t even market with a name.
“It’s really sad when nobody has put a marker to let everybody know who is there.”
This is one of the newes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teen-raises-money-to-buy-headstones-for-babies/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-teen-raises-money-to-buy-headstones-for-babies/ While residents say growth is a good thing but they’re worried about everything that comes with it. The Metropolitan Planning Commission is hoping to enhance som]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-developments-on-the-horizon-in-midtown-raises-concern-from-residents/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-developments-on-the-horizon-in-midtown-raises-concern-from-residents/ While residents say growth is a good thing but they’re worried about everything that comes with it. The Metropolitan Planning Commission is hoping to enhance som]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-developments-on-the-horizon-in-midtown-raise-concern-from-residents/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-developments-on-the-horizon-in-midtown-raise-concern-from-residents/ Delta says Flight 55 from Lagos to Atlanta, Georgia, left around 10:50 p.m. local time Tuesday and returned to Lagos International Airport less than an hour later.
A Delta statement says the A330-200 had an issue with one of its two engines. Delta says the flight landed safely and passengers were evacuated onto the runway do]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-bound-delta-jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-nigeria/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 01:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-bound-delta-jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-nigeria/ The proposal would create a new transit governing body called the Atlanta-region Transit Link Authority or the “ATL.”
Rep. Kevin Tanner, chairman of the House Transit Commission, said traffic congestion in Atlanta had become an economic-development and quality-of-life issue. He pointed to a n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-propose-killing-marta-brand-for-atl/Wed, 14 Feb 2018 01:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-propose-killing-marta-brand-for-atl/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has said 30-year-old Charles Williams died in custody after Auburn police brought him to the Barrow County detention center on Jan. 27. He had been arrested on charges of battery and cruelty to children.
The nearly nine-minute video released Tuesday by the GBI shows Williams agitated in the back]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-shows-man-who-died-in-custody-struggling-with-deputies/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-shows-man-who-died-in-custody-struggling-with-deputies/ Now, with Georgians expected to pay an additional $4.7 billion in state taxes cumulatively over the next five years, lawmakers are debating what to do with the extra funds.
Republican Gov. Nathan Deal had hoped to defer the question until 2019. After receiving swift pushback last month from other GOP legislat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-governor-wants-to-slash-state-tax-windfall/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-governor-wants-to-slash-state-tax-windfall/ Around 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 49-year-old Daryl Augustus Carter was found unresponsive in his bunk during rounds at the Alamance County Detention Center.
Medical staff and EMS were immediately notified but efforts to resuscitate the inmate were unsuccessful.
According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, Carter was arrest]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-man-with-flu-like-symptoms-dies-at-north-carolina-jail/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-man-with-flu-like-symptoms-dies-at-north-carolina-jail/ GOP Rep. Allen Peake, who uses cannabis oil, had been spearheading a push to allow for in-state cultivation of medical marijuana to treat certain conditions.
But Deal told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he is against the bill, arguing that the proposal does not currently have enough safeguards.
Peake says the approximat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-deal-opposes-medical-marijuana-cultivation-in-georgia/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/governor-deal-opposes-medical-marijuana-cultivation-in-georgia/ The Senate voted 38-18 on Tuesday in favor of allowing on-premise consumption to begin at 11 a.m. on Sundays.
Off-premise sales, such as those at supermarkets, would remain illegal until 12:30 p.m. on Sundays.
If the bill passes the House, earlier sales would have to be approved in a referendum on the local level.
Restaurant groups have bee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-expanding-sunday-alcohol-sales/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-expanding-sunday-alcohol-sales/ Atlanta Police spokesman Donald Hannah says the 28-year-old Broner was charged with sexual assault after his arrest at the Lenox Square Mall on Monday. Hannah says Broner denies the accusation.
Broner is being held at the Fulton County Jail on a $2,000 bond. It’s unclear if Broner has an attorney.
Last year, Broner was stopped in a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/boxer-adrien-broner-charged-with-sexual-battery-in-atlanta/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/boxer-adrien-broner-charged-with-sexual-battery-in-atlanta/ GOP Rep. Allen Peake, who uses cannabis oil, had been spearheading a push to allow for in-state cultivation of medical marijuana to treat certain conditions.
But Deal told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he is against the bill, arguing that the proposal does not currently have enough safeguards.
Peake says the approximately]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-opposes-medical-marijuana-cultivation-in-georgia/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-opposes-medical-marijuana-cultivation-in-georgia/ With Atlanta among the 20 cities being considered for Amazon’s second headquarters, lawmakers and lobbyists are citing the corporate giant in various legislative battles.
Two flashpoints have been a “religious liberties” bill — viewed by some as anti-LGBT — as well as a trio of bills dubbed by opponents as “adios Amazon” because they’re relate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/adios-amazon-tech-giant-sparks-georgia-capitol-debate/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/adios-amazon-tech-giant-sparks-georgia-capitol-debate/ Atlanta police Capt. Reginald Moorman tells news outlets that officers responding to a report of shots fired in southwest Atlanta on Monday night found an abandoned, running vehicle and shell casings in the street.
Officers canvassed the area for evidence of a person shot, and found the body not far from the car.
Police have not released the man’s identity, but say he’s between 20 to 30 years old.
Po]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-found-shot-to-death-in-woods-near-abandoned-car/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-found-shot-to-death-in-woods-near-abandoned-car/ News outlets report 18-year-old Grace Elizabeth Sheer was killed when her SUV was struck by the truck Monday morning.
The Georgia State Patrol said Sheer “failed to negotiate the curve” near Buddy Burt Road on Highway 53, overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle, which veered into the truck’s path. The truck was traveling in the opposite direction. The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/high-school-homecoming-queen-killed-in-crash-with-truck/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/high-school-homecoming-queen-killed-in-crash-with-truck/ Shank is a graduate of Sol C. Johnson High School. She is the CEO of Siebert Financial Corporation and the CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC.  
In Detroit, Shank  established an internship program — the Detroit Summer Finance Institute — opening careers in high finance to city students.To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-suzanne-shank-proves-to-be-powerhouse-on-wall-street/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-suzanne-shank-proves-to-be-powerhouse-on-wall-street/ Lake City Mayor Willie Ray Oswalt died Saturday of natural causes. His son, Carlton Oswalt, tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the 77-year-old had survived 15 cancer diagnoses, two gunshot wounds and several high-stakes football games.
Oswalt was elected to the Lake City Council in 1974, where he remained until he was elected mayor in 1988. According to his biography on the Clayton County city’s website]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/longtime-georgia-mayor-dies-at-77/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/longtime-georgia-mayor-dies-at-77/ The event takes place Tuesday, Feb. 13 from at Eckburg Auditorium, Savannah Technical College, 5717 White Bluff Road. You can drop in any time between 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.
Officials say this meeting is the next milestone activity in the environmental process for the proje]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-invite-public-to-drop-in-meeting-on-project-derenne-on-tuesday/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-invite-public-to-drop-in-meeting-on-project-derenne-on-tuesday/ After the speech News 3 learned where Mayor Deloach’s’ focus has been over the last two years- increasing community policing, summer programs for youth, and decreasing poverty.
He says the city has been focused on immediate probl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/state-of-the-city-address-highlights-new-initiatives-and-raises-more-concern-for-citizens/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/state-of-the-city-address-highlights-new-initiatives-and-raises-more-concern-for-citizens/ Georgia State Representative Ron Stephens says his main concern is lowering taxes for voters. One way he says to do that is possible consolidating services within Chatham County and its municipalities that lie within the county boarders.
“Right now the tax payer is just being taken to the cleaners. Look at your tax bill a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-rep-pushing-for-funding-to-possibly-consolidate-local-services/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-rep-pushing-for-funding-to-possibly-consolidate-local-services/ Steve Willis, from the Center for a Sustainable Coast, says it’s about time.
“Even if they ever find offshore oil it’s going to be a big negative economically for this area,” he said.
The resolutions cite concerns about oil and or gas drilling and its impact on the fishing and tourism industry and the 21,0]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/resolutions-offered-to-stop-offshore-oil-drilling-in-georgia/Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/resolutions-offered-to-stop-offshore-oil-drilling-in-georgia/ The $973 million dredging project for the Port of Savannah has been under way for more than two years. The Georgia Ports Authority says it needs about $100 million annually to avoid construction delays. Trump requested roughly half that amount in his budget Monday, as he did last year.
Griff Lynch, executive director of Georgia’s seaport]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trump-seeks-another-49m-to-fund-deeper-savannah-harbor/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trump-seeks-another-49m-to-fund-deeper-savannah-harbor/ WABE Radio reports that 144 children and teenagers in Georgia took their own lives from 2015 to 2017. Authorities say that so far this year, at least four children in the state have already killed themselves.
Now, state officials are releasing videos on YouTube to try and reach young people with the message that help is available.
Trebor Randle, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/aiming-to-combat-teen-suicide-georgia-turns-to-social-media/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/aiming-to-combat-teen-suicide-georgia-turns-to-social-media/ Gwinnett County police say 42-year-old Lamar Ragland died from his injuries on Saturday.
Ragland was removing barrels from the end of a closed section of Interstate 85 around 5 a.m. Friday in preparation for reopening. Police say a driver in a Toyota Corolla entered the closed lane and hit Ragland.
The driver remained at the scene and spoke with investig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/construction-worker-hit-by-car-on-georgia-interstate-dies/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/construction-worker-hit-by-car-on-georgia-interstate-dies/ Friends and family gathered at the Jackson family’s church in Atlanta for a final farewell.
During the service, a moving musical tribute was performed and words of remembrance were shared from Indianapolis Colts former head coach Chuck Pagano, teammates and others.
At the altar a wreath in the shape of the Colts symbolic blue and white horseshoe and a helmet from Jackson&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/colts-linebacker-edwin-jackson-laid-to-rest/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 20:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/colts-linebacker-edwin-jackson-laid-to-rest/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Atlanta police saw a stolen vehicle around 2:20 p.m. Friday and asked the Georgia State Patrol to help stop it.
A state trooper used his blue lights and siren to try to pull the vehicle over in southwest Atlanta, but the driver didn’t stop. The trooper tried a vehicle stopping technique. The GBI says the driver again failed]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-say-trooper-fatally-shot-driver-in-atlanta/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-say-trooper-fatally-shot-driver-in-atlanta/ Hundreds of people gathered to pay homage to 26-year-old Chase Maddox, an officer with the Locust Grove Police Department.
Maddox was shot during a deadly encounter with a suspect on Friday.
Officer Chase Maddox (courtesy GBI)
His wife also attended the vigil, seen clutching a yellow rose. She is expected to give birth to their second son on Wednesday.
T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-gathers-to-honor-locust-grove-officer-killed/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-gathers-to-honor-locust-grove-officer-killed/ Police Officer Lisa Bender tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 34-year-old Justin Edwards of Decatur was driving home with his girlfriend Saturday night when two tires went flat and he pulled into a parking lot to check them out. Witnesses told police that an unidentified suspect approached, fired shots and then ran aw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-dekalb-activists-son-shot-while-checking-flat-tires/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-dekalb-activists-son-shot-while-checking-flat-tires/ His craft began as a child when he and friends would take sticks or limbs and fashion bottle caps around them to create their arrows. The childhood fun would catapult him into becoming a champion archer.To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-greg-grant/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-greg-grant/ Amtrak pays for accidents it didn’t cause because of secretive agreements negotiated between the passenger rail company, which receives more than $1 billion annua]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-even-if-csx-is-at-fault-in-deadly-sc-accident-amtrak-will-likely-pay-claims/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-even-if-csx-is-at-fault-in-deadly-sc-accident-amtrak-will-likely-pay-claims/ For the people of the Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S., he embodied the principle of being his brothers’ keeper.  Pastor Freddie and his wife, Kim, led international relief efforts  for the people of Haiti.He understood the importance of proverb  Vwa Zinaj Se Fanmi Tou – The Neighbor Is Your Family Too.
To learn more, contact  Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-freddie-hebron-led-relief-efforts-for-people-of-haiti/Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-freddie-hebron-led-relief-efforts-for-people-of-haiti/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Tierre Guthrie was killed at his home in a shootout Saturday that began when sheriff’s deputies tried to serve a warrant for failing to appear in court for traffic violations. Also killed was Locust Grove Police Officer Chase Maddox. Two deputies were injured.
The Atlanta Journal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/newspaper-officers-killer-was-extremely-anti-government/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/newspaper-officers-killer-was-extremely-anti-government/ Many from the community even city leaders turned out for today’s event.
The 3.6 mile walk shows love for women, children, and families by lending a helping hand and raising thousands of dollars for a worthy caus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/annual-love-walk-brings-love-to-the-community-before-valentines-day/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/annual-love-walk-brings-love-to-the-community-before-valentines-day/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the domestic terminal is sometimes filled with homeless people overnight and into the early morning.
There have periodically been some homeless people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a public terminal open 24 hours a day.
But the newspaper reports that after the closure of a large s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlantas-homeless-are-flocking-to-airport-atrium-overnight/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlantas-homeless-are-flocking-to-airport-atrium-overnight/ Trump’s proposal to allow oil and gas exploration off states where drilling has long been off-limits has drawn cautious responses from Republican Gov. Nathan Deal. The remaining governors of coastal U.S. states have all taken firm positions, with 15 opposing drilling and six supporting it.
I]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-seek-firmer-stance-against-drilling-off-georgia/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-seek-firmer-stance-against-drilling-off-georgia/ Savannah Police say a man who shot himself in downtown Saturday night has died.
Officers responded to the 200 block of West St. Julian Street in reference to a shooting around 8:00 p.m. February 10.
They found a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died from those injuries this morning.
This incident is still under investigation.
Anyone with information should contact the SPD]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-man-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 02:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-man-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound/ Savannah Police is investigating a shooting right now in the City Market area.  They were called to this scene after a man reportedly shot himself.
Police say the area is contained.
The man has been transported to the hospital.
News 3 will continue to update this story.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-police-investigate-shooting-in-city-market/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 02:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-police-investigate-shooting-in-city-market/ Residents who live on Main Trail said they’re concerned about the cracks expanding and creating more craters in the roadway. Christy Ray, a homeowner on the street, said it’s a safety concern, especially for nighttime drivers and school buses.
“They dodge them, and then you have half the wheels on the hole, so they&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/its-a-hazard-liberty-county-neighborhood-asks-county-for-help-with-potholes/Sun, 11 Feb 2018 01:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/its-a-hazard-liberty-county-neighborhood-asks-county-for-help-with-potholes/ WALB-TV reports Leesburg Police Chief Charles Moore hasn’t missed a day of work since doctors diagnosed him with cancer for the third time last year. The chief says he’s like a car battery — “charged up in the mornings and run down in the afternoons.”
A fundraiser organized by business leaders is scheduled for Saturday with live bands, barbecue and a silent]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rural-georgia-city-raises-money-for-police-chief-with-cancer/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rural-georgia-city-raises-money-for-police-chief-with-cancer/ John Hibbard, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s operations director, said it would be the first highway of its kind in the United States.
WABE Radio reports that the toll-free highway would stretch 40 miles from metro Atlanta to Macon.
State transportation officials say they expect truck traffic to double by 2040. The truck-only lanes have been proposed as a solution]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-cars-allowed-georgia-considers-highway-just-for-trucks/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-cars-allowed-georgia-considers-highway-just-for-trucks/ The Brunswick News reports the College of Coastal Georgia is conducting the study with help from the recently formed Golden Isles Wedding Association.
Economists Don Mathews and Melissa Trussell will research how much money weddings bring to coastal Glynn County, which includes the port city of Brunswick as well as St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island and Sea Island.
Justin Henshaw i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-georgia-college-studies-economic-impact-of-weddings/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-georgia-college-studies-economic-impact-of-weddings/ In a part of the country more known for its Civil War history than its role in the American Revolution, a nonprofit group working to protect battlefields has acquired land at Kettle Creek Battlefield.
Civil War Trust spokesman Clint Schemmer s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/american-revolution-battlefield-expands-in-hornets-nest/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/american-revolution-battlefield-expands-in-hornets-nest/ The fallen officer’s wife is expecting the couple’s second baby. And the town’s mayor broke down as he spoke about the officer and his family hours after Friday morning’s shooting.
Authorities said two deputies were wounded in Friday morning’s shooting, and a suspect was killed.
Henry County Sheriff Ke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-town-shaken-after-officer-killed-deputies-wounded/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 04:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-town-shaken-after-officer-killed-deputies-wounded/ Locust Grove Police Officer Chase Maddox died of a gunshot wound to the head Friday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement, citing results of an autopsy conducted Saturday. The autopsy showed Maddox, 26, had been shot three times.
The]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-suspect-became-combative-both-sides-started-shooting/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 04:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-suspect-became-combative-both-sides-started-shooting/ Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles told reporters that an Atlanta police officer spotted the stolen car Friday afternoon and tried to pull it over, but the driver wouldn’t stop.
Miles says a state trooper tried to disable the stolen vehicle but it continued going and hit a police car. She says that at that point the troope]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-1-killed-when-georgia-trooper-opens-fire-in-chase/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-1-killed-when-georgia-trooper-opens-fire-in-chase/ 34-year-old Jazna O. Timmons was shot in the parking lot of the nursing home around 11:30 a.m. and died at the scene.
Richard Lyle Timmons, 29
The suspect has been identified as her husband, Richard Lyle Timmons Jr., 29. Deputies say he fled the area.
He is wanted for Murder and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime.
Officials describe Richard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-at-large-after-fatal-shooting-outside-augusta-veterans-nursing-home/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-at-large-after-fatal-shooting-outside-augusta-veterans-nursing-home/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation late Friday said that Henry County deputies Michael D. Corley and Ralph Sidwell “Sid” Callaway were wounded in the gunfire.
The agency said Locust Grove police Officer Chase Maddox was killed in the Friday shooting. The city’s mayor said the 26-year-old Maddox left beh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-authorities-id-georgia-deputies-shot-officer-killed/Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-authorities-id-georgia-deputies-shot-officer-killed/ 4:55 p.m.
A Georgia mayor says a police officer who was killed in a shooting that wounded two sheriff’s deputies had a young child and a baby on the way.
Locust Grove Mayor Robert Price said Officer Chase Maddox was the city officer who died Friday. Price said the 26-year-old officer’s wife is pregnant and expecting their second child any day.
Price said Maddox had been wit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-mayor-slain-police-officer-was-a-young-father/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-mayor-slain-police-officer-was-a-young-father/ 6:50 p.m.
Authorities have released the identities of two Georgia sheriff’s deputies wounded in a shooting that also left a police officer dead.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation late Friday said that Henry County deputies Michael D. Corley and Ralph Sidwell “Sid” Callaway were wounded in the gunfire.
The agency said Locust Grove police Officer Chase Maddox was kill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-authorities-id-georgia-deputies-shot-and-wounded/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-authorities-id-georgia-deputies-shot-and-wounded/ 9:15 p.m.
One of the two Georgia deputies wounded in a shooting outside Atlanta has been released from the hospital and another was in stable condition after surgery.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles said Friday night that Henry County deputy Michael D. Corley was released from the hospital hours after Friday’s shooting. Miles says Ralph Sidwell “Sid&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-1-deputy-released-from-hospital-2nd-stable/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 23:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-1-deputy-released-from-hospital-2nd-stable/ Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer made the announcement Friday afternoon at a news conference.
He said it happened as the officers were serving an arrest warrant that morning at a home in Locust Grove, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.
WSB-TV reported two of the law officers were flown away by helicopter wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-officer-suspect-dead-in-henry-county-shooting/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-officer-suspect-dead-in-henry-county-shooting/ Abby Leathers says her pit bull Bruce kept staring out a window. She had no idea what got his attention or that it would mean saving a person’s life right outside.
“He had started emoting and whining, just being very loud at the front door. So I was like huh, this is kind of weird,” Leathers explained.
As she opened the door, Bruce bolted towards a nearby po]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pit-bull-leads-owner-to-rescue-elderly-woman-in-pond/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pit-bull-leads-owner-to-rescue-elderly-woman-in-pond/ A Newnan police report says 62-year-old Juan Martinez was arrested Tuesday night. Police say Martinez smelled like alcohol and slurred his speech.
The 2-year-old’s father, James Morris, tells The Newnan Times-Herald his son was asking him for a candy bar in the store’s checkout line when Martinez slapped his son’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stranger-accused-of-spanking-mans-son-in-georgia-store/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 19:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stranger-accused-of-spanking-mans-son-in-georgia-store/ Police have been reminding the public for months, via social media, to lock their car doors every night. They say it should be a habit, just like locking front doors or turning off the stove.
However, according to SPD, 65 guns have been reported as stolen since January 1. That is almost two successful break-ins a day, and those are just the thefts reported.
Marv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stolen-guns-savannah-police-urge-residents-to-lock-their-car-doors/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stolen-guns-savannah-police-urge-residents-to-lock-their-car-doors/ SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Georgia Day Parade is the Georgia Historical Society’s annual commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony on Feb. 12, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe. The event features students, musicians, local dignitaries and costumed historical figures as they march through the historic squares from Forsyth Park to City Hall along Bull Street.
A brief ceremony will take place in front of City Hall once the parade]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-georgia-day-parade-in-savannah-starts-at-11-am-today/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-georgia-day-parade-in-savannah-starts-at-11-am-today/ The event features students, musicians, local dignitaries and costumed historical figures as they march through the historic squares from Forsyth Park to City Hall along Bull Street.
Be sure to click the ‘play’ button to relive all of the fun, and visit here for more information o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-2018-georgia-day-parade-in-savannah/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-2018-georgia-day-parade-in-savannah/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-ella-fisher-leads-tigerettes-to-1st-championship/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-ella-fisher-leads-tigerettes-to-1st-championship/ News outlets report a male student was robbed of his wallet, textbooks, laptop and cellphone while walking home early Thursday morning, in the fourth such recent incident. Police previously reported the armed robberies of two students Jan. 25, three students and two other people on Jan. 28 and one student Feb. 4.
Atlanta police Capt. Andrew Senzer called the rash of ro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/recent-armed-robberies-of-georgia-tech-students-grows-to-4/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/recent-armed-robberies-of-georgia-tech-students-grows-to-4/ The boy’s father, Logan Morris, said he was going through the checkout aisle with his 2-year-old son when the boy asked for candy.
“I told him, ‘No, it’s too late bud,'” Morris said.
That’s when, according to Morris, the man behind them in the line grabbed his son’s hand, spun him around and spanked him]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-arrested-at-georgia-kroger-for-spanking-strangers-child/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-arrested-at-georgia-kroger-for-spanking-strangers-child/ The measure, sponsored by Republican Sen. William Ligon Jr., would allow adoption agencies that receive tax-payer funding to refuse to place a child with LGBT couples based on the agency’s “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
Proponents of the bill, including several faith-based organizations,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/passionate-testimony-heard-over-georgias-religious-liberty-bill/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/passionate-testimony-heard-over-georgias-religious-liberty-bill/ The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports civil rights advocate Minnie Wimbish died Jan. 27, three months shy of her 103rd birthday.
Wimbish survived all the men onstage at King’s 1958 address at the Prince Hall Masonic Temple, which she helped organize in Columbus. Bomb threats poured in when King’s sole trip to t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-civil-rights-advocate-who-sat-with-mlk-dies-at-102/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-civil-rights-advocate-who-sat-with-mlk-dies-at-102/ They congregated in the parking lot of the Bonaventure Funeral Home which is the same location where John Cooksey was shot on Sunday and later died on Monday night.
“We are not ashamed to say our city is crying,” Pastor Da’Henri Thurmond said.
Together the group makes up part of the Savannah Alliance of Pastors, a grou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-pastors-gather-as-a-collective-army-to-combat-gun-violence/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 06:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-pastors-gather-as-a-collective-army-to-combat-gun-violence/ The thermometer is connected to a smartphone app that records things like temperature and flu-like symptoms and it’s in the mouths of more than a million people across the United States.
The company records the data and what they’re seeing is the highest numbers of flu-like symptoms in Georgia and South Carolina.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-ranked-sickest-state-in-the-us-south-carolina-second/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 02:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-ranked-sickest-state-in-the-us-south-carolina-second/ As a part of the Georgia History Festival, Super Museum Sunday will be held on Sunday, Feb. 11 at participating sites around Savannah and throughout the state.
Admission is free from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the following sites, unless alternate hours are noted:Andrew Low House Museum – 329 Abercorn St]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrate-georgia-history-on-super-museum-sunday/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrate-georgia-history-on-super-museum-sunday/ The measure, sponsored by Republican Sen. William Ligon Jr., would allow adoption agencies that receive tax-payer funding to refuse to place a child with LGBT couples based on the agency’s “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
Proponents of the bill, including several faith-based organizations,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/passionate-testimony-heard-over-religious-liberty-bill/Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/passionate-testimony-heard-over-religious-liberty-bill/ Lucas Warren is 1-year-old and lives up in North Georgia.
His parents entered him in Gerber’s Spokesbaby contest after a relative pointed out an ad looking for submissions. His mom posted an adorable photo of him on Instagram, using the contest’s hashtag. 
The winning photo of Lucas, submitted b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-lucas-first-gerber-baby-with-down-syndrome/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-lucas-first-gerber-baby-with-down-syndrome/ It’s part of the Georgia Historical Society’s annual commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony on Feb. 12, 1733, by James Edward Oglethorpe.
This Friday, students, musicians, local dignitaries and costumed historical figures will march through historic squares from Forsyth Park to City Hall along Bull Street.
There will also be a brief ceremony in fr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gearing-up-for-savannahs-annual-georgia-day-parade/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gearing-up-for-savannahs-annual-georgia-day-parade/ Jackson’s funeral will be held Monday at Big Bethel AME Church in his hometown of Atlanta.
The 26-year-old Jackson’s family says the Colts and the NFL “have lost a young and rising star – one who truly loved the game of football, and play]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/monday-funeral-in-atlanta-for-colts-linebacker-edwin-jackson/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/monday-funeral-in-atlanta-for-colts-linebacker-edwin-jackson/ Many healthcare providers and insurance companies provide low cost or no-cost vaccinations. And the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, as well as the Coastal Health District, are offering additional options.
Remember: it is not too late to get a flu shot and the sooner you get the vaccine, the better.
C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lowcountry-coastal-empire-health-clinics-offering-free-flu-shots/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lowcountry-coastal-empire-health-clinics-offering-free-flu-shots/ Shots will be given on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.
The Long County Health Department will offer free flu shots from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20.
Flu is widespread throughout Georgia and more than 300 people have been hospitalized with flu-related]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/heath-department-offers-free-flu-shots-to-people-without-insurance/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/heath-department-offers-free-flu-shots-to-people-without-insurance/ Africa remains alive and vibrant in Savannah, particularly in Ogeecheeton where songs were sung in the Mende language by Tony Delegal.   
To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannah-honors-family-compound-communities/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannah-honors-family-compound-communities/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/icymi-news-3-special-report-on-imperial-sugar-refinery-explosion-10-years-later/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/icymi-news-3-special-report-on-imperial-sugar-refinery-explosion-10-years-later/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the creek on Skidaway Island in Chatham County has had the controversial name for at least 100 years. In the 19th century, slaves were believed to have crossed the creek while trying to secure freedom in the North.
On Wednesday, the Senate Urban Affairs Committee unanimously advanced a res]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-move-to-rename-skidaway-islands-runaway-negro-creek/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-move-to-rename-skidaway-islands-runaway-negro-creek/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cema-offers-free-emergency-training-classes/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cema-offers-free-emergency-training-classes/ On Tuesday morning officers were set to release Jose Lopez-Perez, 30, who was in jail for DUI and traffic charges.
Sheriff Johnny Wilcher told News 3 there is a discharge process where officers check date of birth, social security numbers, height, and a special in-house bracelet before releasing an inmate. In the case of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ccso-admits-to-boo-boo-after-releasing-wrong-inmate/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ccso-admits-to-boo-boo-after-releasing-wrong-inmate/ But former Port Wentworth Mayor Glenn “Pig” Jones was in the middle of his first term in office when the unthinkable happened in his beloved hometown.
“What I saw and what I heard will live with me forever. The sounds, the screams, the shock on my friends’ faces that I’ve been knowing forever,” says Glenn Jones, former Port Wentworth M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-years-after-explosion-in-port-wentworth-community-recalls-unbelievable-support/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10-years-after-explosion-in-port-wentworth-community-recalls-unbelievable-support/ Some were treated at Memorial Health in Savannah while others were flown to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta.
“I actually received the phone call initially, immediately contacted Dr. Mullins,” said Beretta Craft-Coffman, a mid-level practitioner.
Dr. Fred Mullins says he initially thought his team was making a joke.
“I learned very quickly that is was real]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-the-doctors-who-helped-save-15-lives-after-2008-explosion/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/meet-the-doctors-who-helped-save-15-lives-after-2008-explosion/ “What we’re looking at is one of the heaviest, earliest flu seasons we’ve seen in Savannah in over a decade,” said Dr. Ben Spitalnick with the Pediatric Associates of Savannah.
In Georgia, 51 people have died from the flu since January 1, 2018 and 84 have died in South Carolina.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/did-you-know-you-can-get-the-flu-more-than-once-in-a-season-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/did-you-know-you-can-get-the-flu-more-than-once-in-a-season-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/ For Carrie and John Sr. Butler, it’s a day they will never forget. They had not one, but three loved ones in the plant that evening.
Carrie got a call from her daughter in law saying that John Jr. was hurt.
“(She told me) he just said I love you and the phone just went dead,” she explained.
John wasn’t alone in the Imperial Sugar plant that day — he was with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/familys-story-of-hope-love-and-loss-in-sugar-refinery-explosion/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/familys-story-of-hope-love-and-loss-in-sugar-refinery-explosion/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the creek on Skidaway Island in Chatham County has had the controversial name for at least 100 years. In the 19th century, slaves were believed to have crossed the creek while trying to secure freedom in the North.
On Wednesday, the Senate Urban Affairs Committee unanimously advanced a resolution to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senators-want-runaway-negro-creek-renamed/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senators-want-runaway-negro-creek-renamed/ Damage was reported in Bremen where one mother said her phone went off early morning to alert her of a tornado warning.
She and her husband immediately wrangled the family and pulled them in the bathtub for safety.
“I was sitting in the bathtub and I was praying,” said Paula Ridgeway. “I got really really weak and I was praying, I said ‘Dear Lord, let ever]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/storm-system-spawned-possible-tornadoes-in-atlanta-area/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/storm-system-spawned-possible-tornadoes-in-atlanta-area/ Senators on Wednesday voted 53-0 to pass Sen. Renee Unterman’s measure aimed at combatting the opioid crisis. It now awaits House input.
The Buford Republican’s bill would have a commission further study the epidemic and seek grant money to fund nonprofit recovery programs across Georgia.
The proposal increases penalties for health]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-opioid-and-health-care-proposals/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-backs-opioid-and-health-care-proposals/ Effingham County Administrator Steve Davis tells the Savannah Morning News that the 67-page report should be a comfort to people concerned about heavy metals in the ash roads, which leave a white residue on vehicles.
A private laboratory took 20 samples from various ash roads and found barium, chromium with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-county-coal-ash-roads-within-contamination-limits/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-county-coal-ash-roads-within-contamination-limits/ The Federal Aviation Administration said flights were being delayed as long as 30 minutes Wednesday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport tweeted that severe weather was to blame.
The Storm Prediction Center reported that trees were down in the Georgia towns of Heard and H]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/storms-strike-alabama-and-georgia/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/storms-strike-alabama-and-georgia/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the officer is shown in the video using derogatory slurs that denigrate gays and blacks. The video was uploaded to social media on Jan. 26 by an Atlanta activist.
Atlanta Police Officer Lisa Bender said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the man in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-look-at-video-of-mans-encounter-with-atlanta-officer/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-look-at-video-of-mans-encounter-with-atlanta-officer/ SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — On the evening of Feb. 7, 2008, an explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth claimed the lives of 14 employees. Memorial Health University Medical Center treated 32 patients that evening and transferred 18 people to the burn center in Augusta.
Hospital officials have invited the public to join them on Feb. 7 at 10:30 a.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium to observe the 10th anniversary of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-memorial-hospital-observes-10th-anniversary-of-imperial-refinery-explosion/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/watch-live-memorial-hospital-observes-10th-anniversary-of-imperial-refinery-explosion/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-zora-neale-hurston-worked-to-preserve-gullah-geechee-stories-songs/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-zora-neale-hurston-worked-to-preserve-gullah-geechee-stories-songs/ GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles tells WSB-TV the four shootings that happened over the past few weeks are still open.
Last week, a man armed with an airsoft pistol and a murder suspect armed with a BB gun were shot and killed by police in Gwinnett County and Savannah, respectively.
In addition, police also shot and killed a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-deadly-police-shootings-involving-fake-guns/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-investigates-deadly-police-shootings-involving-fake-guns/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/memorial-service-marks-10th-anniversary-of-deadly-refinery-explosion/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/memorial-service-marks-10th-anniversary-of-deadly-refinery-explosion/ By a non-unanimous vote, the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee on Tuesday backed an amended bill that would allow for on-premise consumption at restaurants and wineries to begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Off-premise sales, such as those at supermarkets, would remain illegal until 12:30 p.m. on Sundays.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Cowsert had expre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stores-no-longer-part-of-georgias-proposed-sunday-morning-alcohol-sales/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/stores-no-longer-part-of-georgias-proposed-sunday-morning-alcohol-sales/ News outlets report warrants for 56-year-old San Juana Barrera, 37-year-old Alex Perez and 32-year-old Cresencio Perez say they drove with more than 400 grams of meth stashed in their SUV’s tires on Jan. 25.
Gwinnett County police’s T.C. Joseph says Cresencio Perez said he brought his mother to allay suspicion. Barrera said at a hearing she didn’t know her s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-sons-accused-of-bringing-meth-from-texas-to-georgia/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 06:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-sons-accused-of-bringing-meth-from-texas-to-georgia/ Last year for the first time city officials imposed a no alcohol and no amplified music ban during the weekend celebration. The restrictions upset a number of party-goers who say they wouldn’t return if it was the same this year. Recently, council agreed the alcohol ban is no longer in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alcohol-ban-not-imposed-for-orange-crush-this-year-causes-concern-for-officials/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alcohol-ban-not-imposed-for-orange-crush-this-year-causes-concern-for-officials/ Tuesday morning his classmates and peers headed back to class at Oglethorpe Charter School knowing there would be an empty desk.
Losing a loved one is an incredible shock and grief for someone to bear, let alone a child.
This is where the people in purple shirts step up to help.
The Savannah Chatham County Public School System’s Crisis Response Team led by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/in-wake-of-students-death-sccpss-crisis-team-steps-in-to-offer-support/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/in-wake-of-students-death-sccpss-crisis-team-steps-in-to-offer-support/ Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, faces four preliminary felony charges and is being held on a $40,000 bond in the Marion County Jail. ICE has a hold on him, as well.
Indiana State Police say early Sunday morning, Orrego-S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/immigration-takes-center-stage-in-death-of-colts-player-driver/Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/immigration-takes-center-stage-in-death-of-colts-player-driver/ By a non-unanimous vote, the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee on Tuesday backed an amended bill that would allow for on-premise consumption at restaurants and wineries to begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Off-premise sales, such as those at supermarkets, would remain illegal until 12:30 p.m. on Sundays.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Cowsert had expressed f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/grocery-stores-no-longer-part-of-sunday-alcohol-sales-bill/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/grocery-stores-no-longer-part-of-sunday-alcohol-sales-bill/ The scouts spoke at a news conference during the afternoon alongside a huge illustration of the bridge.
They signed the illustration in support of Rep. Ron Stephens’ proposal to name the bridge in honor of Juliette Gordon Low.
Coming up at 6 on News 3, hear from Rep. Stephens on the effort. Watch on-air or online: wsav.com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-in-atlanta-to-lobby-for-bridge-name/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 23:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-in-atlanta-to-lobby-for-bridge-name/ On Friday, Feb. 9, shots will be given from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to those ages 3 and older while supplies last.
More than 300 people have been hospitalized with flu-related illness across the state this flu season.
According to the Coastal Health District, there have been 51 confirmed flu-associated deaths in the state]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-health-district-offers-free-flu-shots-for-uninsured/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-health-district-offers-free-flu-shots-for-uninsured/ Her comments came Tuesday during a discussion at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. She wandered the aisles of the packed church auditorium as she answered questions from one of her former law clerks who’s now an Emory law professor and from law students.
She said the people who make laws believe those laws will furt]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sotomayor-urges-citizens-to-actively-participate-in-society/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sotomayor-urges-citizens-to-actively-participate-in-society/ The Federal Aviation Administration says the irrigation structure on a south Georgia farm interferes with its radio transmitter to relay signals to aircraft.
In a lawsuit filed late last year, federal officials said the structure compromised flig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/land-owners-at-odds-with-faa-over-aviation-equipment-on-farm/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/land-owners-at-odds-with-faa-over-aviation-equipment-on-farm/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Republican governor said Tuesday he’s open to tackling the issue during the current legislative session. The governor’s office previously said he wanted to leave it for lawmakers to address next year, after the term-limited governor leaves]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-opens-door-to-curtailing-tax-windfall/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-opens-door-to-curtailing-tax-windfall/ Her husband Gary has been providing play-by-play calls at each game.
Angie lost her sight due to complications from diabetes, but Gary was determined to include Angie in every aspect of their family’s activities.  
From church, to shopping, to sports, a lack of sight was not going to keep Angie on the sidelines. S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/he-is-her-eyes-husband-gives-play-by-play-of-basketball-for-wife-who-lost-sight/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/he-is-her-eyes-husband-gives-play-by-play-of-basketball-for-wife-who-lost-sight/ 3:20 p.m.
Thin Mints and Samoas were in abundance inside the Georgia Capitol as Girl Scouts urged lawmakers to replace the name of a white segregationist by naming a Savannah bridge after their organization’s founder.
The scouts spoke at a news conference Tuesday afternoon, standing beside a huge illustration of th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-girl-scouts-lobby-with-cookies-for-bridge-name/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-girl-scouts-lobby-with-cookies-for-bridge-name/ 1:05 p.m.
A coastal Georgia bridge bears a white segregationist’s name, but a state lawmaker says it can be renamed for the founder of the Girl Scouts because it was never formally named after former Gov. Eugene Talmadge.
Rep. Ron Stephens says he recently learned that legislation to name a Savannah bridge for Talm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-girl-scouts-back-push-to-name-bridge-for-founder/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-girl-scouts-back-push-to-name-bridge-for-founder/ Savannah police said in a news release Tuesday that 15-year-old Deion Micah Pinckney is now charged with murder. He was arrested Sunday on an aggravated assault charge.
Pinckney is accused of shooting John Cooksey Jr. at Bonaventure Funeral Home. It happened Saturday after the funeral of Ricky Jerome Boyd, who was kill]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-charged-with-murder-of-boy-12-shot-at-funeral-home/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/teen-charged-with-murder-of-boy-12-shot-at-funeral-home/ The Savannah Morning News reports Chatham County Coroner Bill Wessinger confirmed that John Cooksey died late Monday.
Savannah police say the shooting happened Saturday at Bonaventure Funeral Home following the service for Ricky Jerome Boyd. He was killed last month by police sent to arrest him on a murder warrant. Authorities say Boyd was shot after]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/boy-12-dies-in-hospital-days-after-funeral-home-shooting/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/boy-12-dies-in-hospital-days-after-funeral-home-shooting/ To learn more, contact Geechee Kunda or Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-frank-wills-is-forgotten-hero-of-watergate-scandal/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-frank-wills-is-forgotten-hero-of-watergate-scandal/ ___________________________________________________________________________________
SAVANNAH, Ga., (WSAV) — Hundreds from the Savannah community gathered tonight for a rally hoping to bring awareness to the violence in the city. Not only was the rally to stop the violence it was to provide strength and support for the family of 12-year-old John Co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-12-year-old-shot-at-funeral-service-dies/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-12-year-old-shot-at-funeral-service-dies/ Dunwoody police Sgt. Robert Parsons tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that one man is in custody following the stabbing Monday night. Parsons says one man was seriously injured while the two others refused medical treatment.
Parsons says the man who was seriously hurt is at a hospital and is expected to recover.
Police haven’t released]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-3-men-hurt-in-stabbing-at-metro-atlanta-apartment/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-3-men-hurt-in-stabbing-at-metro-atlanta-apartment/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-officials-id-man-found-in-burned-vehicle-in-effingham-county/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-officials-id-man-found-in-burned-vehicle-in-effingham-county/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-coverage-memorial-service-marks-10th-anniversary-of-deadly-refinery-explosion/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/special-coverage-memorial-service-marks-10th-anniversary-of-deadly-refinery-explosion/ On Feb. 1, around 10:10 p.m., Michael Shively Jr., was biking across the frontage road in the 15500 block of Abercorn Street when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Shively continued home where he notified police of the incident. Shively was dressed in bright orange clothing and had safety equipment on his bicycle]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-driver-in-hit-and-run-cyclist-injured/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-seek-driver-in-hit-and-run-cyclist-injured/ Coinciding with the scouts’ visit Tuesday, Rep. Ron Stephens, a Republican from Savannah, plans to introduce a bill to remove former Gov. Eugene Talmadge’s name from the bridge and rename it after Juliette Gordon Low.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-to-gather-at-georgia-capital-to-rally-for-bridge-name-change/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/girl-scouts-to-gather-at-georgia-capital-to-rally-for-bridge-name-change/ Police say, John was shot Saturday while at a funeral service for Ricky Boyd, a murder suspect killed during a confrontation with police on January 23. According to family,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rally-held-for-12-year-old-as-he-fights-for-his-life/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rally-held-for-12-year-old-as-he-fights-for-his-life/ Michael Kempf, 54, was seen by many as a loving father, husband and neighbor.
His brother Rich told News 3 Kempf served for 20 years in the Army before going to work on the railroads.
“He loved serving his country and he actually loved being an engineer,” Rich Kempf sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/family-of-engineer-killed-says-he-was-concerned-about-safety-on-the-job/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/family-of-engineer-killed-says-he-was-concerned-about-safety-on-the-job/ News outlets reported Saturday that Gwinnett police spokesman Jacob Albright said 23-year-old John David Briggs called 911 and told them he had shot his girlfriend, 26-year-old Chessington Marshall, in the chest.
Albright said authorities found a woman’s body in the bathroom, and that the caller was taken into custody on the scene.
Police say the man asked to be checked out by medical person]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-found-dead-in-home-man-is-charged/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-found-dead-in-home-man-is-charged/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released its findings in the Jan. 25 slayings Monday in rural Dooly County.
News outlets report investigators found 47-year-old Priscilla Adams and 17-month-old Jashun Ingram dead the woman’s front yard in tiny Byromville. A neighbor, 60-year-old Willie Merrell, was found dead nearby with a .30-caliber rifle nearby.
GBI a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-georgia-man-killed-baby-woman-before-shooting-himself/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gbi-georgia-man-killed-baby-woman-before-shooting-himself/ The bill was amended before passing the Senate on Monday to remove a clause that called for a charge of up to 4 percent of the winnings in order to keep the information anonymous. The bill was also changed so that only winners of prizes over $250,000 would be able to be kept anonymous.
The proposed legislation has been criticized by open government advocacy group]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-measure-to-keep-lottery-winners-secret/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-measure-to-keep-lottery-winners-secret/ The accident happened when the passenger train carrying 147 people en route from New York to Miami, was diverted from the main line.
It went onto a side track where it collided with a parked CSX freight train.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board say they located and su]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/investigators-focus-on-locked-switch-in-deadly-sc-train-collision/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/investigators-focus-on-locked-switch-in-deadly-sc-train-collision/ 5:05 p.m.
Federal authorities say that a railway signaling system in South Carolina was down for maintenance when an Amtrak train crashed into a CSX freight locomotive on Sunday, causing the deaths of an Amtrak engineer and conductor.
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said Monday that the system was down so crews could install a “positive train control” s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-safety-system-install-had-signals-out-in-crash/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-safety-system-install-had-signals-out-in-crash/ According to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, Christine Michelle Hale was traveling north on Highway 119 around mile marker 2 when she ran off the roadway, flipping her vehicle.
Authorities say she was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident.
No further details were made immediately available.
The ECSO Traffic Unit responded to the scene around 8:45 a.m.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-highway-119/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-highway-119/ James Caswell Jones, 62, of Midway was found shot to death on Freedman Gove Road on Jan. 29.
The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene that afternoon and found Jones near a blue pickup truck outside of the home.
According to Liberty County Sheriff Steve Sikes, Eptwarnd Saunders, 31, of Midway was arrested Monday at a Midway diner.
Saunders fa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/midway-man-arrested-for-liberty-county-murder/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/midway-man-arrested-for-liberty-county-murder/ The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the deadly collision Monday in Hahira, located about 140 miles(225 kilometers) south of Macon.
The State Patrol said in a news release the dump truck owned by C&S Rail Construction failed to yield to an oncoming Norfolk Southern train when the truck drove onto the tracks. The locomotive slammed into the side]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-dead-as-freight-train-smashes-into-truck-on-georgia-tracks/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/1-dead-as-freight-train-smashes-into-truck-on-georgia-tracks/ The FBI said in a news release Monday that Nilsa Marie Urena was apprehended Saturday shortly after robbing a Nashville-area credit union branch. It was not immediately known if Urena had an attorney to represent her.
The FBI says Urena is suspected in at least eight bank robberies in Georgia sin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/robbery-suspect-known-as-freedom-fighter-bandit-arrested/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/robbery-suspect-known-as-freedom-fighter-bandit-arrested/ Republican Gov. Nathan Deal is widely expected to sign the bill into law. After passing the House of Representative on Thursday, Deal said on Twitter that the sooner the bill was passed by the Senate, the sooner he would sign it.
The bill, which backers say modernizes and streamlines Georgia’s adoption code, stalled late last year after Rep]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-sweeping-house-adoption-bill/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-passes-sweeping-house-adoption-bill/ NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday handed Super Bowl duties over to Atlanta, the host city for Super Bowl 53.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was in Minneapolis for the NFL handoff ceremony. 
“I think it’s important that the city of Atlanta has shown the world that we are capable of hosting a mega event,” Lance Bottoms said. “As we host events]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-on-the-clock-for-super-bowl-53/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-on-the-clock-for-super-bowl-53/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the ad, featuring Republican Clay Tippins, cost $250,000 to air and was shown in the Albany, Columbus and Macon media markets. The ad will air in the pricier Atlanta market starting Monday.
The commercial focuses on Tippins’ background as a collegiate swimmer at Stanford and as a Navy Seal, while showing bumbling caricatures]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/candidate-for-governor-makes-splashy-super-bowl-debut/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/candidate-for-governor-makes-splashy-super-bowl-debut/ Crews responded after 200 gallons of liquid ammonia was spilled inside the warehouse and 20 employees were evacuated. There are no reports of injuries at this time.  ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hazmat-crews-respond-to-industrial-spill-on-bourne-blvd/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hazmat-crews-respond-to-industrial-spill-on-bourne-blvd/ Robert Veal was convicted of murder, armed robbery and other crimes and got life without parole in the November 2010 killing of Charles Boyer.
The Georgia Supreme Court tossed that sentence, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring life-without-parole sentences for most people whose crimes were committed before age 18. At resentencing, the trial court imposed two consecutive life sentences w]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-upholds-sentence-in-murder-case/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-upholds-sentence-in-murder-case/ Court documents say Melvin Brown Jr. and Javious Tucker argued in February 2014 after Brown refused to share a bag of pork skins.
The argument continued outside, where Tucker and Cyntrelis Boggs followed Brown in Tucker’s car. Eventually, court documents say, Brown got a gun from his car and fired shots into Tucker&rsquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-court-overturns-super-bowl-party-convictions/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-court-overturns-super-bowl-party-convictions/ Court documents say Melvin Brown Jr. and Javious Tucker argued at a February 2014 Super Bowl party after Brown refused to share a bag of pork skins.
Brown’s uncle walked Brown down the road to calm him. But Tucker and Cyntrelis Boggs followed in Tucker’s car, and Tucker and Brown resumed arguing. Eventually, court documents say, Brown got a gun from]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/court-says-jury-shouldnt-have-heard-about-prior-convictions/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/court-says-jury-shouldnt-have-heard-about-prior-convictions/ 9:15 a.m.
Federal investigators are planning to give an update on their probe into a deadly crash between a freight train and a passenger train in South Carolina.
The National Transportation Safety Board says on Twitter that the agency will hold a meeting briefing at 4 p.m. Monday near the Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt and other investigators are on the ground in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ntsb-plans-update-on-deadly-amtrak-train-crash/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ntsb-plans-update-on-deadly-amtrak-train-crash/ To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-super-bowl-connections/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-super-bowl-connections/ Suzzette Marie Calloway’s 15-month-old son, Chelton, suffered burns in the February 2001 fire and died four months later.
Calloway was convicted in December 2002 on federal charges related to manufacturing meth and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
She was convicted in Februa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-overturns-womans-2004-murder-conviction/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-high-court-overturns-womans-2004-murder-conviction/ He played for the Philadelphia Stars and the New York Lincoln Stars.
Many people feel that he should be in the Hall of Fame for his work and his talent as a ball player.
To learn more, contact us at Geechee Kunda and Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-sam-mungin-an-early-star-of-baseball/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-savannahs-sam-mungin-an-early-star-of-baseball/ To learn more, contact Geechee Kunda or Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-masjid-jihad-carries-legacies-of-lowcounty-muslim-communities/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/celebrating-black-history-masjid-jihad-carries-legacies-of-lowcounty-muslim-communities/ The Gainesville Times obtained documents through open records requests showing the investigation of Skip Heflin began only after the involved female employee’s death in November.
And Human Resources Director Bill Moats says that because the woman’s death makes her accusations only “hearsay,” the county can’t pursue a c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/retired-fire-official-accused-of-harassment-to-earn-14k/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/retired-fire-official-accused-of-harassment-to-earn-14k/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a Saturday release that a man entered an O’Reilly Auto Parts store in East Point, asked for an alternator, then produced a handgun and stole the item on Friday. The release says the man then left the store and attempted to steal a taxi at gunpoint, but the taxi driver sped away.
Atlanta police officers who witnessed the attempted]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-fatally-shoot-man-who-robbed-auto-parts-store/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-fatally-shoot-man-who-robbed-auto-parts-store/ The Tifton Gazette cites a college release that went out to students Saturday morning that says 19-year-old Jeremy Bailey was found dead in a dormitory Friday night. The Morrow native’s death is under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
No foul play is suspected at this time.
ABAC is one of the 29 members of the University System of Georgia. It’s located in so]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/19-year-old-georgia-college-student-found-dead-in-dorm/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/19-year-old-georgia-college-student-found-dead-in-dorm/ You can hear the officer tell the suspect, “Stay right there. Don’t you move! Do not move!”The dashcam footage shows the officer approaching the suspect’s car in Clayton on Thursday.
Police say he crashed the vehicle after the officer tried to pull him over for speeding. But the suspect then gets on top of the car and lunges at the officer.
The offic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dashcam-video-shows-georgia-officer-shoot-suspect-who-reportedly-tried-to-stab-him/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dashcam-video-shows-georgia-officer-shoot-suspect-who-reportedly-tried-to-stab-him/ Savannah-Chatham police said in a release that SWAT, the Hostage Negotiation Team and detectives arrested the teen early Sunday. He’s charged with two counts of aggravated assault in the Saturday shooting at Bonaventure Funeral Home.
Police say the 12-year-old boy remains in critical condition.
The Savannah Morning News reported that the shooting happened a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/15-year-old-boy-arrested-in-funeral-home-shooting-of-boy-12/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/15-year-old-boy-arrested-in-funeral-home-shooting-of-boy-12/ Indiana State Police say Jackson, 26, and 54-year old Jeffrey Monroe of Avon, Indiana were struck as they stood outside a vehicle on Interstate 70 around 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
Police believe Monroe was a “ride-sharing operator” who stopped his car when Jackson, his passenger, became i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-southern-linebacker-killed-by-suspected-drunk-driver/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-southern-linebacker-killed-by-suspected-drunk-driver/ Glynn County Police Department officers and members of the multi-agency Street Crimes Unit responded to a reported shooting around 10:30 p.m. at an apartment on 5800 Altama Avenue.
According to the Glynn County Police Department, Ashley Jacobs, 32, of Glynn County was found at the scene with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Jacobs was transported]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/arrests-made-in-connection-with-glynn-county-shooting/Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/arrests-made-in-connection-with-glynn-county-shooting/ The shooting happened in Alderman Hall’s district on Bonaventure Road.
Assistant Police Chief Kerry Thomas told News 3 the Savannah Police Department arrested one suspect on Sunday morning. Police did not release the person’s name because he’s a juvenile.
Savannah Police believe this is an isolated incident.
At the presser, Alder]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-one-arrest-made-for-the-shooting-of-a-12-year-old-boy/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-one-arrest-made-for-the-shooting-of-a-12-year-old-boy/ According to Savannah Police, officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of E. 40th Street about 1:30 a.m.and discovered two male victims, Michael Kimble and Michael Cesaretti both 33-years-old.
Police say, Kimble and Cesaretti, were outside the residence when an unknown black male approached with a firearm. They say after speaking]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-detectives-investigate-east-40th-street-attempted-robbery-and-shooting/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-detectives-investigate-east-40th-street-attempted-robbery-and-shooting/ According to the Savannah Police Department, officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of E. 40th Street about 1:30 a.m.and discovered two male victims, Matthew Kimble and Matthew Cesaretti, both 33-years-old.
Police say, Kimble and Cesaretti, were outside the residence when an unknown black male approached with a firearm. They say]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigates-e-40th-street-attempted-robbery-shooting/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-investigates-e-40th-street-attempted-robbery-shooting/ News 3 will continue to follow this story.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/east-40th-street-shooting/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/east-40th-street-shooting/ The crash happened nearly 150 miles away. But, Amtrak Train 91, Silver Star always travels its normal route from Miami to New York or vice versa and often stops in Savannah.
On January 4th, a train on this same route derailed in Savannah due to the rare winter weather but there were not injuries.
News 3 reached out to Amtrak to see if th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/could-amtrak-derailment-have-local-impacts-in-savannah/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/could-amtrak-derailment-have-local-impacts-in-savannah/ The crash happened nearly 150 miles away. But, Amtrak Train 91, Silver Star always travels its normal route from Miami to New York or vice versa and often stops in Savannah.
On January 4th, a train on this same route derailed in Savannah due to the rare winter weather but there were not injuries.
News 3 reached out to Amtrak to see if th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/could-amtrak-derailment-have-local-impacts-in-savannah/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/could-amtrak-derailment-have-local-impacts-in-savannah/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the trend represents a monumental shift in the way Georgia is punishing nonviolent offenders.
Records from the state Department of Corrections show that while prison admissions have dropped nearly 19 percent in the past eight years, the incarceration of black inmates fell by 30 percent.
The number of black inmates enteri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-incarcerating-fewer-african-americans-in-its-prisons/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-incarcerating-fewer-african-americans-in-its-prisons/ Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens announced in December that he would step down effective Feb. 15. The decision came after Olens was criticized for his response to cheerleaders kneeling during the national anthem before Kennesaw State football games.
Olens previously served as Georgia’s attorney general.
The Board of Regents said in a news]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/committees-named-to-search-for-new-kennesaw-state-president/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/committees-named-to-search-for-new-kennesaw-state-president/ The Lexington County coroner says 54- year-old Michael Kempf of Savannah, GA and Michael Cella, 34, of Orange Park, FL., were the two employees killed in the crash Sunday morning.
Kempf was the engineer and Cella was the conductor of that Amtrak train.
This is the latest statement as of 12:35pET from Amtrak:_]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deadly-train-crash-in-south-carolina-leaves-conducter-and-savannah-engineer-dead-at-least-116-injured/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 08:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deadly-train-crash-in-south-carolina-leaves-conducter-and-savannah-engineer-dead-at-least-116-injured/ Amtrak Train 91, which was traveling from New York to Miami, came into contact with a CSX freight around 2:35 a.m. causing the lead engine to derail, as well as some passenger cars.
“We are deeply saddened to report the death of our two employees in this morning’s derailment in Cayce, South Carolina,”]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sc-train-crash-kills-conductor-and-savannah-engineer-injures-116/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 08:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/sc-train-crash-kills-conductor-and-savannah-engineer-injures-116/ Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman Bianca Johnson told the Savannah Morning News that officers responded to the funeral home around 3:15 p.m. Saturday to find the boy suffering from life-threatening injuries. Johnson says he was brought to a hospital.
People in the area told the newspaper the shooting happened just after the funeral service for 20-year-old Ricky Jerome Bo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/12-year-old-boy-shot-wounded-at-savannah-funeral-home/Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/12-year-old-boy-shot-wounded-at-savannah-funeral-home/ Savannah Police’s Violent Crime detectives are investigating the shooting of a 12 year old boy at Bonaventure Funeral Home.
Officers responded to the funeral home at 3:15 p.m., and found the boy suffering from life threatening injuries.  He was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Family members were attending the funeral of Ricky Boyd.  He was a murder suspect who was shot and killed during a police involved shooting two weeks ago in Savannah.
Detec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-12-year-old-boy-shot-at-funeral-home/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-savannah-police-12-year-old-boy-shot-at-funeral-home/ Savannah Police detectives are investigating a shooting outside a local funeral home.
Police were called to Bonaventure Road shortly after 3pm.
They confirm one person was shot.
No word yet on injuries.
News 3 has a crew on the scene and will keep you updated.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-police-investigate-shooting-outside-local-funeral-home/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-savannah-police-investigate-shooting-outside-local-funeral-home/ Officials have not released any other details at this time.  The GBI has been called in to assist.
Stay with WSAV News 3 on air and online throughout the day for further updates.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/developing-body-discovered-in-burning-car-in-bryan-county/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/developing-body-discovered-in-burning-car-in-bryan-county/ However, it’s difficult to judge whether that’s more — or less — than other years.
WABE Radio reports that the number of deaths of homeless people is something that neither Atlanta nor the state keeps track of regularly.
The radio station reports that official information about the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cold-claims-lives-of-homeless-but-its-unknown-how-many/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cold-claims-lives-of-homeless-but-its-unknown-how-many/ Executives of Atlanta-based Floor & Decor cut the ribbon on the new facility in Bloomingdale on Friday. A company news release said it’s the second-largest distribution center in the Savannah area, behind only 2 million square feet (190,000 sq. meters) of space owned by retail giant Target.
F]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flooring-retailer-opens-distribution-center-outside-savannah/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flooring-retailer-opens-distribution-center-outside-savannah/ The House on Thursday unanimously passed a sweeping revamp of the adoption code. The measure now goes to the Senate.
Speeding up the state’s adoption process has been a top priority for many. Last year, efforts were derailed by a controversial amendment that would have allowed people to cite their religious beliefs and refuse to give childr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-focus-on-adoption-code-curbing-opioids/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-focus-on-adoption-code-curbing-opioids/ The incident happened around 1018 Cleveland Avenue in southwest Atlanta.
GBI spokesperson Nelly Miles says Atlanta Police officers were in the area of Cleveland Avenue in East Point when they came up an armed robbery at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store.
The suspect attempted a carjacking behind a coin laundry and was confronted by the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-atlanta/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-atlanta/ A letter sent on Jan. 18 to the Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire Board has the signature of every Chief of Police in Chatham County, several non-profit organizations, and District Attorney Meg Heap.
It details an “unnecessarily strained” relationship with the Rape Crisis Center that is “in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-da-police-chiefs-request-meeting-with-rape-crisis-center-board/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 01:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-da-police-chiefs-request-meeting-with-rape-crisis-center-board/ A letter sent on Jan. 18 to the Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire Board has the signature of every Chief of Police in Chatham County, several non-profit organizations, and District Attorney Meg Heap.
It details an “unnecessarily strained” relationship with the Rape Crisis Center that is “increasingly deteriorating&rdquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-leaders-request-meeting-with-rape-crisis-center-board/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 01:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/local-leaders-request-meeting-with-rape-crisis-center-board/ That’s why some people living near the Overtime Sports Bar and Grille say they asked city leaders to shut it down for good.
Savannah Police and the Deputy City Attorney appeared before the Savannah City Council Thursday. They showed a video police say was obtained from inside the Overtime Bar.
It shows a shooting that injured two peopl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/many-residents-want-savannah-bar-shut-down-after-alcohol-license-revoked/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/many-residents-want-savannah-bar-shut-down-after-alcohol-license-revoked/ Fights, shootings and drug deals.  Savannah Police detectives say it’s all happening inside a popular Savannah bar.  That’s why some people living near the Overtime Sports Bar and Grille say they asked city leaders to shut it down for good.
Savannah Police and the Deputy City Attorney appeared before the Savannah City Council Thursday.  They showed a video police say was obtained from inside the Overtime Bar.  It shows a shooting that injur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/many-residents-want-controversial-savannah-bar-shut-down-after-alcohol-license-revoked/Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/many-residents-want-controversial-savannah-bar-shut-down-after-alcohol-license-revoked/ According to West Point Police, 44-year-old Wanda Buckner is charged with aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated assault stemming from an alleged incident last summer.
The arson charges stem from a fire earlier this week in West Georgia. Police say people were inside an apartment duplex when it was set on fire.
Buckner has been charged with five counts&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-woman-faces-multiple-arson-attempted-murder-charges/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-woman-faces-multiple-arson-attempted-murder-charges/ The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia said in a news release Friday that it had reached a settlement with Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
The ACLU says the state was not following federal laws that require election office to automatically update the addresses of voters who move within the same cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/settlement-reached-in-lawsuit-over-georgia-voting-records/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/settlement-reached-in-lawsuit-over-georgia-voting-records/ Wildlife biologist Clay George of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said spotters searching by plane confirmed two right whales Wednesday near Little St. Simons Island south of Savannah.
Clay said they were the first right whales seen off the Georgia coast since the calving s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pair-of-right-whales-seen-off-georgia-but-still-no-babies/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pair-of-right-whales-seen-off-georgia-but-still-no-babies/ DeKalb County police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell tells news outlets the 26-year-old man was killed early Friday outside Lavish Bistro in Belvedere Park southeast of Decatur.
WSB-TV reports the nightclub had closed before the shooting. Employees had removed all the customers when the man was turned away at the front door]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-atlanta-area-nightclub-guard-fatally-shot-customer/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-atlanta-area-nightclub-guard-fatally-shot-customer/ You’ve also no doubt heard of the Korean War. But what you probably haven’t heard about is the story of the first, the last, and the only all black Ranger unit–the hidden heroes of war.
WRLB’s Laporsche Thomas takes us into the heart of the last few living soldiers of this special unit, their fierce battles overseas, and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senator-to-introduce-measure-to-honor-first-black-army-rangers/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senator-to-introduce-measure-to-honor-first-black-army-rangers/ Melissa “Lisa” Hackle, 51, was last seen on Jan. 4, 2018 in Soperton, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). She has had no contact with her family since that date.
Hackle is described as a white female who is 5’3’’ and 137 lbs.
GBI says her vehicle was located and recovered behind an abandoned residence in Soperton.
The GBI and Soperton Polic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-seek-missing-soperton-woman/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-seek-missing-soperton-woman/ Forest Park Deputy Fire Chief Matt Jackson tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution responding firefighters found 30-year-old Brandon Gamble dead inside a hallway early Thursday. His wife, Tyeisha Gamble, and five children had made it safely outside.
Gamble’s sister-in-law, Keeshay Wingo, says Gamble broke a window for his wife to escape, and then ran through]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/father-of-five-dies-helping-wife-kids-escape-house-fire/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/father-of-five-dies-helping-wife-kids-escape-house-fire/ A Gwinnett County police statement says the homeowner is telling officers that he grabbed his firearm and verbally challenged the intruder in his driveway. The statement says the intruder then charged at the homeowner, who fired more than one shot striking the intruder, who died at the scene.
Police have not released any identities. They describe the dead man as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-homeowner-shoots-man-breaking-into-car/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-georgia-homeowner-shoots-man-breaking-into-car/ The north Georgia mountains could see light freezing rain by Sunday morning. The National Weather Service says accumulations of freezing rain are expected to be light — up to .15 of an inch (.38 of a centimeter) in some spots.
In Alabama, cold air behind a f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/blast-of-cold-air-to-sink-temperatures-across-the-deep-south/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/blast-of-cold-air-to-sink-temperatures-across-the-deep-south/ Lee says she was pulled over by an off duty officer about her kids not being buckled in right. That officer later called for uniformed back up.
Lee went to City Hall to file a complaint the next day, but the situation escalated quickly when the chief became angry and told her to leave. Lee recorded the incident on her cellphone and posted t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-brooklet-police-chief-retires-amid-controversy-from-videos-posted-on-social-media/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-brooklet-police-chief-retires-amid-controversy-from-videos-posted-on-social-media/ Bacote was one of four teenagers who desegregated Jekyll Island, and that effort would help to dismantle segregation in Georgia.
To learn more, contact Geechee Kunda or Day Clean Soul.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-month-jim-bacote-helped-dismantle-segregation-in-georgia/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-month-jim-bacote-helped-dismantle-segregation-in-georgia/ Coastal Pet Rescue will celebrate 15 years on Feb. 5. The group accepts homeless and owner surrendered pets from Chatham, Effingham and Bryan Counties.
To celebrate the milestone, the organization will hold a series of adoption and fundraising events throughout February, March and April–culminating in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-pet-rescue-celebrates-15-years-with-special-adoption-series/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coastal-pet-rescue-celebrates-15-years-with-special-adoption-series/ People of all ages gathered to attend the “Incorporate the Islands” meeting. ‘The Islands’ include Wilmington, Whitemarsh,Talahi, and Oatland.
The purpose of the meeting was to raise awareness about a possible action on the state level to provide funding for a $200,000 study to research the possibility of consolidating Chatham Cou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/incorporate-the-islands-group-seeks-support-funding-from-state-legislators/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/incorporate-the-islands-group-seeks-support-funding-from-state-legislators/ The goal is to learn how to strengthen support throughout the lives of individuals with autism, and how to pave a way for neurodiversity both in education, workplace, and life.
To purchase tickets for the event, to to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/matthew-reardon-center-hosts-annual-autism-conference-on-march-2/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/matthew-reardon-center-hosts-annual-autism-conference-on-march-2/ Jeff Hadley first accepted the position as Chatham County Police Department Chief on Nov. 6, 2017.
He decided to leave his role with the Department of Public Safety in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 
Hadley said this opportunity in Chatham County stuck out because it would involve recreating a department from the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/two-new-chiefs-take-reins-of-the-coastal-empire/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/two-new-chiefs-take-reins-of-the-coastal-empire/ The Savannah-Chatham County Police Department is no more.
16 officers with the new Chatham County Police Department hit the streets for the first time Thursday.  And, those officers are getting help from several deputies with the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department.
Here’s a breakdown of part of day one for those officers.  They handled 21 calls for service from midnight until 8:30 Thursday morning.  A few of those were for drug violations and l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chief-hadley-day-one-a-success-for-new-chatham-county-police-department/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chief-hadley-day-one-a-success-for-new-chatham-county-police-department/ Public comments were taken during a two week period last year, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 13, on a monument that stands in in Forsyth Park.
According to the city, nearly 5,000 responses were received and of those — 2,442 identified themselves as residents of Savannah.
The Task Force decided to focus more on the opini]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/confederate-memorial-task-force-presents-recommendations-to-city-council/Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/confederate-memorial-task-force-presents-recommendations-to-city-council/ Multiple media outlets say the situation was chaotic at the pre-dawn fire Thursday in Forest Park, south of Atlanta. One neighbor reported seeing the man dropping his children out a window to escape the flames. Another reported sounds of breaking glass and screams. Witnesses described the man as a hero in local reports.
Forest Park Fire Deputy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/reports-man-dies-after-helping-wife-5-kids-flee-house-fire/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/reports-man-dies-after-helping-wife-5-kids-flee-house-fire/ News outlets quote a Gwinnett County Schools police report as saying cellphone video shows 35-year-old Nijah Underwood hitting the girl’s face.
Central Gwinnett High School principal Shane Orr says in a letter the two students got into a fight at a bus stop. One boarded the bus when it arrived while the other went home to get h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-mom-daughter-fight-girl-on-georgia-school-bus/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-mom-daughter-fight-girl-on-georgia-school-bus/ During a council work session on Thursday, city leaders discussed the impact the parade has financially and the measures needed to improve the overall investment.
A city study conducted by Georgia Southern University focused on the overall cost-benefit of the parade, comparing expenses to those of city festivals in Charleston a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-leaders-discuss-financial-impact-of-st-patricks-day/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/city-leaders-discuss-financial-impact-of-st-patricks-day/ Natalia Martinez tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that she’s not a racist, and used the word to tell friends that she had passed an exam. She said the message was later taken out of context.
Martinez’s mother, Daniela, said she was upset with her daughter for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-college-soccer-player-expresses-remorse-for-racial-slur/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-college-soccer-player-expresses-remorse-for-racial-slur/ The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday, without objection, passed Sen. Renee Unterman’s measure aimed at combatting the opioid crisis.
The Buford Republican’s bill would lead to the creation of a commission to further study the epidemic and seek grant money]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/opioid-bill-looks-to-fund-recovery-options-stop-kickbacks/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/opioid-bill-looks-to-fund-recovery-options-stop-kickbacks/ The bill, passed by the House Thursday, incorporates several changes pushed for by the Senate in an effort to come to a compromise position that may stand a better chance of becoming law.
The 100-page bill makes numerous technical changes to the state’s decades-old adoption co]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-passes-sweeping-changes-to-adoption-code/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-house-passes-sweeping-changes-to-adoption-code/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that agents on Thursday arrested 49-year-old Octavious Alexander Rivera, who’s charged with murder in the May 1996 death of Bridgett Felicia Parker in Fitzgerald.
Parker’s body was found behind an empty mobile home. An investigation didn’t produce any evidence or witn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-in-georgia-arrest-man-in-1996-killing/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-in-georgia-arrest-man-in-1996-killing/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that a Clayton police officer tried to pull over a speeding Honda Accord. The GBI says the car accelerated and a chase followed, ending in a crash on a private drive.
The GBI says the officer ordered the driver to stay in the car but the man exited through a rear window and climbed onto the car&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-officer-shoots-knife-wielding-man-after-car-chase/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-officer-shoots-knife-wielding-man-after-car-chase/ The utility company said in a news release this week that customers will be paying $139 million less toward the expansion of the multi-billion dollar Plant Vogtle (VOH’-gohl) nuclear project in east Georgia this year.
Georgia Power says the lower bills are due to the savings the company is expecting from recent changes in the feder]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-electricity-bills-to-fall-starting-in-april/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-electricity-bills-to-fall-starting-in-april/ Officers will be cracking down on drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, during last year’s Super Bowl weekend in the Peach State, 10 people died and 939 were injured in over 2,500 crashes.
On the same weekend, Georgia State Patrol made 142 DUI arrests across Georgia.
Officials urge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tackle-drunk-driving-before-the-big-game-starts/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tackle-drunk-driving-before-the-big-game-starts/ Students in the St Andrews Pre-K4 class celebrated the first 100 days of school by making 100 sandwiches! Teachers and volunteers helped the students put together their turkey and cheese sandwiches while teaching them the importance of cleanliness, and more importantly, the value of helping others.
Teachers will donate those sandwiches to the Inner City Night Shelter to help families in need. Fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-andrews-pre-k4-students-make-sandwiches-for-the-homeless/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/st-andrews-pre-k4-students-make-sandwiches-for-the-homeless/ The package was discovered on a Department of Homeland Security vehicle.
A bomb squad was called to the scene to assess the package around 11 a.m.
The scene was given the all clear around noon.
No buildings were evacuated during the assessment.
UPDATE: suspicious package destroyed. No threat. Street back open. pic.twitter.com/60TPyYLvTw
—]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-bay-and-bull-streets-open-after-reports-of-suspicious-package/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-bay-and-bull-streets-open-after-reports-of-suspicious-package/ Georgia senators unanimously passed a resolution Thursday denouncing the NFL for allowing players to kneel but not letting a veterans group advertise in the printed game program for the Super Bowl. South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster issued a proclamation designating the day of the big]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-blasts-nfl-denial-of-please-stand-ad/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-senate-blasts-nfl-denial-of-please-stand-ad/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Sen. David Shafer introduced a resolution Thursday denouncing the league and urging Americans to stand for the national anthem.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the printed game program has never been a place for advertising some might consider to be a p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-candidate-blasts-nfl-denial-of-please-stand-ad/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-gop-candidate-blasts-nfl-denial-of-please-stand-ad/ A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement news release says 33-year-old Yulio Castro Garrido died Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
ICE says medical staff at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, diagnosed him with pneumonia and he was taken to a hospital in Cuthbert on Jan. 7. ICE says Castro initially resisted treatment, causing his conditio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cuban-man-held-by-immigration-authorities-dies-in-custody/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cuban-man-held-by-immigration-authorities-dies-in-custody/ The Augusta Chronicle reports city firefighters pulled the man from the hole at the Augusta Exchange parking lot Wednesday. The motorcyclist had minor injuries.
Augusta Utilities Director Tom Wiedmeier says the hole opened up near a storm drain. The newspaper reports recent sinkholes have been blamed on leaking underground pipes.
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Information]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/a-wild-ride-sinkhole-swallows-man-and-his-motorcycle/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/a-wild-ride-sinkhole-swallows-man-and-his-motorcycle/ The newly formed Savannah Police Department will have four precincts as opposed to six for SCMPD. The Chatham County Police Department will take over the unincorporated areas with help from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office will assist CCPD unti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-police-department-officially-separates/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-police-department-officially-separates/ February 1st is National Freedom Day. The originator of National Freedom Day was Major Richard R. Wright, the first president of Savannah State University.National Freedom Day recognizes that the U.S. is dedicated to the principle of freedom for all.
To learn more,  contact us a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-month-kicks-off-with-national-freedom-day/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/black-history-month-kicks-off-with-national-freedom-day/ Savannah-Chatham Metro Police say he was arrested for the November shooting at a strip mall on Largo Drive that left one dead and another injured.
Hutchinson was located on scene and officers quickly identified him as a suspect in the shooting.
SCMPD officers responded to reports of a shooting at Suds Laundromat where they found Stanley]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-indicted-for-november-shooting-at-largo-drive-laundromat/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-indicted-for-november-shooting-at-largo-drive-laundromat/ In 2014, David Hooks was killed by a Laurens County deputy during a drug raid at his home. His widow’s lawsuit claims the raid was illegal. She said the search warrant was based on false information from a known drug addict.
WMAZ-TV reports Sheriff Bill Harrell and deputies Chris Brewer and Steve Vertin asked Judge Dudley Bowen to throw out the sui]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-fmr-georgia-sheriff-2-deputies-can-proceed/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-fmr-georgia-sheriff-2-deputies-can-proceed/ Coweta County Coroner Richard Hawk told news outlets that Kira Molina died Tuesday at an Atlanta hospital. He says the Newnan High School student had initially tested negative for the flu upon developing symptoms last week, but was found unresponsive on Sunday. She was hospitalized in Newnan and then airlifted to Atlanta.
Hawk says Molina’s liver failed beca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coroner-teen-is-first-flu-related-child-death-in-georgia-this-season/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coroner-teen-is-first-flu-related-child-death-in-georgia-this-season/ In 2014, David Hooks was killed by a Laurens County deputy during a drug raid at his home. His widow’s lawsuit claims the raid was illegal. She said the search warrant was based on false information from a known drug addict.
WMAZ-TV reports Sheriff Bill Harrell and deputies Chris Brewer and Steve Vertin asked Judge Dudley Bowen to throw out the suit.
On Monda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-wrongful-death-suit-against-ex-sheriff-can-proceed/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/judge-wrongful-death-suit-against-ex-sheriff-can-proceed/ The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says LaShirley Morris and Glenndria Morris were formally charged Tuesday with two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of cruelty in the first-degree.
Authorities say it happened Oct. 21. According to the indictment, LaShirley Morris used the bat to hit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-sisters-accused-of-fatally-beating-boy-for-taking-cupcake/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-sisters-accused-of-fatally-beating-boy-for-taking-cupcake/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday the DeKalb County School District says it’s taking steps to mitigate concerns about the proposed site for Smoke Rise Elementary School, including those raised by the county fire marshal.
A November email from Fire Marshal Joseph Cox says the site is within 2,000 feet (610 meters) of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/despite-hazard-concerns-proposed-school-site-moves-forward/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 08:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/despite-hazard-concerns-proposed-school-site-moves-forward/ Gwinnett police Sgt. Jake Smith tells news outlets that the woman and a male friend were in a Crossland Economy Studios motel room in Georgia when a man knocked on their door around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the man produced a gun, demanded their belongings, took the woman, and forced her into the friend’s car, which he then stole.
Police found the stolen car in Chamb]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-from-atlanta-area-motel-room/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 08:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/woman-kidnapped-at-gunpoint-from-atlanta-area-motel-room/ ____________________________________________________
BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) — Authorities are looking for a missing man who may be in danger.
According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Jamal Burton was last seen by his family on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 27. They say he left his father and said he was going fishing.
A friend of the family reportedly saw him in Port]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-beaufort-county-missing-man-has-been-located/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-beaufort-county-missing-man-has-been-located/ News 3 had a chance to meet and speak with some of the new officers that will hit the streets starting at 12:01 a.m. o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-department-prepares-for-its-first-day-on-the-job/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-police-department-prepares-for-its-first-day-on-the-job/ On Wednesday the Effingham Sheriff’s Office said it is currently part of a multi-agency investigation looking into county-wide reports of debit cards skimmers used at gas station. Skimmers are devices used to steal and copy people’s financial information.
According to ECSO, “Numerous people have reported suspicious bank act]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-countywide-reports-of-debit-card-skimming/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/effingham-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-countywide-reports-of-debit-card-skimming/ Amtrak says two members and two passengers have been taken to a hospital with minor injuries, bringing the total number of people injured to five.
Staff members say Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota has been taken to a hospital after the accident. He is being checked for a possible concussion.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-sc-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ga-sc-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/ Mixed reaction following President Trump’s first State of the Union Address.
President Trump delivered a strong message of unity during his first State of the Union Address Tuesday night. And, of course there is mixed reaction on the President’s speech on immigration, a 1.5 trillion dollar investment in infrastructure and the economy.
Political expert Dr. Jose’ Da Cruz says the President addressed many important issues facing America, but he says there&r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/political-expert-reacts-to-president-trumps-sotu-address/Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/political-expert-reacts-to-president-trumps-sotu-address/ According to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Jamal Burton was last seen by his family on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 27. They say he left his father and said he was going fishing.
A friend of the family reportedly saw him in Port Wentworth at a Waffle House off of I-95 at Exit 109 on the same day around 10:25 p.m.
Burton said he was hungry and would not leave with the friend wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/beaufort-authorities-search-for-missing-endangered-man/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/beaufort-authorities-search-for-missing-endangered-man/ No injuries have been reported.
Workers said nearby buildings shook just before 1 p.m. Wednesday when the silo exploded outside the offices of South Georgia Pecan in Valdosta, a city of 56,000 people near the Georgia-Florida state line.
The Valdosta Daily Times reported windows shattered in a clothing shop, jewelry store and other businesses in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-silo-holding-pecan-shells-explodes-no-injuries/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-silo-holding-pecan-shells-explodes-no-injuries/ The Associated Press has confirmed that Reps. Rick Allen, Buddy Carter, Drew Ferguson, Karen Handel, Jody Hice, Barry Loudermilk and Austin Scott were all on the chartered train when it hit a garbage truck Wednesday morning in central Virginia. The state’s other]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/7-georgia-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/7-georgia-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/ White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there are no serious injuries among members of Congress or congressional staff.
Sanders says President Donald Trump has been fully briefed on the matter and is receiving regular updates.
This photo provided by a member of Congress, shows a crash sit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-hits-truck-one-fatality-confirmed/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-hits-truck-one-fatality-confirmed/ Amtrak says two members and two passengers have been taken to a hospital with minor injuries, bringing the total number of people injured to five.
Staff members say Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota has been taken to a hospital after the accident. He is being checked for a possible concussion.
Whit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-ga-sc-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-ga-sc-members-of-congress-ok-after-virginia-train-crash/ According to Dylan John, Student Government President, “The ID gets you into different events as well as your dinning and meal plans, as well as Eagle Express.”
But starting this semester, they’ll have a bigger role to play. On the back of each new ID, there will be phone numbers to sexual assault and suicide prevention hotlines. And John applauds the change.
“]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-adds-crisis-hotline-contacts-to-student-ids/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-southern-adds-crisis-hotline-contacts-to-student-ids/ Five other people were injured in the crash Monday afternoon.
Warner Robins Assistant Police Chief John Wagner tells news outlets that the Houston County school bus carrying 30 students flipped on its side while traveling downhill.
Houston County Coroner Danny Galpin says Arlana Hays was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at a hospital. She had attended Parkwood Ele]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-others-hurt-in-georgia-school-bus-crash/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-others-hurt-in-georgia-school-bus-crash/ Ahead of the February 1st deadline, Savannah city leaders gathered on Tuesday morning to break ground on the new Central Precinct on MLK Blvd..
The newly formed Savannah Police Department will have four districts, down from six Metro districts.
Central Precinct is the smallest of the four but fields the largest number of 911 calls.
“What happens in this a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-showcases-new-precinct-breaks-ground-on-another/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-police-showcases-new-precinct-breaks-ground-on-another/ The Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee on Tuesday voted 6-4 in favor of Republican Sen. Renee Unterman’s bill. The measure would let local voters choose whether to allow restaurants and retail stores to start selling alcohol at 11 a.m. on Sundays.
Currently, restaurants and retail stores can&]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/brunch-bill-would-expand-sunday-alcohol-sales-in-georgia/Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/brunch-bill-would-expand-sunday-alcohol-sales-in-georgia/ According to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, numerous people have reported suspicious bank account after buying gas with a debit card in the area.
Investigators are urging anyone who may have used a debit card to get gas in Effingham County to check their bank accounts.
ECSO says some of the suspicious activity includes U.S. Postal money orders and ATM withdraw]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/multi-agency-skimming-investigation-underway-in-effingham-co/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/multi-agency-skimming-investigation-underway-in-effingham-co/ Nearly every Trump administration Cabinet member and both houses of Congress will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.
But one official will remain separated from the commander in chief should a catastrophe happen.
According to White House Press House Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sonny Perdue has been tap]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/agriculture-secretary-former-ga-governor-selected-as-designated-survivor/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/agriculture-secretary-former-ga-governor-selected-as-designated-survivor/ A Senate committee last week approved GOP Sen. Joshua McKoon’s proposal to amend Georgia’s Constitution to make English the state’s official language. It’s now awaiting d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dems-blast-push-for-english-only-communication-in-georgia/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dems-blast-push-for-english-only-communication-in-georgia/ According to NASA, this ‘super blue blood moon’ is a rare combination of a blue moon a supermoon and a blood moon.
This means its the second full moon in a single calendar month, a moon that’s the closest it will be to the earth in its orbit (appearing bigger & brighter than usual) and a total lunar eclipse (which]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-to-see-the-super-blue-blood-moon/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/how-to-see-the-super-blue-blood-moon/ The new requirements would happen if a bill introduced in the General Assembly is passed into law.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that current law gives judges no specific guidelines for deciding when to allow minors to bypass notifying their parents if they get an abortion.
Sen. Josh McKoon, a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bill-would-raise-legal-burden-for-minors-seeking-abortions/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bill-would-raise-legal-burden-for-minors-seeking-abortions/ _________________________________________________________________________________
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) — According to Liberty County Sheriff, Steve Sikes, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation are investigating the death of a man whose body was found outside a vacant residence on the 700 block of Freedman G]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-coroner-ids-liberty-county-shooting-victim/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-coroner-ids-liberty-county-shooting-victim/ Warner Robins Assistant Police Chief John Wagner tells news outlets that at least one student was seriously injured when the Houston County school bus carrying 30 students flipped on its side while traveling downhill Monday afternoon. Four students and the driver were treated for minor injuries.
The kids on the bus ranged from ages 5 to 11 and attended Parkwood and Pearl Stephens elementary sc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/6-hospitalized-in-school-bus-crash-in-georgia/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/6-hospitalized-in-school-bus-crash-in-georgia/ Five other people were injured in the crash Monday afternoon.
Warner Robins Assistant Police Chief John Wagner tells news outlets that the Houston County school bus carrying 30 students flipped on its side while traveling downhill.
Houston County Coroner Danny Galpin says Arlana Hays was pronounced dead Tuesday morning at a hospital. She had attended Parkwood Ele]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-others-hurt-after-georgia-school-bus-crash/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/child-dies-others-hurt-after-georgia-school-bus-crash/ DeKalb County Fire and Rescue Capt. Eric Jackson tells news outlets that firefighters responding to the Stone Mountain house around 3 a.m. Tuesday found a man suffering from apparent minor burns on the front porch and the body of the woman inside the home. Jackson says the woman’s son was also inside the house at the time of the fire and was not injured.
The cause of the fire has no]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/early-morning-georgia-fire-kills-wheelchair-bound-woman/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/early-morning-georgia-fire-kills-wheelchair-bound-woman/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/family-asks-for-help-to-solve-cold-case-in-homicide-of-22-year-old-man-in-savannah/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/family-asks-for-help-to-solve-cold-case-in-homicide-of-22-year-old-man-in-savannah/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/liberty-county-deputies-gbi-investigating-death-of-fleming-man/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/liberty-county-deputies-gbi-investigating-death-of-fleming-man/ She is estimated to be about 5’4” and 200 lbs. If seen, call 911.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-seeks-information-on-missing-woman/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-seeks-information-on-missing-woman/ Rows where relief over-the-counter medication and alternative remedies once sat at the ready, now sit empty, for the time being.
This flu season parents and patients alike are seeking other routes to the path of wellness, and putting aside getting the vaccine or using medicines like Tamiflu.
“We usually have a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/in-height-of-flu-season-alternative-remedies-sought-for-symptom-relief/Tue, 30 Jan 2018 02:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/in-height-of-flu-season-alternative-remedies-sought-for-symptom-relief/ Houston County sheriff’s Sgt. Heath Collins tells WMAZ-TV that Madison Lee Stewart faces a charge of malice murder in the death of her 16-month-old son. Collins says the child died Friday night in Warner Robins, a city in central Georgia.
Collins says Stewart got up because the baby was crying. Collins said Stewart filled the bathtub and submerged the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-in-georgia-say-mother-drowned-crying-baby-in-bathtub/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-in-georgia-say-mother-drowned-crying-baby-in-bathtub/ A press release issued by the governor’s office Monday said first lady Sandra Deal was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer during an annual mammogram. It said the tumor was removed successfully.
The 75-year-old first lady says the cancer was found at an early stage and she will be undergoing chemotherapy treatment. She encoura]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-first-lady-sandra-deal-has-tumor-removed/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-first-lady-sandra-deal-has-tumor-removed/ Right now 49 states are dealing with the epidemic and some say it could get worse before it gets better.
According to the weekly flu report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza activity is widespread in all states except Hawaii.
CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund says the flu season has not even peaked yet, CNN reports.
“Hopefully we’re in the peak currently, since the dat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-many-more-weeks-to-come-in-deadly-flu-season/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-many-more-weeks-to-come-in-deadly-flu-season/ The Georgia First Amendment Foundation says in a statement that allowing the government to hand out millions to private citizens without a public record is a bad idea.
Democratic Sen. Steve Henson, who sponsored the bill, says protecting the identity of lottery winners is a matter of public safety. The proposed bill would]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/advocacy-group-fights-bill-to-keep-lottery-winners-anonymous/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/advocacy-group-fights-bill-to-keep-lottery-winners-anonymous/ The Department of Corrections said in a news release Monday that inmate Christopher Mauldin was found unresponsive around 2:50 a.m. Sunday in his cell at Philips State Prison in Buford. The agency says inmate Bobby Andrew Garlin was found unresponsive around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in his cell at Rogers State Prison in Reidsville.
The Department of Correction]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-investigating-2-inmate-deaths-in-georgia/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/prison-officials-investigating-2-inmate-deaths-in-georgia/ Lt. Carven Tyus with Atlanta Homicide tells WXIA-TV that it’s unclear if the deceased woman found early Monday morning was hit by a car or if she fell off the overpass above Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Anderson Avenue.
Investigators are canvassing the area for witnesses and surveillance cameras.
The woman has not been identified.
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Information from: WXIA-TV, http://www.11alive.com/]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-womans-body-found-on-atlanta-road/Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-womans-body-found-on-atlanta-road/ Christopher Sweat gave himself up to Wayne County law enforcement officers after a 31/2 hour standoff at a residence in Wayne County.
Wayne County Sheriff, John Carter said Sweat kept officers at bay until tear gas was employed and he exited a camper on Fannie Head Road in Wayne County through a window.
Earlier this afternoon Sweat sought refuge at the camper which was occupied by two people who knew Sweat but was unaware of what he is alleged to have done.
The two le]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-man-accused-of-slashing-womans-throat-in-police-custody/Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-man-accused-of-slashing-womans-throat-in-police-custody/ Wayne County Authorities are searching for a suspect accused in an attempted murder and aggravated assault case.
According to Wayne County Sheriff, John Carter authorities are searching for Christopher Clayton Sweat in connection with an assault on an Odum woman Sunday morning.
Authorities say Sweat cut the throat of a woman and buried her under logs in a wooded area on Mallard Road in Odum.
The woman regained consciousness and was able to seek help.
Sh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/developing-wayne-county-authorities-searching-for-man-accused-of-slashing-womans-throat/Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/developing-wayne-county-authorities-searching-for-man-accused-of-slashing-womans-throat/ The State Transportation Board adopted a resolution to take the next steps toward widening a stretch of Interstate 16 near Savannah and make interchange upgrades where I-16 meets Interstate 95. The resolution adopted Thursday allows the state Department of Transportation to manage and fund the project.
The $319 million project seeks to expand I-16 from four l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/plan-moves-ahead-to-improve-crossing-of-georgia-interstates/Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/plan-moves-ahead-to-improve-crossing-of-georgia-interstates/ The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education identified the issues recently in its annual list of “Top Ten Issues” to watch in Georgia education.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports that the group this year said issues residents should learn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-poverty-rural-schools-among-key-education-issues/Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/report-poverty-rural-schools-among-key-education-issues/ 24-year-old Balil Whitfield was found shot to death inside a car on Hudson Street this past Sunday. Family and friends held a vigil Friday night for Savannah’s first murder victim of the year. Christina Whitfield, Balil’s cousin, used the opportunity to call the community into action.
“What’s in the street, that’s not real. What’s at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-mans-family-calls-for-an-end-to-gun-violence/Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-mans-family-calls-for-an-end-to-gun-violence/ This year’s theme was “MLK 50 Forward: Together we win with love for humanity”.
Civil rights activist George Shinhoster served as guest speaker.
News 3’s Kim Gusby was the Mistress of Ceremonies.
&n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photo-gallery-hundreds-gather-for-the-39th-annual-mlk-unity-brunch-in-savannah/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/photo-gallery-hundreds-gather-for-the-39th-annual-mlk-unity-brunch-in-savannah/ The MLK Observance Day Association hosted its annual business community and unity brunch.  The event is an effort to promote peace, harmony and equality in the Coastal Empire.
This year’s theme was “MLK 50 Forward: Together we win with love for humanity”.
Civil rights activist George Shinhoster served as guest speaker.
News 3’s Kim Gusby was the Mistress of Ceremonies.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hundreds-gather-for-the-39th-annual-mlk-unity-brunch-in-savannah/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hundreds-gather-for-the-39th-annual-mlk-unity-brunch-in-savannah/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-largest-public-beach-planning-improved-sand-dunes/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgias-largest-public-beach-planning-improved-sand-dunes/ Georgia state climatologist Bill Murphey says the annual average statewide temperature for 2017 was tied with 2016 for the warmest on record with 65.8 degrees (18.8 Celsius) as the average mean temperature.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Atlanta broke records throughout the entire year, as it had the third-warmest winter and spring on record. For the city, 2016 and 2012 were the No.1 and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/state-climatologist-2017-was-warmest-year-ever-for-georgia/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/state-climatologist-2017-was-warmest-year-ever-for-georgia/ The Telegraph reports early Tuesday, 43-year-old Willie Drake, of Columbus, sat down at the counter of a Waffle House in Macon and placed an order. Three employees told police Drake asked for barbecue sauce, but was told they didn’t have any.
A Bibb County sheriff’s report notes the man then “began screaming obscenities and insulting” the workers, trying “to crea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-jailed-over-restaurants-lack-of-barbecue-sauce/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-jailed-over-restaurants-lack-of-barbecue-sauce/ Terry Enoch, Chief of Police for the Board of Education Police Department, works year-round to prepare public schools for the worst.
Enoch and other campus police go from school to school instructing staff and students on when to run, hide or fight to survive.
They also place a strong focus on pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/a-closer-look-how-campus-police-prepare-local-schools-for-the-worst/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 01:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/a-closer-look-how-campus-police-prepare-local-schools-for-the-worst/ The American Transportation Research Institute released the 2018 list of Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks in the U.S. and Georgia claimed the top spot.
But that’s not all — Atlanta appeared on the list seven times:I-285 at I-85 (Spaghetti Junction #1)
I-75 at I-285 NB (Cobb Cloverleaf #4)
I-20 at I-285 WB ( #17)
I-20 at I-285 EB (#46)
I-20 at I-75/85 (]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlantas-spaghetti-junction-ranked-worst-bottleneck-in-trucking/Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlantas-spaghetti-junction-ranked-worst-bottleneck-in-trucking/ Currently, there is a three-year-long project underway with the goal of improving drainage and traffic flow. On Tuesday, General McIntosh Blvd opened to the public.
On Friday, the City of Savannah announced there were cracks in the concrete in the top deck of the bridge located next to the train tracks on the west side of the Truman Parkway.
Public Works Director for the City of S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/unexpected-cracks-in-bridge-to-be-fixed-in-president-street-project/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 22:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/unexpected-cracks-in-bridge-to-be-fixed-in-president-street-project/ Dante Antione Rosser pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of threatening a federal official. Prosecutor Phyllis Clerk said Rosser’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Clerk said Rosser made threatening calls to Lewis’ offices in Atlanta and Washington from March 2016 through February 2017.
A U.S.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-rep-john-lewis-staff/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-rep-john-lewis-staff/ The video by Stacey Evans’ campaign featured her attending a service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta at its annual service for King. The clip ends with an image of Evans fading into a portrait of the late civil rights leader.
The church said in a statement Thursday that the video was made without its kno]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/white-candidate-for-georgia-governor-blasted-over-mlk-video/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/white-candidate-for-georgia-governor-blasted-over-mlk-video/ The FBI’s Atlanta office says the most recent robbery happened Thursday at Hamilton State Bank in Dallas, Georgia, about 30 miles (about 50 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta.
The FBI says Nilsa Marie Urena and a male accomplice walked in at 11:30 a.m. and announced a robbery. T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/freedom-fighter-bandit-sought-in-georgia-bank-robberies/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/freedom-fighter-bandit-sought-in-georgia-bank-robberies/ WSB-TV reports members of the Lighthouse Community Church in Stockbridge said they showed up for service and that their 15-seat van was gone, leaving only a pile of broken glass from a shattered window.
Church members expressed that the vehicle not only played a vital role for the church, but also the community’s children.
Church administrator Cindy Smith s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tyler-perry-buys-new-van-to-replace-churchs-stolen-van/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/tyler-perry-buys-new-van-to-replace-churchs-stolen-van/ The change was made Jan. 2 and is retroactively effective back to August of 2017. This update to police makes Houses of Worship that sustained damag]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houses-of-worship-may-be-eligible-for-fema-assistance-application-sessions-scheduled/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/houses-of-worship-may-be-eligible-for-fema-assistance-application-sessions-scheduled/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alabama-civil-rights-attorney-fred-gray-to-address-mlk-freedom-gala/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/alabama-civil-rights-attorney-fred-gray-to-address-mlk-freedom-gala/ Under the bill, 75 percent of the existing state sales tax on outdoor recreation equipment would be funneled into a conservation fund.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including House Majority Leader Jon Burns, is backing the proposal. A spokeswoman for Gov. Nathan Deal told the newspape]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-consider-putting-40-million-toward-georgia-parks/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/lawmakers-consider-putting-40-million-toward-georgia-parks/ Atlanta police Officer Donald Hannah tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that officers were called to a location after someone opened fire on the residence Wednesday.
Police say witness statements indicate that the girl was in the living room watching television when she was struck by the rounds.
The girl was struck in the leg and buttocks. Police say her injuries were not life-threatening and no one else in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-girl-10-shot-in-home/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-police-girl-10-shot-in-home/ According to Hinesville Police Department Detective Doug Snider, Luyinga Isabel Koutangni-Henriques turned herself in to authorities Thursday.
Snider said police responded to a home in the Griffin Park subdivision shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday regarding an unresponsive child. Emergency medical workers took the girl to Liberty Region]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-charge-woman-in-childs-death-in-hinesville/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-charge-woman-in-childs-death-in-hinesville/ According to Hinesville Police Department Detective Doug Snider, Luyinga Isabel Koutangni-Henriques turned herself over to authorities Thursday.
Snider said police responded to a home in the Griffin Park subdivision shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday regarding an unresponsive child.
Emergency medical workers took the girl to Liberty Reg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-woman-charged-in-3-year-olds-death/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hinesville-woman-charged-in-3-year-olds-death/ News outlets report that police swarmed a home after someone called 911 to report a shooting. Atlanta police Capt. Reginald Moorman says they found a teenager had been shot when they arrived.
She was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she later died.
Sgt. John Chafee said in a statement that investigators believe there were additional people at the home at the time of the shooting.
Chafee says they]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-teen-shot-killed-in-atlanta/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-teen-shot-killed-in-atlanta/ The new Chatham County Police Department is supposed to patrol the area of West Savannah but they currently do not have enough officers. The department only has 44 of the proposed 120 officers.
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley promised to patrol the islands and Whitefield precincts with his officers, but the county reached out for help with West Savann]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/county-commissioners-to-vote-on-policing-unincorporated-areas/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/county-commissioners-to-vote-on-policing-unincorporated-areas/ According to a report, in the past, some veterans have criticized the review process as daunting or difficult to understand. The new tool simplifies and customizes the guidance. “By answering a few]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dod-va-release-online-tool-to-assist-veterans-with-discharge-process/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dod-va-release-online-tool-to-assist-veterans-with-discharge-process/ According to Liberty County Fire Coordinator, Chief Brian Darby, the woman woke up to a strange noise and discovered the single-story home was on fire shortly after 2 am. on Friday, Jan. 26.
She was able to escape and seek safety.
According to Darby, when firefighters arrived, flames were shooting through the roof. He al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-liberty-county-fire-displaces-5-ruled-accidental/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-liberty-county-fire-displaces-5-ruled-accidental/ Darby said the woman woke up to a strange noise and discovered the single story home was on fire shortly after 2 am. on Friday, Jan. 26. She was able to escape and seek safety.
According to Darby, when firefighters arrived, flames where shooting throu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/house-fire-in-liberty-county-displaces-5/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/house-fire-in-liberty-county-displaces-5/ At go to the Georgia Department of Driver services and you’d find test administered in English and in 10 other languages.
State Senator Joshua McCoon, (R District 29) Says it’s a slippery slope of accommodation to people he says should be speaking English.
“I mean when you’re talking about the ex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-move-forward-on-proposed-english-only-bill/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-move-forward-on-proposed-english-only-bill/ ‘Re-Pack the Backpack’ is an event aimed at restocking local students’ bookbags for the second half of the school year.
Kindergarten students at Haven Elementary School received backpacks, notebooks, folders, pencils and more.
This giveaway was made possible by Peach State Health Plan.
“For the kids, I know they’re going to be ex]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/re-pack-the-backpack-provides-local-students-with-school-supplies/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/re-pack-the-backpack-provides-local-students-with-school-supplies/ With that timeless action comes the devotion to each other, a willingness to serve and the often rose-tinted glasses that can blind people of red flags.
For one South Carolina woman, the actions of love she says cost her her freedom.
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. One woman decided after years of being kept as a modern-day sex slave she wanted to share her story from bondage to freedom.
The woman told New]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-sex-trafficking-survivor-speaks-out-after-years-of-bondage/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-sex-trafficking-survivor-speaks-out-after-years-of-bondage/ With new Interim Chief Mark Revenew officially in office, Savannah City leaders are beginning their search for the person who will fill that role permanently.  Savannah Alderman Tony Thomas says he hopes the search for a new top cop will be a thorough one.
City Manager Rob Hernandez will ultimately decide who will get the job.  Thomas says Hernandez will narrow his selection down to the top three, bring those candidates to Savannah, and hold meetings with focus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-search-for-the-next-police-chief-is-underway-in-savannah/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 01:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-search-for-the-next-police-chief-is-underway-in-savannah/ Maurice Johnson was convicted of child molestation and statutory rape in 2004, but his trouble didn’t end there.
Maurice Johnson is wanted on a parole violation and failing to register as a sex offender
He has been arrested on six charges of failing to register as a sex offender since then, and spent 5 more years in prison.
Maurice Johnson spent 5 years in prison for failing to register as a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-two-wanted-sex-offenders-in-chatham-county/Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fugitive-files-two-wanted-sex-offenders-in-chatham-county/ He imposed a 30 percent tariff on Chinese imported solar panels which sparked concerns from many in Georgia’s solar industry — including a public service commissioner.
“We really have an outstanding program of 9,000 plus jobs that have been created with our solar program,” said Lauren “Bubba” McDonald.
McDonald says he doesn&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-reaction-to-tariffs-on-imported-solar-panels/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-reaction-to-tariffs-on-imported-solar-panels/ News outlets report Brian Sims, of Savannah, and Stephen Ahlquist, of Lilburn, were arrested Jan. 18 on trespassing charges for BASE jumping from a 300-foot (90-meter) cellphone tower in Acworth. BASE jumping refers to leaping from a building, among other fixed structures.
An arrest warrant says officers initially only had the first jumper, Sims, in custody, as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-men-base-jump-from-georgia-cell-tower-arrested/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2-men-base-jump-from-georgia-cell-tower-arrested/ Flanked by Democratic state lawmakers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia and other advocacy groups detailed their opposition Thursday to the three bills they are calling the “Adios Amazon” slate. The measures would require a special driver’s license for non-U.S. cit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/advocacy-groups-denounce-adios-amazon-legislation/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/advocacy-groups-denounce-adios-amazon-legislation/ Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, a leading candidate in the governor’s race, told WABE-FM on Wednesday that a paper ballot system would preserve election integrity.
Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who oversees the voting system and is also running for governor, b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-republicans-spar-over-lack-of-election-paper-trail/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-republicans-spar-over-lack-of-election-paper-trail/ News outlets report 30-year-old Donnell Travis Cox was arrested Monday and charged with arson. A news release from the Houston County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and the county fire department had responded to the Warner Robins home that afternoon.
Arson investigators determined the fire was deliberately set.
The release says Cox’s wife left the home]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-setting-home-on-fire-after-argument-with-wife/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-setting-home-on-fire-after-argument-with-wife/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that 41-year-old Quentin James Sanders turned himself in to Montezuma police Sunday night after a woman found naked and covered in blood on a street said he’d stabbed her and slashed her throat that day.
GBI agents later linked Sanders to the Friday shooting deaths of 77-year-old Ruthe Bracknell and her son, 53-year-ol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-arrested-in-deadly-crime-rampage-in-2-counties/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-arrested-in-deadly-crime-rampage-in-2-counties/ 10:20 a.m.
An architect has outlined the vision for a $5 billion office and retail project proposed for downtown Atlanta, and he says it would seem to fit Amazon’s criteria for a new headquarters.
Christopher Sciarrone, who is working with a Los Angeles-based development firm on the conceptual plan, never mentioned Amazon]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-architect-atlanta-project-seems-to-fit-amazon/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-architect-atlanta-project-seems-to-fit-amazon/ As Adam Murphy reports, the dozens of firefighters received special recognition Tuesday.
CEO Michael Thurmond proclaimed Jan. 23 as Dekalb County Fire Rescue day.  
“I’m extremely proud to honor the more than 60 firefighters that worked together on that cold January 3 morning.”
It was a mo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dozens-of-georgia-firefighters-honored-for-rescuing-100-in-apartment-fire/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dozens-of-georgia-firefighters-honored-for-rescuing-100-in-apartment-fire/ News outlets report that 21-year-old Joshua Richards was charged with aggravated battery and first-degree cruelty to children, among other offenses.
Villa Rica Police Captain Keith Shaddix said in a statement that police responded to a report of an injured child at the Hickory Falls Apartments Tuesday.The boy’s mother called 911.
The condition of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-charged-after-stepson-is-taken-to-hospital/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-charged-after-stepson-is-taken-to-hospital/ Mark Revenew will be sworn in as Interim Chief during a transitional period, the launch of two separate police departments. The new chief has spent more than 30 years with the Pooler Police Department and seven years as the Pooler Police Chief. He will replace Metro Police Chief Joseph (Jack) Lumpkin.
Revenew told News 3 last October that he would be retiring from the department in April. How]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/swearing-in-ceremony-set-for-interim-scmpd-chief/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/swearing-in-ceremony-set-for-interim-scmpd-chief/ No one’s saying it’s for Amazon — yet.
Details of the massive proposed development are coming into view from public records and comments.
An architect working with Los Angeles-based developme]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-development-proposal-just-happens-to-be-amazon-sized/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/atlanta-development-proposal-just-happens-to-be-amazon-sized/ A $5 billion project downtown would have 9.3 million square feet (87 million square meters) of office space. That’s more than three times the amount in New York City’s Empire State Building.
A Los Angeles-based development firm plans to present its proposal Thursday in Atlanta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/amid-quest-for-amazon-atlanta-studies-giant-office-complex/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/amid-quest-for-amazon-atlanta-studies-giant-office-complex/ Gwinnett County police Cpl. Michele Pihera told news outlets that officers arrived early Thursday at a Shell gas station where the man was armed with a firearm in his waistband. Officers ordered the man to drop his weapon, but he pulled out the gun and raised it at them.
Pihera says one of the officers fired his weapon, hitting the man. He died from his injuries in the shooting.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officer-fatally-shoots-armed-man-at-gas-station-in-georgia/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officer-fatally-shoots-armed-man-at-gas-station-in-georgia/ Details of his condition are unknown at this time.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Savannah Chatham Metro Police report Johnny Smith, 54, is missing.
Smith is 5’9″ and 180 lbs. He has silver hair and blue eyes.
According to police, he was last seen on Jan. 16 in the area of Park Ave. and Drayton Street wearing bl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-missing-man-located-in-florida/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-missing-man-located-in-florida/ Smith is 5’9″ and 180 lbs. He has silver hair and blue eyes.
According to police, he was last seen on Jan. 16 in the area of Park Ave. and Drayton Street wearing blue jeans, sweater and a green John Deer baseball cap.
He is known to visit City Market, Telfair Arms and Kroger on East Gwinnet.
5’09”, 180 lbs. He has silver hair & blue eyes. Last seen on 01/16/18 in the area o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-reports-missing-man-in-savannah/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/metro-reports-missing-man-in-savannah/ Upon arrival at the Boyd home they were all standing outside looking at his memorial, talking and supporting each other. News 3 exclusively had a chance to speak with his entire family during this difficult time; and Boyd’s grandmother told us her story as she recounts the terrifying ordeal.
Her grandson Ricky Boyd was murdered right outside]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-boyd-family-speaks-out-after-gbi-releases-new-details-in-officer-involved-shooting/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-boyd-family-speaks-out-after-gbi-releases-new-details-in-officer-involved-shooting/ The American Lung Association has issued its 16th annual ‘State of Tobacco Control’ report, which grades the federal and state government on their tobacco laws and policies.
Overall, the state grades were poor but there was some progress in 2017.
According to the ALA, South Carolina and Kentucky provided more access to quitting treatments]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ala-tobacco-report-georgia-south-carolina-failing-to-make-the-grade/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 02:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ala-tobacco-report-georgia-south-carolina-failing-to-make-the-grade/ The third baseman spent his entire professional career with the Braves, from 1993 to 2012.
And for 97.2 percent of voting writers, that career was enough to make him a first-time Hall of Famer.
A candidate needs votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast to be elected to the hall of fame.
According to MLB.com writer Mark Bowman, only six Hall of Famers have been included on at least 98 p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chipper-jones-elected-to-baseball-hall-of-fame/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chipper-jones-elected-to-baseball-hall-of-fame/ Ricky Boyd was show and killed in front of his mother’s home in the Nottingham neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The question many of you and Boyd’s mother has, why was he shot and killed if he “only” had a bb gun?
They could have tased him or something. But why shoot to kill? Why shoot and kill my child, 20 years old?
Its one of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/understanding-the-life-and-death-choices-facing-officers/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/understanding-the-life-and-death-choices-facing-officers/ Tuesday’s fatal school shooting in Benton, Kentucky, came the day after a boy shot and wounded a girl in a high school cafeteria in Texas.
In the five years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting killed 20 children and six adults, the United States has had 283 school shootings — 11 since just the begin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/another-school-shooting-are-we-numb-to-it/Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/another-school-shooting-are-we-numb-to-it/ Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler tells WALB-TV he believes 41-year-old Michael Jason Lewis died Wednesday morning from smoke and soot inhalation.The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Albany Fire Department Interim Battalion Chief Wesley Wells said it’s unlikely anyone inside would have survived the fire.
The theatre was built in 1927 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-dies-in-theater-fire/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-dies-in-theater-fire/ The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, in a news release Tuesday, said 38-year-old Christopher Clemons also was ordered to pay $810,000 restitution to the victims of his theft — Latin College Preparatory School, Latin Grammar School and Latin Academy Charter Sc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-principal-to-serve-10-years-for-stealing/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-georgia-principal-to-serve-10-years-for-stealing/ The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a Wednesday news release that authorities went to the Savannah home of 20-year-old Ricky Jerome Boyd early Tuesday to arrest him in a weekend slaying. The GBI says Boyd emerged with what looked like a handgun that he raised toward the officers, who shot him.
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-georgia-murder-suspect-shot-by-police-had-bb-gun/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-georgia-murder-suspect-shot-by-police-had-bb-gun/ The Senate Rules Committee on Wednesday approved Sen. Joshua McKoon’s proposed constitutional amendment to name English as the state’s “official language.” State law already contains that designation.
With the exception of some issues such as public health and safety, the Columbus Republican says the gover]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-push-for-english-only-communication/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-lawmakers-push-for-english-only-communication/ WMAZ-TV cites an incident report that says Blake Swicord and his girlfriend were driving home from a friend’s house on Sunday when they argued.
The report says the woman kicked Swicord who then pulled over and hit her in the head and face. The report notes EMTs say she may have suffered a broken nose]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-georgia-trooper-charged-with-battery-of-girlfriend/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/ex-georgia-trooper-charged-with-battery-of-girlfriend/ Georgia State Athletics posted to its Twitter account over the weekend that Natalia Martinez had been suspended.But many students on campus didn’t think that was enough.
On Friday the Georgia State University freshman posted, in part, “I passed n*****s!” to her Instagram account.
Someone captured a screenshot of her post and it went viral.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-state-athlete-withdraws-after-allegedly-using-racial-slur-online/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-state-athlete-withdraws-after-allegedly-using-racial-slur-online/ Local media outlets report that Deal said he would need to consider the effect on the state’s tourism industry before deciding whether or not to support the federal government’s plan.
The U.S. Department of the Interior earlier this month proposed opening nearly all U.S. coastline to offshore oil and gas drilling. T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-questions-offshore-drilling-along-georgias-coast/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-questions-offshore-drilling-along-georgias-coast/ Local media outlets report that Deal said he would need to consider the effect on the state’s tourism industry before deciding whether or not to support the federal government’s plan.
The U.S. Department of the Interior earlier this month proposed opening nearly all U.S. coastline to offshore oil and gas drilling. T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-questions-offshore-drillings-effect-on-tourism/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-questions-offshore-drillings-effect-on-tourism/ Noon-2 p.m. at W]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/farm-truck-912-launches-new-schedule-for-2018/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/farm-truck-912-launches-new-schedule-for-2018/ During the closure, no person may trawl for brown, pink, or white shrimp in federal waters off Georgia effective at 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 24.  NOAA Fisheries will issue a new Fishery Bulletin announcing the re-opening to shrimp harvest in federal waters off Georgia once the date is determined..
Accordin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/federal-waters-off-georgia-closed-to-fishing-for-brown-pink-white-shrimp/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/federal-waters-off-georgia-closed-to-fishing-for-brown-pink-white-shrimp/ Local and federal agents gathered on Saturday at Savannah State University for the Third Annual Savannah Traffick Jam. Experts led panels on how to spot the signs of human trafficking, as well as unknown links to this crime, such as tourism and gang violence.
Community leaders told News 3 that it’s important to alter people’s perception of human traffi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/traffick-jam-spreading-awareness-of-human-trafficking/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/traffick-jam-spreading-awareness-of-human-trafficking/ The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office says 24-year-old Austin Fouts is charged with aggravated assault with a gun after the incident happened Saturday near Cumming.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Fouts told the driver he didn’t realize he was a FedEx driver and thought he was stealing from the residence.
Authorities say Fouts and his]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-firing-several-shots-toward-fedex-driver/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-firing-several-shots-toward-fedex-driver/ Attorney Jeff Harris says in a statement Saturday that they’ll proceed with civil litigation now that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Stalwart Films for what it says are serious violations and proposed the maximum allowable fine in the death of 33-year-old Jo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-of-stuntman-killed-on-walking-dead-set-files-lawsuit-in-georgia/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mother-of-stuntman-killed-on-walking-dead-set-files-lawsuit-in-georgia/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-chatham-schools-begin-new-mobile-healthcare-initiative-to-offer-help-to-families-in-need/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-chatham-schools-begin-new-mobile-healthcare-initiative-to-offer-help-to-families-in-need/ Around 2 a.m. Friday morning, they woke up to a dangerous blaze inside their home.
Kala Herb says, “it’s just been hard and rough. Some days i just]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-one-effingham-county-family-experiences-a-double-tragedy-in-less-than-four-months/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-one-effingham-county-family-experiences-a-double-tragedy-in-less-than-four-months/ Around 2 a.m. Friday morning, they woke up to a dangerous blaze inside their home.
Kala Herb says, “it’s just been hard and rough. Some days i just]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-one-effingham-county-family-experience-a-double-tragedy-in-less-than-four-months/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-one-effingham-county-family-experience-a-double-tragedy-in-less-than-four-months/ Officials in Canton say they received a 911 call from 41-year-old Brendan Dowling on Sunday.
Dowling told police he was lost on Rampley Trail and that his cell phone was dying.
“Officers responded to the park. They were able to locate his vehicle, so we knew where he entered the trail,” said Officer Pacer Cordry with the Canton Police Department.
After ten hours, Dowling was found al]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-found-on-running-trail-after-10-hour-search/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 01:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-found-on-running-trail-after-10-hour-search/ Republican Sen. Fran Millar, chairman of the Higher Education Committee, said Tuesday there’s not much point in moving forward with the bill while the federal government reviews the issue. The bill passed the House last year but has stalled since.
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in September issued guideline]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-bill-on-campus-sexual-assault-hearings-stalled/Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-bill-on-campus-sexual-assault-hearings-stalled/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites Fulton County Medical Examiner records as saying at least eight of those people were homeless.
Seven deaths happened in December and four have occurred this month. The most recent death was on Jan. 15.
The newspaper reports the city has plans to find shelter for homeless people in the area. Cobb County investigators say hypothermia may have c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cold-weather-kills-at-least-11-in-metro-atlanta-since-dec-1/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/cold-weather-kills-at-least-11-in-metro-atlanta-since-dec-1/ Police say the suspect robbed clerks at the 1107 South Rogers Street store on Dec. 22, 2018, and again on Jan. 4, 12 and 18 of this year.
There is no information that would lead to the identity of the male, but police are hopeful someone may be able to recognize the suspect by his clothing. Pooler Serial RobberSurveillance photo of a subject accused of robbing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-police-searching-for-serial-robber/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 22:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-police-searching-for-serial-robber/ In a federal lawsuit filed in Atlanta, Sony Music Entertainment and more than a dozen other record companies say Fit Radio illegally infringes on their copyrighted recordings “on a massive scale.”
The music companies say Fit Radio recruits disc joc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/music-firms-sue-to-keep-hit-songs-off-fitness-streaming-app/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/music-firms-sue-to-keep-hit-songs-off-fitness-streaming-app/ The body camera footage from Jan. 7 show fire crews and officers arriving at the blaze. While searching in the area, an officer found the dog unresponsive.
He quickly pulled the dog to safety.
Another officer gave the dog her jacket, and a firefighter gave him some oxygen.
Pretty soon the pooch was wagging it’s tail as good as new.The responding officers have]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-atlanta-police-rescue-dog-caught-in-apartment-fire/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-atlanta-police-rescue-dog-caught-in-apartment-fire/ The Effingham County Criminal Investigative Unit was in the area of Lanier White and Stillwell Clyo roads early Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities tell News 3 they are looking for the remains of Jamison Lemons of Savannah who was reported missing in May 2017.
Investigators responded to this wooded area last June where human remains were discovered.
No further info]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-person-investigation-continues-in-effingham-county/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/missing-person-investigation-continues-in-effingham-county/ Authorities tell News 3 they are looking for the remains of Jamison Lemons of Savannah who was reported missing in May 2017.
Investigators responded to this wooded area last June where human remains were discovered.
Stay tuned to News 3 online and on-air for further updates.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-on-scene-in-effingham-county-in-connection-to-missing-person-case/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/authorities-on-scene-in-effingham-county-in-connection-to-missing-person-case/ Dublin Police Chief Tim Chatman tells news outlets that an argument between 18-year-old Daylan Hall and Kemon O’Neil turned deadly Monday afternoon, resulting in Hall’s shooting. Chatman says a witness told police that O’Neil fired once, before fleeing.
Police have arrested two suspects who were with O’Neil, but O’Neil is still at large.
No further information has been released.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-1-man-dead-in-georgia-shooting-suspect-at-large/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-1-man-dead-in-georgia-shooting-suspect-at-large/ GBI Special Agent Terry Howard told WMAZ-TV that the victims found Friday at a home in Oglethorpe are 77-year-old Ruthe Bracknell and 53-year-old Mark Abbott. They both lived at the home
No cause of death information has yet been released. Howard says it could take a while for autopsy results to come in.
Authorities are referring to the case as a death investigation.
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Information from: WMAZ-TV, http://www.wmaz.com/]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/77-year-old-woman-53-year-old-son-found-dead-in-georgia/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/77-year-old-woman-53-year-old-son-found-dead-in-georgia/ At around 6:15 a.m. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department officers and U.S. Marshals Task Force members arrived at the home to serve a warrant in the Jan. 21 homicide on Hudson Street.
The suspect initiated gunfire. Police later confirmed the suspect was shot several times and was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Ac]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-confirm-suspect-in-officer-involved-shooting-has-died/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-confirm-suspect-in-officer-involved-shooting-has-died/ Around 6:15 a.m. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department officers and U.S. Marshals Task Force members arrived at the home to serve a warrant in the Jan. 21 homicide on Hudson Street.
That’s when the suspect, 20-year-old Ricky Jerome Boyd initiated gunfire.
Police returned fire at Boyd, shooting him several tim]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-gbi-identifies-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-gbi-identifies-suspect-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting/ Federal court documents filed in Michigan say 19-year-old Brandon Griesemer of Novi, Michigan, began calling CNN on Jan. 9. He allegedly told a CNN operator, “Fake News. I’m coming to gun you all down.” He allegedly made racist and anti-Semitic comments too. Altogether, there were 22 calls from two phones over two days.
The phone nu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/michigan-man-arrested-after-phone-threats-to-cnn-in-atlanta/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/michigan-man-arrested-after-phone-threats-to-cnn-in-atlanta/ The Telegraph of Macon reports that the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says 54-year-old Gregory Lundy is charged with aggravated assault in the Monday shooting of Johnny Larson. The 40-year-old Larson was wounded in the stomach and leg.
Larson is in stable condition at Navient Health.
Lundy is being held at the Bibb County Jail. It’s unclear if he has an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-charged-after-argument-leads-to-shooting-in-macon/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-charged-after-argument-leads-to-shooting-in-macon/ According to Chief Mark Revenew, a police sergeant was shot and taken to Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police confirmed the suspect is linked to the Hudson Street shooting on Sunday, Jan. 21.
The suspect was also shot several times and was critically inju]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-confirm-suspect-in-officer-involved-shooting-linked-to-hudson-st-shooting/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-police-confirm-suspect-in-officer-involved-shooting-linked-to-hudson-st-shooting/ According to police, the suspect was wanted for the Hudson Street shooting on Jan. 21.
According to Chief Mark Revenew, a police sergeant was shot and taken to Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect was also shot several times and was critically injure]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-metro-officer-shot-in-early-morning-incident-near-marian-circle/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/breaking-news-metro-officer-shot-in-early-morning-incident-near-marian-circle/ Earlier in the day, thousands of local military families wondered how the shutdown would affect their household bottom line.
WSAV learned that of the estimated 4,500 civilian employees at Hunter Army Airfield and Ft. Stewart, a “majority” were handed furlough forms on Monday morning, meaning they couldn’t com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/monday-brought-furloughs-anxiety-for-thousands-of-local-military-families/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/monday-brought-furloughs-anxiety-for-thousands-of-local-military-families/ Georgia news outlets report that none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. The accident happened Monday afternoon in Gilmer County in north central Georgia.
The students were from Clear Creek Middle School. Those who were not injured were taken back to the school so parents could pick them up.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/school-bus-rolls-over-in-georgia-students-hospitalized/Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/school-bus-rolls-over-in-georgia-students-hospitalized/ Statesboro Police Chief Mike Broadhead and his officers formed the Statesboro Arrows to help give area kids a chance to learn the game.
“We just want to make sure these kids have a healthy outlet and they can get together and learn some of the things that you can learn from baseball, and you can certainly learn from a team environment]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-the-straight-amp-lsquoarrowrsquo-statesboro-police-form-baseball-team-for-kids/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/on-the-straight-amp-lsquoarrowrsquo-statesboro-police-form-baseball-team-for-kids/ Nadler, 29, will primarily cover Georgia politics. He previously worked at AP’s headquarters in New York, where he managed text and multimedia products for the news cooperative. Nadler also worked as a reporter for The Daily Nation in Nairobi, Kenya.
The announcement was made Monday by South Region News Director Ravi Nessman and Deep South News Editor Jim Van Anglen.
N]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nadler-hired-by-ap-to-cover-georgia-politics/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/nadler-hired-by-ap-to-cover-georgia-politics/ According to Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, an investigator in his office ruled the fire at 91 Womack Road as an arson.
The fire on Saturday, Jan. 20 originated in the master bedroom of the home and destroyed the residence.
According to Commissioner Hudgens, a mother and her two children were displaced but were not home at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10000-reward-offered-in-wayne-county-arson-investigation/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/10000-reward-offered-in-wayne-county-arson-investigation/ WMAZ-TV quotes a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release as saying 37-year-old Billy Swords ran in front of 36-year-old Betty Jones’ car Saturday night.
Jones says she tried to avoid hitting Swords, but it was too late.
Swords is in stable condition at a hospital.
No charges have been filed and an investigation is ongoing.
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Information from: WMAZ-TV, http://www.wmaz.com/]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-hit-by-car-in-stable-condition/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-hit-by-car-in-stable-condition/ Henry County police Capt. Joey Smith told news outlets that it happened around 6:45 a.m. Monday when the man fired at least one shot, shattering the glass lobby door at the Home2 Suites by Hilton. He says officers found the suspect upstairs.
Smith says no guests or employees at the hotel were injured.
Smith says the suspect was carried out of the hotel on a stretcher with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hotel-evacuated-after-man-shoots-out-glass-lobby-door/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hotel-evacuated-after-man-shoots-out-glass-lobby-door/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports 41-year-old Brendan Dowling, of Kennesaw, called 911 Sunday around 6:30 p.m. to say he was lost. Canton police spokesman Pacer Cordry says Dowling’s cellphone battery died during the call.
Responding authorities found Dowling’s car at Boling Park in Cherokee County, and launched a wider search, using all-terrain vehicles and a police helicopte]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-hiker-lost-in-park-for-10-hours-found-alive/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-hiker-lost-in-park-for-10-hours-found-alive/ General McIntosh Blvd. has been closed since February 2015 for construction in order for the city to raise the elevation of General McIntosh and President streets between 5-8 feet to alleviate street flooding.
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/general-mcintosh-blvd-set-to-open-tuesday/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/general-mcintosh-blvd-set-to-open-tuesday/ The Georgia Ports Authority announced the breakthrough Monday. Savannah’s docks handled just over 4 million container units of imports and exports for the first time during the 2017 calendar year.
That’s an increase of 11 percent over 2016 and comes less than four years after the Savannah port surpassed 3 million container units for the first time]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/milestone-for-port-of-savannah-4m-cargo-containers-in-2017/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/milestone-for-port-of-savannah-4m-cargo-containers-in-2017/ Clayton County police Sgt. Ashanti Marbury told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 40-year-old Troris Murphy was found dead with gunshots wounds in the yard of a townhome on Saturday afternoon. Police say Ernest Watson shot Murphy several times after Murphy physically assaulted the woman.
Authorities described Watson as the live-in boyfriend of Mu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-fatally-shot-after-visit-with-his-children/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-fatally-shot-after-visit-with-his-children/ The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a Charleston prosecutor said 28-year-old James Torrez Wright of Savannah, Georgia, was cleared late last week.
Wright had been charged in the 2014 home invasion shooting death of 24-year-old Latorria Heyward at a mobile home park in Ravenel. Her fiance was wounded in the shooting.
Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-man-found-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-sc-woman/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-man-found-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-sc-woman/ He caught the little child that was tossed from the third floor and the miracle save was captured on camera.
As fire tore through the Avondale Forest apartments in Dekalb County on Jan. 3–20 units went up in flames.
Capt. Scott Stroup of DeKalb Fire Rescue says when he arrived, one family was trapped three stories up.“I’ve been doing firef]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-firefighter-who-caught-child-speaks-out/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-firefighter-who-caught-child-speaks-out/ The national Storm Prediction Center has placed most of Alabama — along with parts of eastern Mississippi and west Georgia — in a zone that will be at marginal risk of severe storms Monday.
A line of thunderstorms was already moving through central and eastern Louisiana and western Mississippi before dawn Monday. It was heading toward Alabama.
The Natio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-severe-storms-possible-across-parts-of-the-deep-south/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/some-severe-storms-possible-across-parts-of-the-deep-south/ The crash remains under investigation.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-man-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-sunday/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/statesboro-man-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-on-sunday/ That means citations will be issued Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and warnings will be issued after 5 p.m. and on Saturdays.
The City will begin issuing citations on vehicles that do not follow the new Parking Mat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-downtown-savannah-parking-rates-begin-monday/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-downtown-savannah-parking-rates-begin-monday/ Steven Brown, a witness to the crash who was driving behind the soldiers at the time, told News 3 that the driver, 19-year-old Israel Jurado, narrowly missed two homes before ramming into a mailbox and then the house next door.
“After he got up to the first house, the car just accelerated. He hit the first mailbox]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/two-fort-stewart-soldiers-facing-dui-charges-after-ramming-truck-into-home/Mon, 22 Jan 2018 02:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/two-fort-stewart-soldiers-facing-dui-charges-after-ramming-truck-into-home/ The split scheduled for Feb. 1 means both the city and county are expected to stand up independent police forces for the first time in 14 years. But Chatham County officials say they have barely one-third of the 120 officers needed to staff their new department and are seeking temporary help from Savannah police.
The Savannah Morning News re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-officers-needed-to-help-county-end-police-merger/Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/savannah-officers-needed-to-help-county-end-police-merger/ The Savannah Morning News reports that the male shark named Hilton is revealing its migrations and a steady stream of locations via satellite.
The newspaper reports that both sharks are among the 33 great white sharks tagged so far along the East Coast by Ocearch, a nonprofit whose scientific expertise paired with soci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/great-white-shark-hilton-being-tracked-in-atlantic-ocean/Sun, 21 Jan 2018 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/great-white-shark-hilton-being-tracked-in-atlantic-ocean/ He transferred the work of the commission investigating his claim to the Department of Homeland Security. This week, the department’s top official made it clear that, when it comes to elections, her focus is on safeguarding state and local voting systems from c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trumps-attempts-to-show-voter-fraud-appear-to-have-stalled/Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/trumps-attempts-to-show-voter-fraud-appear-to-have-stalled/ On Saturday, more than a thousand people in Savannah rallied together, pushing for equal pay, affordable healthcare and women in power. People marched from Wright Square to Forsyth Park, shouting their political views, such as “impeach him now” and “this is what democracy looks like,” and desires for social justice.
Although marchers recognize the #MeToo m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hundreds-of-people-march-in-savannah-in-solidarity-for-women/Sun, 21 Jan 2018 02:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/hundreds-of-people-march-in-savannah-in-solidarity-for-women/ 6:25 p.m.
A Republican senator from Montana says the Trump administration is trying to minimize the effects of the government shutdown by keeping at least some national parks open, but former President Barack Obama tried to make shutdowns painful for the American people.
Sen. Steve Daines said Saturday that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, a former Montana congressman, wants to keep Montan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-gop-says-trump-trying-to-cushion-shutdown-impact/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-gop-says-trump-trying-to-cushion-shutdown-impact/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a smattering of people wandered the park’s grounds during the closures Saturday. Freedom Hall, which is privately owned, remained open for visitors to take in exhibits about King, Rosa Parks and Gandhi, but employees said attendance had dr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mlk-sites-in-georgia-closed-amid-federal-government-shutdown/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/mlk-sites-in-georgia-closed-amid-federal-government-shutdown/ Due to the lapse in government funding, ongoing bridge construction, and safety issues stemming from storm recovery efforts, officials announced Saturday that Fort Pulaski and Cockspur Island are closed to the public.
Park access to McQueen’s Island including the Lazaretto Creek Boat Ramp and McQueen’s Island Trail is still available.
Park offices will remain closed until government business resumes.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-pulaski-limited-park-access-due-to-government-shutdown/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/fort-pulaski-limited-park-access-due-to-government-shutdown/ Fort Stewart, Ga — (WSAV)
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield will be impacted by the government shutdown as services cease operations to comply with the legal and regulatory requirements of operating in the absence of appropriations.  3rd Infantry Division’s ability to deploy Soldiers in support of worldwide missions remains intact. 1st Armored Brigade will continue deployment preparation activities as scheduled. Military personnel, Non-Appropriated Fund employee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/government-shutdown-impacts-fort-stewart-and-hunter-army-airfield/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 20:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/government-shutdown-impacts-fort-stewart-and-hunter-army-airfield/ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that auditors say the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the General Assembly need to re-evaluate the use of the state’s nine farmers markets to determine whether the cost is worth the benefit of having the facilities.
That’s according to a recent report from the state Department of Audits and Accounts.
Georgia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/future-of-georgias-farmers-markets-debated-after-audit/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/future-of-georgias-farmers-markets-debated-after-audit/ Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was scheduled to preach Saturday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brunswick. Following the church service, Curry was to attend a tent revival at the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia’s Honey Creek Retreat Center in neighboring Camden County.
Both events were planned in celebration of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, the fir]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/episcopal-churchs-top-bishop-makes-visit-to-coastal-georgia/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/episcopal-churchs-top-bishop-makes-visit-to-coastal-georgia/ “Any time we break down below 40 degrees, I’m getting phone calls,” said Todd Arrington, wildlife exclusion manager at Hilton Head Exterminators, where phones have been ringing off the hook since temperatures began to drop in January.
“They don’t wanna be outside, they want to be some]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/as-temperatures-drop-rodents-seek-warmth-in-your-home/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/as-temperatures-drop-rodents-seek-warmth-in-your-home/ Lt. Jim Ward will serve as the Interim Chief of the Pooler Police Department.
He is an Armstrong graduate who has been with the department for over 10 years. Lt. Ward is also a former Federal Agent with the U.S. Customs Service.
This comes days after Police Chief Mark Revenew took the Interim Chief position at the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Depar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-names-interim-police-chief/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-names-interim-police-chief/ But the county won’t be at full staff on that day.
The question is, what does that mean for the people??
44 officers. That’s all Chatham County has on staff so far.
51 more are in the system, and could be on staff later next month. But that doesn’t help day one.
Chief Jeff Hadley told News 3 he’s not surprised his department is short, and has a message for the ci]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-chief-talks-precincts-staffing-service/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-chief-talks-precincts-staffing-service/ Fourteen students stood before judges, parents and their classmates hoping to become this year’s spelling bee champ.
News 3’s own Kim Gusby served as the official word caller.
In the end, Liam Clark walked away as the winner with Cayden Smith as the runner-up.
The winning word? Obtuse.
Kim Gusby with Spelling Bee winner Liam Clark and runner up Cayden Smith.
Congratulations to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-elementary-students-compete-in-annual-spelling-bee/Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/pooler-elementary-students-compete-in-annual-spelling-bee/ Mississippi police arrested 23-year-old Tim Quarterman Monday night after he led state troopers on a pursuit.
Troopers say they attempted to stop Quarterman for speeding and he intentionally rammed a police cruiser causing both vehicles to crash.
Quarterman and the police officer were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
He was charged with aggr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-nba-player-from-savannah-charged-in-mississippi-pursuit/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-nba-player-from-savannah-charged-in-mississippi-pursuit/ WSB-TV quotes Five Forks Antique shop owner Tom McDonald as saying one woman asked him to try something on as another woman took the rosary worth at least $1,000.
McDonald chased after the women once he noticed the theft, but says they fled by car. He says another group of women tried to steal what he called “a piece of C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/antique-shop-owner-women-stole-piece-of-christianity/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/antique-shop-owner-women-stole-piece-of-christianity/ The Live Oak Public Libraries are joining with the PINES Network, which will give book lovers access to hundreds of libraries around the state and some leeway during their transition period.
Community members can access materials beyond what’s available locally and have items delivered to their home library for free. PINES cardholders can also travel to any of the 54 partner library systems in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/live-oak-public-libraries-joins-pines-network-in-february/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/live-oak-public-libraries-joins-pines-network-in-february/ The Augusta Chronicle reports that 49-year-old Preston Q. Howard entered his plea on 10 counts of issuing threats by means of interstate communications on Thursday.
He was indicted on charges of placing 10 threatening calls to the Islamic Society of Augusta, Georgia, between June and August. The indictment says he phoned in a series of threats to “blow up the mo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-making-threatening-calls-to-georgia-mosque-pleads-not-guilty/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/man-accused-of-making-threatening-calls-to-georgia-mosque-pleads-not-guilty/ The Athens Banner-Herald quotes Office of Insurance and Safety Commissioner Jay Florence as saying Wednesday’s house fire in which Leroy Johnson died was caused by the improper use of smoking materials.
A spokesman for the department said a neighbor reported the fire after 10 a.m. Wednesday. A Jefferson firefighter found Johnson’s body in a bedroom of the home. Fire]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-80-killed-in-house-fire-deemed-accidental/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-man-80-killed-in-house-fire-deemed-accidental/ News outlets report that the Georgia Public Service Commission has ordered Georgia Power to refund $43.6 million to its customers.
The commission says the refunds are the result of the company earning above its commission-approved return on equity for the calendar year 2016 under terms of the commission’s order in a 2013 power rate case.
The exact amount per customer and the date of the re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-ordered-to-refund-over-43m-to-its-customers/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-ordered-to-refund-over-43m-to-its-customers/ Appointments are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/free-mammograms-for-women-who-meet-eligibility-criteria/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/free-mammograms-for-women-who-meet-eligibility-criteria/ CEO James Quincey says The Coca-Cola Co. has a responsibility to help solve the problem.
A report issued last summer showed that global industry has produced 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950, and there is enough still in circulation to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash.
Coca-Cola said Friday that it’s creat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/seeing-global-packaging-problem-coke-vows-to-cut-waste/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/seeing-global-packaging-problem-coke-vows-to-cut-waste/ Learn all about the tools and techniques of campfire cooking while enjoying scrumptious food.
Space is limited. Register by calling (912) 395-1500. Visit www.oatlandisland.org for more information.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/oatland-island-hosts-open-fire-cooking-workshop-on-jan-27/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/oatland-island-hosts-open-fire-cooking-workshop-on-jan-27/ After complaining for weeks- county officials have provided a short term fix by placing sand and dirt on 56 roads since January 9; using 11 dump trucks and four graders.
Edwards Harvath who is a resident of Creekwood Farms says, “what the county]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coal-ash-roads-pose-health-concerns-for-residents-county-leaders-find-a-solution/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 05:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coal-ash-roads-pose-health-concerns-for-residents-county-leaders-find-a-solution/ A new tradition she’s settled into since moving her family into their Savannah apartment in December.
For the past year she has juggled homelessness, staying at a shelter, transitional housing, moving in with her sister, all with three young kids under the age of ten.
Her story is one of thousands struggling to find affordable housing in Savannah.
In Novembe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-year-same-problem-long-lines-continue-in-savannah-for-affordable-housing/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/new-year-same-problem-long-lines-continue-in-savannah-for-affordable-housing/ Van Johnson says Savannah can get “ahead of the times” not by letting people carrying marijuana get off, but by not locking them up.
That’s why he has introduced an ordinance that would hit offenders in the wallet, not hit them with criminal charges.
“Savannah can be ahead of the curve when it comes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-chiefs-sheriff-differ-on-marijuana-proposal/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-chiefs-sheriff-differ-on-marijuana-proposal/ The city received a letter last week from the county asking for “assistance to provide police services to the West Chatham area until the department is up to staff.”
That’s because Chatham County only has 44 sworn officers so far, with 51 more still in the “hiring process.”
That number is far short of the nearly 13]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/we-need-help-chatham-county-asks-city-for-police-assistance/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/we-need-help-chatham-county-asks-city-for-police-assistance/ The city received a letter last week from the county asking for “assistance to provide police services to the West Chatham area until the department is up to staff.
That’s because News 3 has learned Chatham County only has 44 sworn officers so far, with 51 more still in the “hiring process”.
That’s far short of the nearly 130 they want to provid]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-sends-letter-to-city-we-need-help/Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/chatham-county-sends-letter-to-city-we-need-help/ In Savannah, area emergency rooms are seeing an influx of people with flu symptoms. “People have a fever and respiratory symptoms like cough and sneezing, a sore throat. body aches, headache and then just generally feeling weak and fatigued,” says Rita Allen, an RN Infection Preventionist at Candler.
Visitor restrictions have been in place for some time, the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flu-outbreak-kills-nine-in-south-carolina-five-in-georgia-more-people-go-to-emergency-rooms/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 23:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/flu-outbreak-kills-nine-in-south-carolina-five-in-georgia-more-people-go-to-emergency-rooms/ State Patrol Trooper Ross Buchan tells The Newnan Times-Herald that Carey Byron Ellerbee was attempting to cross railroads tracks Thursday morning at an intersection in Moreland. Coweta County Coroner Richard Hawk says the 60-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Buchan says no one else was hurt in the accident. Ellerbee was the only person in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dump-truck-hit-by-oncoming-train-in-georgia-driver-killed/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/dump-truck-hit-by-oncoming-train-in-georgia-driver-killed/ Officials say the accident happened shortly after 9 a.m. in Coweta County when the CSX train bound for Atlanta struck the GDOT truck on the tracks.
The driver has been identified as 60-year-old Carey Byron Ellerbee from Thomaston, Georgia. Ellerbee died at the scene.
It is not clear how the truck ended up on the tracks, but off]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gdot-worker-clearing-roads-killed-in-train-accident/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gdot-worker-clearing-roads-killed-in-train-accident/ It’s the longest researchers have gone without a calf sighting since comprehensive surveys started in 1989.
Scientists say only about 450 North American right whales remain. They typically migrate to waters off Georgia and Florida to give birth between December and April.
Clay George is a biologist who monitors right]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-newborns-seen-as-endangered-whales-calving-season-peaks/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/no-newborns-seen-as-endangered-whales-calving-season-peaks/ Traffic impacts will occur between milepost 114 and milepost 121 in Bulloch County during rolling roadblock.
All work is weather contingent. Motorists should expect delays in this area and are urged to use alternate routes if possible.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/expect-roadblocks-on-i-16-in-bulloch-county-this-sunday/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/expect-roadblocks-on-i-16-in-bulloch-county-this-sunday/ According to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, the Criminal Investigation Division issued warrants for Criminal Damage To Property in the 2nd degree for the arrest of Autumn Evans, 17, of Chatham County and  Zachary Smith, 20, of Liberty County.
Evans was arrested and has been released on bond. Smith was arrested in Savannah]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deputies-arrest-two-for-thompson-farms-holiday-display-damage/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deputies-arrest-two-for-thompson-farms-holiday-display-damage/ Warrants have been issued for Criminal Damage To Property in the 2nd degree for the arrest of Autumn Evans, 17, of Chatham County and  Zacary Smith, 20, of Liberty County.&n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bulloch-county-deputies-makes-arrest-in-thompson-farms-holiday-display-damage/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/bulloch-county-deputies-makes-arrest-in-thompson-farms-holiday-display-damage/ 238 locations initially made bids, hoping to attract the billions of dollars in investment, and 20 made the short list — including Atlanta.
“We are excited to learn that Atlanta has been included on Amazon’s short list,” Gov. Nathan Deal tweeted Thursday morning. “This has been a cooperative effort by the entire region, and we tr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/amazon-chooses-20-finalists-for-second-headquarters/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/amazon-chooses-20-finalists-for-second-headquarters/ Clayton County police Sgt. Ashanti Marbury tells news outlets that 1-month-old Ava Wilmer and 4-year-old Arya Davenport were found after their mother’s vehicle was stolen from a QuikTrip.
Authorities say the mother left the girls in the vehicle while she went inside a convenience store Wednesday. She exited the store and saw her vehicle being driven away.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-someone-stole-a-car-dumped-2-girls-on-roadways/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-someone-stole-a-car-dumped-2-girls-on-roadways/ Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham Public Schools, Dr. Ann Levett announced at the school board meeting on Wednesday that West Chatham Elementary, Butler Elementary and Thunderbolt Elementary have been removed from the “focus” list in Georgia — a milestone to be celebrated.
The school board also announced makeup days following the winter weather earlier this month.
They have decided]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-savannah-schools-removed-from-focus-list/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/3-savannah-schools-removed-from-focus-list/ WSB-TV reports that 30 CEOs were part of the campout Wednesday night at a Chick-fil-A that is under construction in southwest Atlanta.
Among them was Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, who said they want to bring attention to the fact that this is a tremendous area of opportunity for Atlanta. He said this community has been left behind and that it’s time t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/business-leaders-camp-out-in-cold-to-urge-revitalization/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/business-leaders-camp-out-in-cold-to-urge-revitalization/ The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports Harris County Coroner Joe Weldon says the man’s name is being withheld until his family is notified.
The body was found Tuesday near the concrete railroad trestle near Pine Mountain.
The coroner says the body will be transported to the crime lab in Decatur for an autopsy. However, Weldon says it looks like the death]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coroner-no-foul-play-suspected-after-body-found-by-roadside/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/coroner-no-foul-play-suspected-after-body-found-by-roadside/ The Telegraph of Macon reported Tuesday that Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Gregory Dozier told lawmakers that he will be asking them to support a bill that stipulates that it’s illegal for a drone to cross a prison’s airspace.
Dozens of reports of drones sighted by cor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corrections-official-talks-about-drone-delivery-to-inmates/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corrections-official-talks-about-drone-delivery-to-inmates/ Savannah-Chatham County school leaders say they’re going the extra mile to protect their students. But many parents say their new policy is too strict.
Accordin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-operation-beacon-shuts-parents-out-of-the-classroom-and-school-activities/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/only-on-3-operation-beacon-shuts-parents-out-of-the-classroom-and-school-activities/ “I can’t think of a better place to be. I’ve been all over the state and all over the world and I don’t know a better place to live,” Revenew said.
Mayor Eddie DeLoach announced Revenew’s position saying, “We’re bl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/policing-is-policing-metros-interim-police-chief-lays-out-role-in-department/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/policing-is-policing-metros-interim-police-chief-lays-out-role-in-department/ The Public Service Commission (PSC) ordered the utility to refund $43.6 million to customers saying that Georgia Power earned more than the approved rate of return on equity in 2016.
There is no date for the refund yet or how much each customer may receive.
The PSC is also telling Georgia Power that it must report back by Feb. 20 and indicate how much savings the company expects to glean from the new federal tax bill,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-ordered-to-refund-more-than-43-million-to-customers/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/georgia-power-ordered-to-refund-more-than-43-million-to-customers/ But what exactly does this mean to Savannah Police — and why hire from outside of the department?
Pooler Police Chief Mark Revenew has the top cop spot for the time being, which News 3’s Crime Expert Gerry Long says is a wise move by the city.
“You cant run an organization of 600 people with everything that is going on, with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/is-interim-chief-the-right-choice-for-scmpd-crime-expert-says-yes/Thu, 18 Jan 2018 01:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/is-interim-chief-the-right-choice-for-scmpd-crime-expert-says-yes/ A video shows the driver’s wheels continuously spinning, going nowhere on the icy hill of US 41 on Wednesday morning.
With a little help from the good Samaritan, the driver helped her out of the mess.
He slowly backed her SUV down the hill, then slowly inched it back up and past the place where she had been stuck.
When he got to the top, he stopped ne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-good-samaritan-helps-driver-on-icy-atlanta-road/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 23:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-good-samaritan-helps-driver-on-icy-atlanta-road/ The 12-week assignment was announced Wednesday by South Region News Director Ravi Nessman and Deep South Editor Jim Van Anglen.
The 28-year-old has previously worked in a variety of positions at the AP, including as an editor on the South Regional Desk and as news associate on the South Shared News Desk. He also covered the Louisia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rj-rico-named-ap-georgia-legislative-relief-staffer/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/rj-rico-named-ap-georgia-legislative-relief-staffer/ On Tuesday night, Deal issued a state of emergency for 83 counties due to winter weather, which spanned much of central and north Georgia.
As a result, state government will remain closed for non-essential employees on Thursday, Jan. 18 extending from Columbus to Macon to Augusta and northward.
“Our top priority is to ensure the safety of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deal-state-government-will-remain-closed-due-to-winter-weather/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-deal-state-government-will-remain-closed-due-to-winter-weather/ Airport officials say you should contact the airline–not the airport–for the most up-to-date information.
 
 ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-storm-causes-delays-cancellations-at-savannah-hilton-head-airport/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-storm-causes-delays-cancellations-at-savannah-hilton-head-airport/ The snowfall sabotaged morning rush hour before it even began, sending cars crashing into each other on major thoroughfares. Officials urged people to stay off the roads if possible, and to bundle up if they ventured outside.
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/across-the-south-its-snow-ice-and-record-breaking-cold/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/across-the-south-its-snow-ice-and-record-breaking-cold/ Thirty-two year-old Jeremiah Watkins is accused of killing 29-year-old Breona Watkins.According to police, he turned himself in to Hinesville Police on Sunday night and is being held at the Bryan County jail.
The investigation is still ongoing. If you have any information, call the GBI Statesboro office at  912-871-1121.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/richmond-hill-man-charged-in-wifes-murder/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/richmond-hill-man-charged-in-wifes-murder/ The district’s new initiative  Operation Beacon was created to recruit volunteers that includes an extensive screening process for volunteers who want take part in classroom activities or field trips.But, if they don’t pass a background check, the person is kicked out of the program.
One mom spoke to News 3]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parent-says-screening-process-for-volunteer-program-in-schools-too-strict/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/parent-says-screening-process-for-volunteer-program-in-schools-too-strict/ “Following the latest update from the National Weather Service, and acting upon the recommendation from the state’s Emergency Operations Command, I’ve iss]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-issues-state-of-emergency-for-83-counties-state-govt-offices-closed/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/gov-deal-issues-state-of-emergency-for-83-counties-state-govt-offices-closed/ According to SCMPD, while she was trying to push her car, it jumped forward, trapping Justin underneath. Metro Police and Savannah Fire both responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m.
Martin was taken to memorial health in serious condition where he died from his injuries Friday.
Ne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-mourns-loss-of-10-year-old-after-freak-accident/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/community-mourns-loss-of-10-year-old-after-freak-accident/ The snowfall sabotaged morning rush hour even before it began, sending cars crashing into each other on major thoroughfares throughout the region. Officials urged people to stay off the slick roads if possible, and to bundle up and wear layers of clothing if they ventured outside.
Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Serv]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-wakes-up-to-snow-ice-and-frigid-temperatures/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-wakes-up-to-snow-ice-and-frigid-temperatures/ The snowfall sabotaged morning rush hour even before it began, sending cars crashing into each other on major thoroughfares throughout the region. Officials urged people to stay off the slick roads if possible, and to bundle up and wear layers of clothing if they ventu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-sees-snow-ice-and-record-breaking-cold/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/south-sees-snow-ice-and-record-breaking-cold/ Icicles hung from a statue of jazz musicians in normally balmy New Orleans, and drivers unaccustomed to ice spun their wheels across Atlanta, which was brought to a near-standstill. The beach in Biloxi, Mississip]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-ice-and-record-cold-grip-the-south-at-least-5-dead/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-ice-and-record-cold-grip-the-south-at-least-5-dead/ Icicles hung from a statue of jazz musicians in normally balmy New Orleans, and drivers unaccustomed to ice spun their wheels across Atl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-ice-and-record-cold-grip-the-south-at-least-10-dead/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-ice-and-record-cold-grip-the-south-at-least-10-dead/ By Tuesday evening, steadily dropping snow about 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta was forcing cars on Interstate 75 to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.
Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Service based in Peachtree City, says the forecast calls for 1 to 1.5 inch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/frigid-temperatures-trail-storm-dropping-more-snow-on-south/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/frigid-temperatures-trail-storm-dropping-more-snow-on-south/ Icicles hung from a statue of jazz musicians in normally balmy New Orleans, and drivers unaccustomed to ice spun their wheels across Atl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-least-10-deaths-from-snow-ice-and-record-cold-in-south/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 04:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/at-least-10-deaths-from-snow-ice-and-record-cold-in-south/ The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Tuesday that former Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority senior director of operations Joseph Erves has been sentenced to serve two years and nine months and ordered to pay $522,825 in restitution.
Prosecutors say the scheme he orchestrated led to MARTA paying more than $500,000 for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-transit-official-gets-prison-for-false-invoice-scheme/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-transit-official-gets-prison-for-false-invoice-scheme/ The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release Tuesday that inmate Cecil Williams was found unresponsive in his cell at Hays State Prison in Summerville just after 1 a.m. Saturday.
The agency said prison medical staff attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later by a doctor at the prison.
Williams]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corrections-officials-say-inmate-appears-to-have-killed-self/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/corrections-officials-say-inmate-appears-to-have-killed-self/ Ex-chief procurement officer Adam Smith pleaded guilty in September to a conspiracy charge. Smith told U.S. District Judge Steve Jones during his sentencing hearing Tuesday that he was deeply remorseful.
Federal prosecutors asked Jones to reduce Smith’s sentence by 40 percent based on his “substantial assist]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-atlanta-city-official-gets-2-years-in-bribery-probe/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/former-atlanta-city-official-gets-2-years-in-bribery-probe/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-dr-ann-levett/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-dr-ann-levett/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-rev-john-ruehl/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-rev-john-ruehl/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-tom-kohler/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-tom-kohler/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-dr-cheryl-davenport-dozier/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-dr-cheryl-davenport-dozier/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-carolyn-blackshear/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-carolyn-blackshear/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-rev-andrew-young-ii/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-rev-andrew-young-ii/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-van-johnson/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/2018-martin-luther-king-jr-vignette-van-johnson/ Beginning Jan. 22, the City will issue warnings on all vehicles that do not comply with the n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-city-delays-downtown-parking-changes-until-jan-22/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-city-delays-downtown-parking-changes-until-jan-22/ Metro reports that about 12:10 p.m. on Jan. 12,  Burke was crossing the 3700 block of Ogeechee Road when he was struck by a Caterpillar backhoe that was traveling in the right westbound lane. Burke, who was not in a crosswalk, was transported to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-victim-in-tractor-accident-on-ogeechee-road-dies/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/update-victim-in-tractor-accident-on-ogeechee-road-dies/ News outlets reported Saturday that the deadly fire happened in Dacula. Officials say the structure was fully aflame when crews arrived at about 1:35 p.m.
Tommy Rutledge with the Gwinnett Fire Department says a man was found dead inside the home. The other man was found outside and taken to a hospital for treatment. Their identities have not been released.
Officials say the cause]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-1-dead-1-injured-in-mobile-home-fire-in-georgia/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/officials-1-dead-1-injured-in-mobile-home-fire-in-georgia/ 2:35 p.m.
Forecasters are expanding the portion of Georgia that could get snow.
The National Weather Service says as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of snow could fall through Wednesday morning in a patch that extends into southeastern Georgia.
That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation. Metro Atlanta is within the area that could ge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-forecast-expands-over-more-of-georgia/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-forecast-expands-over-more-of-georgia/ 7:40 p.m.
Snow is falling in the Atlanta area, where many school districts already have announced early dismissal times and cancellations ahead of the wintry weather.
A steady snowfall was coming down Tuesday night on the normally bustling Interstate 75 corridor leading from Atlanta through its northwest suburbs and beyond. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on the inters]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-falling-in-atlantas-northern-suburbs/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-falling-in-atlantas-northern-suburbs/ 12:35 p.m.
Police say multiple people have been injured in a five-vehicle pileup that included a Greyhound bus on a snow-slicked interstate in south-central Kentucky.
The crash, which also involved two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on I-65 near the 71 mile marker at the Bonnieville exit. A statement from Kentucky State Police said multiple people have been taken to hospital]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-causes-crash-involving-bus-in-kentucky/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-snow-causes-crash-involving-bus-in-kentucky/ 9 p.m.
Roads kept icy by frigid temperatures are keeping many school systems closed Wednesday in East and Southeast Texas.
School districts in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont will remain closed Wednesday, as will Tyler schools and numerous other rural and small-town school systems in East Texas. Other East Texas systems will observe two-hour delays in classes.
School districts in and near such Central Texas citi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ice-keeps-some-texas-schools-closed/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ice-keeps-some-texas-schools-closed/ 10:45 a.m.
In Mississippi, ice had coated roads and bridges in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, the Mississippi Department of Transported said in a statement Tuesday morning.
Road crews were working to put salt and other materials on roadways, mainly in the northern and central parts of the state.
Mississippi authorities were advising people to limit travel only to emergencies.
Some of the heaviest snow in Missi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ice-coats-roads-in-36-counties-in-mississippi/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-ice-coats-roads-in-36-counties-in-mississippi/ 8:30 a.m.
Much of Alabama is shut down because forecasters say a snow storm with bitterly cold temperatures could cause travel problems.
More than 70 school systems in Alabama were closed Tuesday and others were dismissing students early. Numerous businesses and government offices closed because of the threat. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency.
Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-alabama-closes-schools-offices-as-snow-moves-in/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/the-latest-alabama-closes-schools-offices-as-snow-moves-in/ By Tuesday evening, the wide band of wintry weather stretching from Texas to Massachusetts was steadily dropping snow on metro Atlanta. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on Inter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-storm-hits-south-with-more-snow-frigid-temperatures/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/winter-storm-hits-south-with-more-snow-frigid-temperatures/ The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued winter storm warnings in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia. Several school districts across the region canceled classes.
Hundreds of flights were canceled at Texas airpor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-and-ice-coat-south-closing-freeways-airport-runways/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/snow-and-ice-coat-south-closing-freeways-airport-runways/ The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia. Several school districts across the region canceled classes.
Snow was falling before dawn Tuesday in Louisia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/as-snow-coats-roads-in-deep-south-louisiana-freeways-close/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/as-snow-coats-roads-in-deep-south-louisiana-freeways-close/ A desperate father throws the child to a Dekalb County firefighter. The child was one of several who were thrown from a balcony.
Flames trapped that family, and others, on a third floor, as a massive apartment fire raged near Atlanta on Jan. 3.  
Twelve people, eight children among them, suffered minor injuries.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-firefighter-catches-child-tossed-from-burning-building/Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/video-georgia-firefighter-catches-child-tossed-from-burning-building/ Gwinnett County Police Corp. Matthew Williamson told local news media that officers found 42-year-old Joe Love dead with gunshot wounds Sunday afternoon. Police say Love wasn’t alone during the time of the shooting.
Williamson says the second person heard gunshots and jumped through window to escape. The man had minor injuries and not a suspect at the moment.
Police do not hav]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-shooting-death-of-man-at-apartment/Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/georgia/police-investigate-shooting-death-of-man-at-apartment/