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National Association of Real Estate Editors Atlanta Conference to Deliver News …
Top industry leaders will generate headline news as they address scores of real estate journalists from across the nation in Atlanta June 5-8 at the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) 47(th) Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference. NAREE University sessions at the conference will offer journalism workshops focusing on topics ranging from digital and social media to radio ...
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Missing Sumter Co. woman found safe
DESOTA, Ga. -- The Sumter County Sheriff's Department says an elderly and disabled woman has been found safe. The agency had issued a Mattie's Call for 83-year-old Lucy Bell Sneed who last seen Thursday evening at a Tarver Street address in Desota. 11Alive ...
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Matties Call for missing Sumter Co. Woman
DESOTA, Ga. -- The Sumter County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help is finding an elderly and disabled woman who was last seen Thursday evening at a Tarver Street address in Desota. 83-year-old Lucy Bell Sneed is an African-American who is 5' tall and weighs 160 lbs. She has short gray hair and was wearing blue jeans and possibly a brown jacket. Authorities ...
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Ga. troopers increasing holiday weekend patrols
ATLANTA - Georgia State Troopers are planning to increase patrols during the holiday weekend to look out for impaired drivers, seatbelt violations and other offenses.Georgia State Patrol Col. Mark McDonough said Thursday that troopers will be conducting concentrated patrols on interstates and secondary highways during Memorial Day weekend.Authorities say they investigated 326 crashes during the ...
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Police seek clues to early Friday shooting
ATLANTA -- Authorities say an Atlanta police officer spotted a car driving extremely slow on North Ave. early Friday morning and discovered the driver had been shot. Police Night Commander Capt. Tim Peek said the officer blue lighted the car and it pulled into a parking lot at North Ave and Northside Drive NW. That's when the officer determined the male driver had been shot in the ...
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APS student claims adult attacked her during school assembly
ATLANTA -- The mother of an Atlanta Public Schools student wants answers from school administrators. Devetrice Hawkins' daughter says she was sitting in a school assembly at Booker T. Washington High School Wednesday morning, when the father of another student burst in and attacked her. According to Atlanta police, a man was arrested Wednesday when he got into an altercation with a female ...
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Atlantas Gattis proves to be natural
ATLANTA — As Evan Gattis was rounding the bases, soaking up the cheers from his first grand slam, he noticed the song blaring triumphantly from the speakers at Turner ...
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13-year-old boy abducted after getting off school bus
PALMETTO, Ga -- Palmetto police are looking for a man who abducted a 13-year-old boy after he got off his school bus Wednesday afternoon. The boy's father called police when his son didn't make it home from school. "It was heart aching," the father said. "I love my son and I just didn't know what was going on, he didn't call and I didn't have no way to ...
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Help Desk Community Hiring Event in Decatur Friday
11Alive Help Desk wants to make all graduating students, veterans, military members and their spouses aware of this opportunity. The community hiring event will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will run until 2 p.m. at the Laurus Technical Institute located at 523 Church St. in Decatur. Employers in attendance include Metro Brokers - Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate; Comcast Corporate; Georgia ...
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Emory releases statement on brief afternoon lockdown
MIDTOWN -- Emory University Hospital Midtown released a statement on Thursday evening after a brief lockdown was lifted. Vince Dollard, Associate Vice President of Communications of Emory University said, "Emory University Hospital Midtown was put on lockdown status this afternoon at approximately 4:30 and it was lifted at approximately 5:45. This was a result of a suspected improper ...
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Michael Parson guilty of attempted murder of wife
The second day of the Michael Parson attempted murder trial closed with yet another embarrassing revelation as prosecutors read into the record a handwritten letter by the defendant to the woman with whom he was having an affair in which he described himself as a "sociopath." Prosecutors say Parson wrote the apology letter while on the run from police -- a suspect in the shooting his ...
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Rockdale officer arrested discharged over child molestation charges
ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA. -- A deputy with the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office has been arrested and terminated after being accused of child molestation in Conyers. 23-year-old Joseph Robert Harding was arrested on Thursday after Conyers Police concluded an investigation that Harding molested a known juvenile female acquaintance in April 2013. After his arrest, Harding was terminated by the ...
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Clayton officer fired after pointing gun at apt. resident
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- "He says he is going to shoot me. And he has his hand on his pistol and he's supposed to be the Courtesy Officer." With those frantic words, Jonathan Fernandez began taking cell phone video of a man who appears to have his hand on a gun. He says the man in the video threatened to shoot him and his dog, after his pit bull mix Big Boy got loose yesterday. He ...
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Workers to Atlanta council Raises are overdue
ATLANTA -- A hundred public safety employees, their families and other backers, started the day outside city hallloudly making a point about their city salaries "He's bringing home less than ever," said Kelly Uhlis, the wife of an Atlanta police sergeant. She and other raise-backers say city workers gave back five percent of their salaries at the start of Mayor Reed's ...
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Savannah man sentenced to life in rape case
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Savannah man accused of strangling a woman and raping her in front of her 1-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.Jerry Lewis Howard was sentenced Thursday for the 2007 incident. Officials with the Chatham County District Attorney's office say he was granted a retrial in the case in 2010.Authorities have said Howard's then 28-year-old ...
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Man arrested in deaths of parents brother
HEPHZIBAH, Ga. - Police in eastern Georgia have charged a man in the deaths of his parents and brother whose bodies were found in the woods earlier this week.According to Richmond County jail records, Ryan David Jones is being held without bond in connection with the deaths of his parents, Roosevelt and Edna, and his brother, Russell.Their bodies were recovered during a brushfire near an ...
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67 dogs 2 guinea pigs seized from Gainesville home
GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Hall County Animal Control impounded nearly 70 animals from a home in North Hall County on Thursday, May 16. A neighbor had complained about the animals, so Animal Control officials went to the home on Bogus Road in Gainesville to find 67 dogs running loose along with two guinea pigs. The owners of the animals, according to Mike Ledford, Animal Services Director, were ...
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Atlanta mayor Savannah harbor will get deepened
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says a $652 million plan to deepen the shipping channel to Savannah's seaport remains very much on President Barack Obama's radar.Reed urged Savannah business and political leaders at a luncheon Thursday to be patient after the president's 2014 budget request last month contained far less money for the harbor expansion than the Georgia ...
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Fire at Corner Tavern in Little 5 Points
Corner Tavern fire The fire broke out shortly before 2 p.m. at the Corner Tavern at the corner of Moreland and Euclid avenues. No details about the fire were immediately available. Crews are still trying to determine how the fire began and the extent of the ...
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Barnes Brooks to address fraud charges
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks is set to appear at a news conference to address federal fraud and tax evasion charges against him. The news conference at 1 p.m. Thursday will be held at the Marietta office of Brooks' lawyer, former Gov. Roy Barnes. Brooks pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate judge Wednesday. A 30-count federal indictment handed down last ...
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Atlanta workers rally for pay raise
ATLANTA -- Dozens of Atlanta city workers rallied downtown before a city council meeting over pay. Their march began at 10 a.m. Thursday. The rally comes after frustrated city workers paid to put up two billboards reading "First to respond, last to get paid." Their call for a pay increase was intensified by city council members giving themselves a raise earlier this year. If a raise ...
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Woman shot in pottery store parking lot
LULA, Ga. -- One woman is injured and another is on the run after a shooting in Hall County Thursday morning. The victim, whose name was not released, was found shot in the neck in the parking lot outside Wayne Wilson Pottery on Cornelia Highway in Lula. Investigators said the victim works at the store. Hall County dispatchers said it appears the victim was robbed and then shot by another ...
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Parts fall off China Airlines jet on approach to ATL
ATLANTA -- The FAA says a China Airlines 747 lost parts from a wing as it approached Hartsfield Jackson International Airport Sunday afternoon. The FAA says the parts came from China Airlines Flight 5254, a Boeing 747 cargo jet flying into Atlanta from Anchorage. They said the jet lost parts from its right wing while on approach to Runway 27L at Hartsfield Jackson at about 2 p.m. Sunday. The ...
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Bon Jovi Blew It Passing On Atlanta Falcons
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Jon Bon Jovi attends the NFL match between St Louis Rams and New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium on October 28, 2012 in London, England. Jon Bon Jovi is in London to announce his new tour 'Because We Can' which begins in February 2013. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) ...
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Stand fast Atlanta, but dont be selfish
Atlanta is the capital of Georgia, therefore it is the leader of the state, and the actions and decisions of city leaders will influence the stability, or lack thereof, of the state. It is a substantial responsibility and one that should not be taken lightly. Atlanta must weather the current recession in a manner helpful to the wider region as well as itself.
Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. It is the beating heart of Georgia, and one of the main centers for economic activity with the head quarters of several major companies located in its CBD, including Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, and AT&T. Just behind Chicago and Minneapolis, it has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies located within the greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Read more
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