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Del. police: Ga. man tried to flush 3 kg of PCP
Dover police say a Georgia man tried to flush nearly three kilograms of PCP when he was found at a vacant property. Police announced Tuesday that officers called to a home on Heritage Drive on Sunday found 32-year-old Eljer Ingram of Augusta, Ga., and four other people. Capt. Tim Stump ...
2 Fantasy 5 players share $95,813.71 top prize
Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $95,813.71 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday. The winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers and Winter Park, lottery officials reported. The 256 tickets matching four numbers won $120.50 each. Another 8,625 tickets matching three numbers won $10 each, and 83,718 ...
West Ga. school board approves school closings
A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/ZabpQp) that the Muscogee County School Board approved the plan with a unanimous vote Monday night. The recommendation by interim Superintendent John Phillips includes closing ...
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street's view and the world's biggest home improvement chain boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Tuesday. Shares ...
Officer's name is finally added to memorial
The name of a Doraville police officer killed while responding to a call has been added to a memorial to fallen officers after relatives questioned an earlier decision to exclude him from it. Relatives of 27-year-old Robert Shane Wilson were preparing to attend the Public Safety Memorial ceremony in May ...
Off-duty Atlanta motorcycle officer hurt in crash
Authorities say an off-duty Atlanta motorcycle police officer was seriously hurt in a crash on Interstate 85 in the city's northeastern suburbs. Gwinnett County police say the two-vehicle crash happened Monday night in the northbound lanes of the freeway near the Beaver Ruin Road exit. Atlanta police Officer John Chafee ...
Girl, 8, wounded by stray bullet as she slept
Authorities say an 8-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was shot by a stray bullet as she slept in her Atlanta home. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday at the Hollywood Shawnee Apartments on the city's northwest side. Police say the child was asleep in her bed when a ...
Conference looks at community health care
Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on health care equity, will speak Wednesday at an annual Mississippi conference on improving community health care programs. The 6th Empowering Communities for a Healthy Mississippi Conference was opening Tuesday and will continue through Friday at the Jackson ...
Ga. police increase enforcement patrols for summer
Police in Georgia are rolling out increased enforcement patrols as part of their summer safety campaign. The 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T. campaign is designed to reduce fatal crash counts from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The extra enforcement began Monday and runs through Sept. 2. The Highway Enforcement of ...
Screenwriter hosts movie screening in west Georgia
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is set to host a free screening of his new film "Violet and Daisy" in western Georgia. School spokeswoman Elizabeth Stone says the event is being hosted Friday at the Carrollton Cultural Arts Center — about 50 miles west of downtown Atlanta. The film is ...
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