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Gun advocates challenge Carroll Co. ordinance
A challenge by a gun rights group prompts Carroll County commissioners to revise the county disaster ordinance. The Times-Georgian newspaper reports commissioners are now prepared to eliminate sale of firearms from a list of items the commission chairman has the authority to suspend in case of local disaster or emergency. ...
Poll: Perdue favorite to replace Saxby
Senator Saxby Chambliss will not run for re-election in 2014. Pollsters already are handicapping the field of potential contenders. A telephone survey of 1000 Georgia voters by GaPundit.com shows former Governor Sonny Perdue leading other possible Republican Senate candidates with 22.4 percent support. Former Secretary of State Karen Handel is ...
Piggly Wiggly shoplifter has long rap sheet
An Athens-Clarke County judge sentences 340-pound Lonneshia Shafaye Appling to five years in prison for felony shoplifting. Appling was caught trying to cart bacon and beer out of a Piggly Wiggly last May. She squirted pepper spray to make her getaway and punched a couple employees who chased her outside. ...
GA Senator proposes weapons ban
In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, Atlanta State Senator Vincent Fort proposes a statewide assault weapons ban in Georgia. "This is not first & foremost gun control," Senator Fort tells WSB. "It's protecting children and protecting families." Senator Fort is drafting bills he intends to ...
Over 2 million unsafe toys blocked at US borders
As parents head out to go toy shopping, the U.S. government intercepts unsafe toys at the border. Inez Tenenbaum of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the CPSC and Customs and Border Protection have blocked more than 2 million unsafe toys from reaching U.S. kids this year. "By seizing these ...
Wearing decorative contact lenses for Halloween can be harmful
Decorative contact lenses for Halloween can carry their own frightful complications. Teens and young adults pop in cosmetic contacts for eye-popping impact Halloween night. But, ophthalmologists warn these cheap contacts, purchased without a prescription, can lead to infection and permanent eye damage. The American Academy of Ophthalmology points out it ...
Beware of those Halloween contacts
Decorative contacts for Halloween carry their own frightful complications. Teens and young adults pop in cosmetic contacts for eye-popping impact Halloween night. Ophthalmologists warn these cheap contacts, purchased without a prescription, can lead to infection and permanent eye damage. The American Academy of Ophthalmology points out it is illegal to ...
National Parks take hit during a recession
In a recession, Americans steer clear of national parks. Researchers at UGA's Warnell School of Forestry are the first to link declining park attendance to the economic downturn. Their findings run counter to an assumption that people would choose to vacation in a national park when money's tight. Americans, however, ...
State to move voter registration on-line
After next month's presidential election, Georgia plans to move voter registration on-line. "If you have a driver's license in the future and you do it online, it'll just be done automatically because we will have already done all these checks," Secretary of State Brian Kemp tells WSB. "We already have ...
The debate on the use of Adderall
Adderall's not just for ADHD anymore. More pediatricians appear willing to prescribe stimulants, like Adderall, to help low-performing students through school. It's raising a debate about the proper use of the medication. Dr. Nancy Rappaport at Harvard Medical School believes it should only be prescribed to students with a clear ...
Movie on Tri-State Crematory a critical hit
The ten-year-old Tri-State Crematory scandal in north Georgia inspires a movie. The independent film "Sahkanaga" makes its Chattanooga premiere this Friday. Filmmaker John Henry Summerour grew up in Chickamauga and shot the film on-site in Walker County. "Sakhanaga," which means "great blue hills of God" in Cherokee, has been a ...
Website set up for paralyzed Buford grad
A Buford High School graduate suffered a severed spine in last week's motorcycle accident on Georgia Highway 20 near the Mall of Georgia. According to a website set up by friends of the family, 21-year-old Devin Durden is paralyzed from the waist down, but should be able to regain use ...
Man seeks to clear name in murder of grandmother
A Floyd County man asks police to reopen a 16-year-old murder case, to clear his name. Kevin Autry was tried twice for the 1996 murder of his grandmother, Lillian Mize. Both juries deadlocked in favor of acquittal. Autry insists he had no reason to kill his grandmother, but lives to ...
Gwinnett schools have no plans to allow employees to donate sick leave
His sister died of a bacterial infection two weeks ago. Her bereaved brother tells the Gwinnett School Board, Hannah Rinehart's husband, a high school math teacher at South Gwinnett High, missed the last week of her life because he couldn't take any more sick leave. David Johnson wants the board ...
Searching for a witch in the nude?
Hermione may hex your computer. The online security company, McAfee, names Emma Watson 2012's most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. Your chances of landing on a website unloading malware, spyware or some other nasty virus are one-in-eight when you search gossip sites for the Harry Potter star, especially for fans ...
UGA weighs domestic partner benefits
UGA faculty members call on the university to adopt domestic partner benefits. Over the past decade, the University Council has passed similar resolutions but has not prevailed with the Board of Regents. Proponents argue schools comparable to UGA offer benefits to same-sex partners, including arch-rival Florida. They suggest Georgia may ...
Solar power may get another outlet in Georgia
A new utility wants to harness the sun to power Georgia. Robert Green, founder of Georgia Solar Utilities hopes the Public Service Commission will approve a 90-megawatt solar power plant in Putnam County over the expected opposition of Georgia Power. "One megawatt will service and take care of a Super-Target ...
Utility company wants to put solar plant in Putnam Co.
A new utility wants to harness the sun to power Georgia. Robert Green, founder of Georgia Solar Utilities hopes the Public Service Commission will approve a 90-megawatt solar power plant in Putnam County over the expected opposition of Georgia Power. "One megawatt will service and take care of a Super-Target ...
Aimee Copeland to stay busy
Aimee Copeland adds more public appearances after her release from in-patient rehab at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. Copeland will fly to New York early next month to appear on Katie Couric's new talk show. She's also planning to meet supporters on the Snellville Green September 14th. Now Copeland's agreed ...
A Dawg-gone good Pop-Tart
UGA gets its own Pop-Tart. Bulldog Berry Pop-Tarts go on sale next month, according to UGA Associate Athletic Director Alan Thomas. "The oval G will continue to be on the pastry that goes with it...and we'll give it a good run through this football season," Thomas tells WSB. Four other ...
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