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APS educators start turning themselves in
The first two Atlanta Public School teachers plan to surrender at the Fulton County jail around daybreak, starting what is expected to be a long march of indicted educators. 35 former Atlanta public school employees have been ordered to give themselves up after the grand jury handed up its ...
APS grand jury expected to start deliberating this afternoon
Four years after Atlanta Public School teachers and administrators allegedly orchestrated one of the largest cheating operations in American education, we are expected to learn Friday which ones will face a judge. A Fulton County grand jury is supposed to hear more testimony Friday morning, with deliberations to follow. ...
Cherokee road rage leaves young women shaken
Law officers in Cherokee County say two young women are lucky to be alive after they encountered a violent motorist on East Cherokee Drive Tuesday night in an episode that ended in gunfire. The two young women, both 20, were driving in Woodstock at approximately 9:50 p.m. when they came ...
DeKalb officer charged with felony child cruelty
A DeKalb County Police Officer is free on bond after he was indicted by a grand jury for beating a child in Walton County. DeKalb Police Officer Matt Davy is charged with felony child cruelty and aggravated assault in the October 8th beating of his girlfriend’s 13-year old son. Walton ...
Angered driver fires round at girls
Law officers in Cherokee County say two young women are lucky to be alive after they encountered a violent motorist on East Cherokee Drive Tuesday night in an episode that ended in gunfire. The two young women, both 20, were driving in Woodstock at approximately 9:50 p.m. when they came ...
A remarkable change in the real estate market
At the worst of Atlanta’s real estate depression, there were more than 100,000 homes for sale. Five years later, things are finally starting to change. “We only have about 40,000, dipping into the high 30,000 range,” said metro area real estate broker Rhonda Duffy, who appears regularly on WSB’s Ilyce ...
Tucker residents give backers of proposed city an earful
The crowd was often loud and generally not in favor of creating a new city on the edge of the city of Tucker. “Tucker has a long history – over a hundred years – and they have a very strong community identity, “said Mary Kay Woodworth with the Lakeside Alliance. ...
Cobb County jury needed less than an hour for conviction
It took a Cobb County jury less than an hour Monday to convict 32-year old David Allen Heath on charges of rape, child molestation and incest against four girls – two of them his nieces – over a decade beginning in 2000. Heath now faces the likelihood of life without ...
Craig's List post leads to calls for sex
It began with the ringing of a telephone at a business owned by a 31-year old man. “They were calls of a very disturbing nature,” said Norcross Police Sgt. Bill Grogan. On the line were other men asking for sex. At first, the business owner could not figure out where ...
New DeKalb school board drops lawsuit against Gov. Deal
It was civil. It was professional. It was the first meeting of the newly reconstituted DeKalb School Board. “We are headed in a direction that I think will bring great things and great results to DeKalb County,” said Board member Marshal Orson, expressing a hope that was shared by ...
Sales tax for schools wins big in Cobb
ESPLOST supporters had reason to cheer Tuesday night after Cobb County voters backed five more years of the penny sales tax for education. With all 153 precincts reporting, the final unofficial tally was: YES: 23,248 (57.31%) NO: 17,317 (42.69%) Turnout was extremely light – estimated by election officials at approximately ...
Live power lines trap man in truck
Harrowing moments for a Buchanan man caught by Monday's storms. WSB’s Pete Combs reports the man was trapped inside his truck for two hours… knowing that any attempt to escape could kill him. David Powell was driving along Georgia 120 near Buchanan talking on the phone with his brother ...
A closer look at E-SPLOST IV
If approved by Cobb voters, the penny sales tax would be in effect for five years and is expected to raise a total of $773.2 million. It would be the fourth penny sales tax devoted to education. Backers of the measure say it is the best way to raise money ...
DeKalb board members may take court off the table
Will the DeKalb School Board continue with its suit against Governor Nathan Deal? The suit, filed before Governor Deal, acting on a recommendation from the State Board of Education, argues that the replacement of six board members violated the federal and state constitutions. Federal Judge Richard Story refused to grant ...
Cobb to vote on SPLOST IV
Cobb County voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide on a fourth version of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, which would raise almost 718-million dollars for Cobb Schools and another 55 million for Marietta through an extension of the one-penny sales tax. For proponent John Loud, ...
New DeKalb school board members sworn in
“We’re glad to be here,” said one of DeKalb County’s newest school board members, Karen Carter, moments after taking the oath of office at the district’s headquarters in Stone Mountain on Wednesday. Two hours after they were named by Governor Deal, Karen Carter was among five of the six new ...
Atlanta Catholic leaders react to new pope
Speaking for the Atlanta Archdiocese, Bishop Luis Zarama said he was overjoyed at the election of a fellow Latino as pope. “Having a pope from Latin America means I can speak Spanish now,” joked the Latino bishop. Bombarded by questions about what the new pontiff’s priorities should be, Zarama had ...
Calls for Cobb Co. to cover airport staffing after sequester cuts
Without a control tower, McCollum Airport Board Member Butch Thompson says economic development on the field would be grounded. “It would be devastating because the hangars that have been recently built were designed and built recently for large jets,” he said. Only about 10 percent occupied, Thompson said the ...
Teachers at local Catholic schools use Conclave as a lesson
Headmasters at local Catholic schools say the Conclave in Rome offers them a priceless teaching opportunity to their students. Father Mark Starr is the parochial vicar at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Marietta. He said his students have been closely following the meeting of 115 Cardinals from all over the ...
Grow house found in SW Atlanta
A medical call to a home in southwest Atlanta on Sunday ultimately leads to a marijuana grow house. Atlanta Police Officer John Chafee tells WSB they were called to a home on Telford Terrace for a medical emergency, but quickly determined they should also investigate a nearby house after noticing ...
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