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Gator captured in Gwinnett Lake
A young gator who had called a Gwinnett County neighborhood lake his home can do so no more. In less than two minutes time, trackers Jason and Sarah Clark with Southeastern Reptile Rescue caught the three-and-a-half foot gator in Dunlin Lake. With just a fishing pool in hand, they made ...
Deal defends bills on Fulton Co. government
Gov. Nathan Deal defends his decision to sign nearly a dozen bills aimed at reshaping Fulton County's government. Among them is one to prevent commissioners from raising property taxes for the next years. Deal denies he was pressured by Republicans to sign the measure citing Fulton's overspending as part ...
State unveils report card for schools
The state Department of Education releases its report card for Georgia schools, which includes, a new way of measuring student achievement. Under a three-year waiver from Adequate Yearly Progress standards developed under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the state unveiled its new Georgia College and Career Ready Performance ...
Deal signs bills for changes in Fulton Co.
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed nearly a dozen bills aimed at changing the governance of Fulton County. Among them, one that prevents the county commission from raising property taxes for the next two years and then make it more difficult to do so after that. After a meeting with Deal ...
Deal signs ethics bill
Gov. Nathan Deal signs sweeping ethics reform legislation into law at the state Capitol surrounded by House and Senate members. When the law takes effect January 1, lobbyists will no longer be able to spend more than $75 dollars on state or locally elected officials. Exceptions will be made for ...
Gwinnett files suit to keep control tower
Gwinnett County has joined a suit with Spokane, Washington hoping to stop the control tower at Briscoe Field from closing due to FAA cuts caused by the sequester. It was during the 1990’s Gwinnett entered into an agreement with the federal government to fund and operate the tower. Commission ...
New photos of suspected rapist with violent past
A suspected serial rapist being sought by Gwinnett County Police has a violent criminal past. Joseph Sivonda was released from Dooly State Prison in November after serving less than seven years of a 10 year sentence for armed robbery. He and his brother Kevin were convicted in 2006 of robbing ...
Gwinnett serial rapist on the loose
Gwinnett County are anxious to find a suspected serial rapist who targets his victims through the adult website backpage.com. Beaver Ridge Elementary School was on brief lockdown Thursday morning as the Gwinnett Police S.W.A.T. team conducted a search of some nearby apartments for 23-year-old Joseph Sivonda. He's wanted for raping ...
Deal seeks better transition for inmates
A year after state lawmakers pass a massive overhaul to the criminal justice system, Gov. Nathan Deal wants to make it easier for those who have served their time to better transition back into society. During a speech to the Atlanta Press Club, Deal became emotional as he described helping ...
Efforts underway to evict local gator
A Lawrenceville neighborhood is taking actions to evict one of its newer residents. It’s a three-and-a-half foot alligator that’s taken up residence at Dunlin Lake. Neighbors first spotted it late last summer, but the reptile is too small for the Department of Natural Resources to remove. So, the homeowners association ...
Fulton Commission Chair seeks veto from governor
Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves is asking Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that's being blamed for a downgrade in the county's credit rating. Fitch Ratings Agency cited the bill, which prevents the county from raising its millage rate for next two years, in part for its decision. ...
More suspicious packages in Atlanta since Boston bombings
If it seems like there’s been a rash of suspicious package calls in Atlanta since the Boston bombings, that’s because there has been. Police Chief George Turner says his department has seen a 30 percent uptick in calls that turn out to be false alarms. But he says the department ...
Reed says extra security in place for road race
Exactly two weeks after the Boston bombings, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says the 44th annual Peachtree Road Race will go on as scheduled July 4, only with a heightened police presence this year. “What we’re not going to do is be coward,” he says. “I just wanted that to be ...
Gov. Deal to meet with Fulton Co. on credit concerns
Gov. Nathan Deal plans to meet this week with Fulton County commissioners worried about a downgrade in their credit rating. Fitch Ratings cited a bill passed by the Legislature this year that caps Fulton's millage rate through Jan. 15, 2015 and makes it more difficult for commissioners to raise rates ...
Bond denied for Dragon Con co-founder
A Gwinnett County judge has denied bond for Dragon Con co-founder Ed Kramer who is facing child molestation charges from more than a decade ago. His new counsel, attorney Brian Steel, argued Kramer suffers a series of health conditions that the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department can’t accommodate at the jail ...
Former councilman key to school's first integrated prom
Former Snellville City Councilman and state legislator Melvin Everson plans to attend his former high school’s first integrated prom this weekend. The 1975 graduate of Wilcox County High School played an integral part in raising the $15,000 that will not only pay for the prom, but provide scholarship money as ...
Gwinnett to have largest movie studio in the Southeast
Gwinnett County will soon be home to the largest movie studio in the Southeast. The familiar site along I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard was the previous location for a failed attempt at a video lottery casino. Now Jacoby Development, which built Atlantic Station and Aerotropolis Atlanta, has contracted to build ...
Bill allows for more HOPE grants for tech college students
More technical college students will be eligible to qualify for the H.O.P.E. Grant beginning this fall thanks to a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Nathan Deal. The measure lowers the GPA requirements to qualify for the scholarship to 2.0 after it was raised a couple of years ago ...
Deal signs bill lowering BUI level
Blood alcohol levels for boating under the influence will be the same a that for driving under the influence under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Nathan Deal. The measure, which takes effect May 15, lowers the level for BUI from .10 to .08. The bill is named ...
New guidelines for student athletes who suffer head injuries
Schools will have to develop guidelines for student athletes who may suffer a concussion under a bill signed into law by Gov. Nathan Deal Tuesday. The new law, which takes affect Jan. 1, 2014, requires athletes who are hit in the head to be immediately removed from play and ...
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