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Gas Dropped To 97 Cents In Georgia Price War, Then The Police Had To...

With gasoline costing nearly $4 per gallon in Georgia, drivers probably weren’t expecting to see prices from decades ago. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Powder Springs, where two neighboring gas stations started a price ... Read more
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in all 20 Ga. waterways tested

SMYRNA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An environmental advocacy group released a report Tuesday detailing where toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as “forever chemicals,” have been found in Georgia’s lakes and rivers, including the Chattahoochee River. The Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center report highlights the...
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Treasury refund checks, more than 16,000 of them worth over $74 million, ran through...

A federal grand jury in Atlanta says three men ran more than 16,000 Treasury tax refund checks, worth over $74 million, through a check-cashing business in north Georgia. The indictment, returned October 6, charges Gustavo Rojano Salazar, 41, Gabriel Rojano Salazar, 49, and Andres Huerta Rendon, 43, all of the Atlanta area, according to the... The post Treasury refund checks, more than 16,000 of them worth over $74 million, ran through a north Georgia check casher, an Atlanta indictment says ap
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4th suspect charged in deadly shooting at Norfolk Southern rail facility

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A fourth suspect has been charged in the deadly shooting of a Norfolk Southern contractor at the company’s railyard in Austell, police said Monday. Around 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, Curdravious Clark, 27, was shot to death at the facility on Dr....
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Georgia surpasses 1M early votes, experts weight in as metro Atlanta drives record turnout

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia voters are continuing to break records for in-person early voting and absentee mail-in voting. “Been voting since I was 18 years old, and I make every election,” said Darrell Wanton, a Fayette County voter. Two weeks into early voting, Georgia has...
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Georgia Winter 2026-27: Atlanta, 1.38-Inch Snow History

Atlanta, Augusta and North Georgia could still experience winter disruptions through March 2027.
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Man accused of using fake $100 bill to buy pizza, get real cash back

A man is accused of trying to pass off a counterfeit $100 bill marked “for motion picture use only” to buy a pizza from a Cobb County restaurant and getting real money back in change.
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Doraville Goodwill Opens With 36 Jobs Filled Before First Customer Walked In

A new Goodwill store and career center opened in Doraville on Friday, October 16, 2026, and the 43,000-square-foot facility at 5600 Buford Highway NE had already put 36 people to work before a single customer walked through the door. The initial workforce includes 28 retail store employees and eight career services specialists, splitting the operation between thrift retail and job placement services from day one.
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Trial for Atlanta officer pushed back several months after change of venue request

Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe's trial for allegedly attacking a bar security guard is delayed following legal motions.
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Fourth suspect charged in Austell railyard killing

A fourth suspect has been charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Curdravious Clark, a contractor at Austell’s Norfolk Southern railyard facility, court documents show. Christopher Samuel Riles, of Mableton, is accused of acting “in concert” with co-defendants Keondre Johnson, 28, of Atlanta; Michael Riles, 26, of Mableton; and Ty Anthony Thompson, 27, of Kennesaw, during the fatal shooting. As of Monday afternoon, Christopher Riles is not listed in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center’

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