MARTA to replace turnstiles to help deter people from jumping over them, evading fair
ATLANTA — MARTA is going to spend more than $100 million to upgrade its turnstiles. By doing so, it will help deter turnstile jumpers. Lawrence Harper said he watches a daily parade of turnstile jumpers when he rides MARTA. "They walk through the gates. I’ve seen old women, young...
Georgia Woman Wants To Have a Healthy and Active Life but Constant Shootings Get...
It is very understandable that people feel safe with the ability to get a gun legally in their country. But lawfully or illegally, the gun laws are way out of control with so many reports of shootings per day. The saddest thing is that, little by little, people start to normalize it in a certain way. For example, the...
Cobb’s Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year Announced
The Cobb Chamber of Commerce has announced its Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year. Each year, since starting the program in 1982, the chamber celebrates the achievements of small businesses that contribute to the vitality of the community with the announcement of its Top 25. This year’s winners are: ♦ 1885 Grill ♦...
Man Charged with Burglarizing Cobb Parkway Home Center Outlet
Antron Deshan Thomas, 27, of Augusta, is accused of entering Home Center Outlet, 507 Cobb Parkway S. in Marietta, on Dec. 29, 2024 at 11:14 p.m. and leaving with a company hat, company jacket and a check written for $30,000, according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. Thomas is charged with...
With the Legislative Session Complete, Struggling Georgia Parents Will Receive Some—If Not Enough—Support
If you ask Georgia parents of young children to rate their anxieties these days, most will put finances at the top of their lengthy lists. Specifically, they’re plagued by the high price of child care and its impact on their employment opportunities, their family budgets, and our state’s economy.
Ga. GI becomes 1st woman to compete in grueling Army Ranger contest
FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event over the weekend and came in 14th overall. First Lt. Gabrielle White, and her teammate, Capt. Seth Deltenre, were among...
The Varsity location in Watkinsville is officially open. Here are hours, when inside will...
The wait is over ! The new Varsity location in Watkinsville, purchased in fall of 2023, is finally open . According to the restaurant's Facebook page , this week, opening week, it will be open for drive-thru only. Its hours of operation are: Sunday - Thursday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday - Saturday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m....
Former officer who used Taser on Atlanta deacon before his death can’t get his...
The City of Atlanta Civil Service Board denied former Atlanta Police Department Officer Kiran Kimbrough’s appeal to be reinstated.
Man who kidnapped 71-year-old sentenced to 10+ years in prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A man will spend the next decade in prison after kidnapping a 71-year-old woman driving from Georgia to North Carolina. According to federal court documents, the woman was driving when she saw Jordan Nathaniel Hedden and his co-conspirator, Stephanie Miranda Neace, walking in November of...
Big Lots Returns to Georgia: New Wave of Store Openings Announced
Big Lots Announces Next Wave of Store Reopenings, With Four Set to Return in Georgia. The next wave of Big Lots store reopenings has been announced—and Georgia is on the list. Four stores across the state will reopen their doors on May 1 as part of the discount retailer’s ongoing comeback following last year’s...
