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  • Children bitten by fox at Covington school

    COVINGTON, Ga. -- Two children were bitten by a fox at Rocky Plains Elementary School in Covington. The fox came onto the playground of the school at around 11:45 a.m. and bit two 6-year-old boys, said Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Kay-Hooson. Both boys were taken to Newton County Medical to be treated for the ...

  • Suspect named in Clifton Road shooting

    ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police have identified the man accused of shooting a woman through the window of her Clifton Road home last week. Khyree Houston is wanted ...

  • Pit bill that killed 2 year old put down

    Read the police report The child was attacked in his south Fulton County home on Apr. 24. Animal control officials confirmed Wednesday that the pit bull was euthanized on May ...

  • 8 year old shot in her bed suspect IDd

    ATLANTA -- Police have identified the man accused of shooting an 8-year-old girl as she slept in her bed. Investigators plan to charge 33-year-old Jacobe Antoine Gilbert with aggravated assault. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday at the Hollywood Shawnee Apartments on Gun Club Road in northwest Atlanta. Atlanta Police Night Commander Capt. Tim Peek said Gilbert got in an argument ...

  • Brooks to be arraigned on federal fraud charges

    ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks is set to appear in court for arraignment on federal fraud charges. Brooks is scheduled to appear before federal Magistrate Judge Alan Baverman on Wednesday. A 30-count federal indictment handed down last week charges him with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax ...


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Mad Max [Blu-Ray]

Mad Max [Blu-Ray]

George Millers Mad Max is a B-movie pushing the limits of its potential. You can sense what the filmmakers were trying for--a post-apocalyptic road rage epic--and you can almost picture them counting the change in their pockets, trying to figure out how they could translate the visions in ... ...

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  • Governor Deal Atheists can put books in state park rooms

    ATLANTA (AP) -- Gov. Nathan Deal says he believes in the right of atheist groups to donate literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks just as Bibles are ...

  • Parapro arrested for having sex with special needs student

    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- A female paraprofessional at Special Needs School of Gwinnett was arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old student. Kari Lynn Bryan, 38, was arrested May 17 on a sexual assault charge. She was released from the Gwinnett County Jail on $5,700 ...

  • Henry County home damaged by fire

    HAMPTON, Ga. -- A house in Hampton was heavily damaged a fire Wednesday morning. The fire broke out just before 5:30 a.m. at a house on Graystone Drive, according to Henry County Fire Capt. Sabrina Puckett. The flames were highest in the garage and attic of the one-story home. Puckett said fire officials searched the house after receiving a tip that someone may be inside. They later learned ...

  • Slight risk for severe weather Wednesday in NW Georgia

    ATLANTA - A slight risk of severe thunderstorms exists for parts of northwest Georgia Wednesday afternoon and evening, as a cold front pushes into the Metro area. 11Alive meteorologist Chesley McNeil says that while storms can be expected across the entire area, the northwest corner of the state bears special attention in that ...

  • Fire burns at 50-year-old Atlanta business

    United Transmission Service fire The two-alarm fire was first reported shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday at the building at 350 Marietta Street NW. Atlanta Fire spokeswoman Janet Ward said the fire was fully involved and the building is a total loss. The fire has since been put out, but a portion of Marietta Street is still closed as fire officials investigate the cause. Ward said Joe Barton, ...

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