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  • School bus driver fired over Facebook post about student lunch

    HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. -- A metro Atlanta school district is being accused of not providing free lunches to its students in need. When one employee spoke up about it on social media, he lost his job. Johnny Cook was a middle school bus driver at Haralson County Middle School. On Tuesday, he says, one of his students, who could not afford a reduced lunch, told Cook he was not given any lunch -- ...

  • The perjury case against Andrea Sneiderman

    DECATUR, GA -- It was an emotional outburst on the witness stand: "There was no affair!" Within it, lies one of six counts of perjury against Andrea Sneiderman, according to a revised indictment quietly returned last month in her murder case. The revised indictment alleges that Mrs. Sneiderman lied on the witness stand in February 2011 when she denied having an affair with Hemy ...

  • Buckhead mom gets jail for stealing $80K from PTA

    A Buckhead woman who pleaded guilty to stealing $80,000 from an elementary school PTA will spend 90 days behind bars, the Fulton County District Attorney said Friday.Maryam Lari Arjomand, 48, a former president of the E. Rivers Elementary School PTA, was arrested in April 2012 and charged with theft after at least $80,000 was stolen from the school.Investigators determined the missing funds had ...

  • Police looking for gunmen who burglarized Marietta business

    MARIETTA, Ga. -- Detectives from the Marietta Police Department have asked for help from the public to identify four suspects who burglarized a local business. On Friday around 6:00 a.m., four black males smashed the front glass door of the Red Dawn Gun and Pawn Shop on Cobb Parkway South. One man used a hammer to break the glass while another man brandished a semi-automatic pistol, as ...

  • Atlanta 18 injured in shuttle bus crash near airport

    occurred on North Loop Road around 10:30 a.m. in front of the AirTran hangar near the exit from I-85 northbound, and involved a shuttle that served Hampton Inn, Fairfield Inn and Hilton ...


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Movie Review

Mighty Joe Young

If "Mighty Joe Young" isn't particularly good, it isn't particularly bad, either. A lightweight rampaging monster feature from Disney Pictures, it has an environmentally appreciative tone and a lot of touchy-feely moments between a 15-foot, 2,000-pound gorilla and Charlize Theron. The premise sounds much more interesting than it actually is. In fact, the movie is so pre-packaged and risk-free that ... ...

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  • UWG renames Honor House in honor of Dr. Wagner

    CARROLLTON, Ga. -- The University of West Georgia renamed the UWG Honors House to the Donald R. Wagner Honors House at a ceremony on Thursday. Wagner, according to Taylor Bryant of UWG, is the first dean of UWG's Honors College and Professor Emeritus at UWG. The University System Board of Regents approved the renaming on April 17 under retiring President Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna. "When ...

  • Ex-Buckhead PTA president headed to jail for stealing school funds

    BUCKHEAD -- Maryam Arjomand, former PTA president of a Buckhead elementary school pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges. Arjomand, 48 was given a ten-year sentence by Judge Karen Woodson. About a month ago, Arjomand was charged with theft, as tens of thousands of dollars came up missing in donations and vendor payments from the PTA's account following a review. On Thursday, she faced ...

  • NTA and the United Motorcoach Association select Atlanta for 2016 trade show

    LEXINGTON, Kentucky & ALEXANDRIA, Virginia - NTA and the United Motorcoach Association have selected Atlanta as the 2016 site of Travel Exchange, their combined trade and appointment show. The event will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center, January 31 through February 4, 2016. In the host city, attendees will find US$1.5 billion of new hospitality product that will open shortly ...

  • Bus truck collide at Atlanta airport

    At least one person was reported to be in critical condition after a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer collided Friday at the Atlanta airport. The truck driver was attempting to make a U-turn when it was hit by the bus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. The crash occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on an access road at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The bus was headed to the ...

  • 285 NB at Covington Hwy blocked by vehicle fire

    (WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation says one lane of traffic on northbound Interstate 285 near Covington Highway is getting by after a vehicle fire. The fire was in a tractor-trailer carrying linen, GDOT says. Traffic is now getting by in the left lane, but GDOT says the roadway should be back to normal by 11 a.m. No injuries have been ...

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