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  • Voice of the Yellow Jackets leaving Tech for TV opportunity

    THE FLATS -- Wes Durham, the award-winning long time play by play voice of Georgia Tech's football and men's basketball teams, will no longer call Yellow Jacket games beginning this fall in order to pursue an opportunity in sports television play-by-play. Durham has been the popular play-by-play voice of the Yellow Jackets for 18 years on the Georgia Tech / IMG Sports Audio Network. ...

  • Downed cables and wires shut down Tucker street

    TUCKER -- As the severe weather continues, trees are not the only things crashing to the ground. Utility poles holding the weight of electric power cables, telephone and cable television wires and internet services are also giving way. On one Tucker Street, its kept homeowners trapped in their driveways and has already been responsible for at least one accident. It's been 5 days since ...

  • LIVE CHAT Tree experts return to answer your questions

    Experts on the panel include: Joseph Burgess and Susan Granbery with the Georgia Forestry Commission; Rusty Lee, Downey Trees; Brian Hartman, 404-Cut-Tree; and George Gaston with the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. Here's what you need to know about tree falling dangers from our special ...

  • Steve Gleason On Atlanta Radio Personalities’ Apology ‘Received And Accepted’

    (CBS) Following a poor-taste radio segment that poked fun at former Saints defender Steve Gleason’s battle with ALS, three Atlanta sports radio personalities have been fired. Tuesday afternoon, ...

  • DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis indicted on 15 criminal charges

    Ellis' home and offices were searched in Stone Mountain. After the search, investigators left the home with a computer hard drive and several boxes. Just one day later, ...


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Movie Review

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • Former Atlanta police officer sentenced to prison for accepting bribes

    ATLANTA -- A former Atlanta Police Department officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to accept bribes and lying to FBI agents. Elton Augustin, 32, of Stockbrigde, was sentenced for working at an illegal nightclub in Atlanta from June 2007 to August 2007, while being employed as an Atlanta police officer. Augustin, along with two other APD officers, received more than ...

  • Gwinnett Med Center warns patients potentially exposed to TB

    DULUTH, Ga. -- The Chief Medical Officer at Gwinnett Medical Center says the hospital has sent 133 certified letters to patients at risk of contracting tuberculosis, after coming into contact with an infected employee. The employee, now on medical leave and in isolation, is expected to recover. The hospital won't say what type of work the employee performed, but it is believed the person ...

  • Police dog dies after being left in patrol car

    WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- A Woodstock Police dog is dead after being left in an officer's patrol car Monday night. According to a department press release, the dog was found dead in his handler's patrol car on Monday evening around 9:00 p.m. at his home in Pickens County. Chief of Police Calvin Moss said the cause of death was heat stroke. The former handler of Spartacus is a 9-year veteran ...

  • Vedos long road to NBCs The Voice

    ATLANTA -- It's The Voice finale tonight on NBC. You can watch on 11Alive from 9-11 p.m. And Join in our Facebook Chat with former The Voice contestants. Then on 11Alive News at 11 p.m., hear from one of the show's stars. Vedo was on team Usher and made it to the top 12. Jaye Watson sits down with him to talk about how this homeless boy made it big, and what obstacles he overcame ...

  • Publics help sought in identifying armed robbery suspect

    GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Sheriff's investigators in Hall County are looking for help in identifying an armed robbery suspect from a May 31 convenience store robbery. That Friday evening, just after 8 pm, Deputies were called to the Country Grocery and Deli at 6531 Dahlonega Highway in Clermont. They said a man armed with a knife and a gun came in and demanded money. The suspect left with an ...

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