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  • Missing Sumter Co. woman found safe

    DESOTA, Ga. -- The Sumter County Sheriff's Department says an elderly and disabled woman has been found safe. The agency had issued a Mattie's Call for 83-year-old Lucy Bell Sneed who last seen Thursday evening at a Tarver Street address in Desota. 11Alive ...

  • Matties Call for missing Sumter Co. Woman

    DESOTA, Ga. -- The Sumter County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help is finding an elderly and disabled woman who was last seen Thursday evening at a Tarver Street address in Desota. 83-year-old Lucy Bell Sneed is an African-American who is 5' tall and weighs 160 lbs. She has short gray hair and was wearing blue jeans and possibly a brown jacket. Authorities ...

  • Ga. troopers increasing holiday weekend patrols

    ATLANTA - Georgia State Troopers are planning to increase patrols during the holiday weekend to look out for impaired drivers, seatbelt violations and other offenses.Georgia State Patrol Col. Mark McDonough said Thursday that troopers will be conducting concentrated patrols on interstates and secondary highways during Memorial Day weekend.Authorities say they investigated 326 crashes during the ...

  • Police seek clues to early Friday shooting

    ATLANTA -- Authorities say an Atlanta police officer spotted a car driving extremely slow on North Ave. early Friday morning and discovered the driver had been shot. Police Night Commander Capt. Tim Peek said the officer blue lighted the car and it pulled into a parking lot at North Ave and Northside Drive NW. That's when the officer determined the male driver had been shot in the ...

  • APS student claims adult attacked her during school assembly

    ATLANTA -- The mother of an Atlanta Public Schools student wants answers from school administrators. Devetrice Hawkins' daughter says she was sitting in a school assembly at Booker T. Washington High School Wednesday morning, when the father of another student burst in and attacked her. According to Atlanta police, a man was arrested Wednesday when he got into an altercation with a female ...


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Clean, Shaven [DVD]

Clean, Shaven [DVD]

Lodge Kerrigan's directorial debut, Clean, Shaven, is a daring and disturbing cinematic experiment that takes us inside the mind of a struggling schizophrenic for an unrelenting 80-minute ride. Kerrigan mixes a shaky narrative filled with gaping holes begging to be filled by the ... ...

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  • Atlantas Gattis proves to be natural

    ATLANTA — As Evan Gattis was rounding the bases, soaking up the cheers from his first grand slam, he noticed the song blaring triumphantly from the speakers at Turner ...

  • 13-year-old boy abducted after getting off school bus

    PALMETTO, Ga -- Palmetto police are looking for a man who abducted a 13-year-old boy after he got off his school bus Wednesday afternoon. The boy's father called police when his son didn't make it home from school. "It was heart aching," the father said. "I love my son and I just didn't know what was going on, he didn't call and I didn't have no way to ...

  • Help Desk Community Hiring Event in Decatur Friday

    11Alive Help Desk wants to make all graduating students, veterans, military members and their spouses aware of this opportunity. The community hiring event will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will run until 2 p.m. at the Laurus Technical Institute located at 523 Church St. in Decatur. Employers in attendance include Metro Brokers - Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate; Comcast Corporate; Georgia ...

  • Emory releases statement on brief afternoon lockdown

    MIDTOWN -- Emory University Hospital Midtown released a statement on Thursday evening after a brief lockdown was lifted. Vince Dollard, Associate Vice President of Communications of Emory University said, "Emory University Hospital Midtown was put on lockdown status this afternoon at approximately 4:30 and it was lifted at approximately 5:45. This was a result of a suspected improper ...

  • Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty

    Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

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