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  • DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis bonds out following 15 criminal charges

    DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was indicted on 15 counts by a Grand Jury on Tuesday. By Tuesday night, Adrion Bell of the DeKalb Sheriff's Office said Ellis was booked into the DeKalb County Jail and released on bond, which was set for $25,000. Back in ...

  • Johns Creek City Council hires lawyers to investigate Mayor

    JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- The Johns Creek City Council voted unanimously Monday to hire an attorney to investigate Mayor Mike Bodker. This comes after concerns of Bodker violating the City's charter and ethics ordinance. "This action follows several reprimands of Mayor Bodker about certain questionable actions he's taken over the last several years," said City Council Member ...

  • 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 ...


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Glory [Blu-Ray]

Glory [Blu-Ray]

Edward Zwicks Glory is one of the great war films and perhaps the greatest film ever made about the American Civil War. While there are dozens of films stretching back to the silent era that are either about the Civil War or use the war as a historical backdrop, Glory was the first to ... ...

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  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

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