MCDONOUGH — A man wanted for allegedly shooting three people in Clayton County on Sept. 23 and accused of robbing a Waffle House in Henry County and shooting a woman in the head Thursday morning is now in custody, according to the Clayton County Police Department.
Georgia’s economy isn’t back to pre-pandemic levels, but it’s making significant strides.
MCDONOUGH — The fall season kicks off on Sept. 22 bringing with it one of Mother Nature’s most spectacular and colorful events — the changing of the leaves.
Thirteen cameras that will help the Georgia Department of Transportation keep an eye on traffic flow will be installed along Interstate 75.
State Rep. Rhonda Burnough, D-Riverdale, is encouraging residents in House District 77 to participate in the 2020 U.S. Census before the Sept. 30 deadline. As of Sept. 1, Georgia’s self-response rate was 60.2 percent, which is behind the national average of 64.6 percent; Clayton County’s response rate was 57.4 percent.
The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who allegedly tried to run a telephone scam on Sheriff Victor Hill Friday.
MORROW — Clayton County Water Authority’s Small Local Business Enterprise Program is hosting a virtual workshop “How to Do Business with Clayton County Water Authority.”
Without any advance notice, the Henry County Board of Commissioners moved Tuesday night to remove the Confederate monument from the McDonough square.
If you’ve ever wanted to return to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, Atlanta Motor Speedway may have the next best thing.
The Hampton Business & Merchants Association is hosting the annual Yellow Pollen Festival Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown historic Hampton.
JONESBORO — Independence Day is coming up, and for many that means barbecues, parties and fireworks to round out the day’s celebrations.
The Georgia Senate passed legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting police and other first responders from bias-motivated crimes, marking a compromise between state lawmakers over who should be included in legislation outlawing hate crimes.
The Georgia Senate passed legislation Tuesday aimed at shielding businesses and health-care providers from lawsuits filed by people who have contracted coronavirus since March.
Like many of you, I have worked from home for the past three months, and it has given me a chance to familiarize myself with my new surroundings. It turns out that this place I’ve slept and watched ballgames on weekends for thirty years needed a few repairs. My wife says she has informed me about these problems in the past, but I was apparently distracted by the Braves and SEC football.
We all have them, tucked away in our memory bank. The songs that make us smile, often many decades after we first heard them. In many cases, we heard them when we were growing up. They were blaring from the car radio, or our older sibling’s transistor radio, hidden and tucked under the pillow. We didn’t have a care in the world. We had our health, our cherished family members were alive, and we did everything together. We sang during family road trips, or living room dance sessions. Sometimes we didn’t even know the words, and we definitely didn’t know the meanings. It didn’t matter.
The wildflower kingdom provides a lesson for us. It is made up of great diversity of habitat, shape, size, color and stature.
ATLANTA — Georgia is lagging in its count of the 2020 U.S. Census as outreach workers struggle reaching communities in isolated areas for counting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
MCDONOUGH — From late summer into fall, Southerners start looking for muscadines — a popular grape native to the Southeastern U.S. Selections run from the dark purple, thick-skinned traditional muscadine to a light golden-green variety. Soon, growers and consumers can add a new red variety t…
McDONOUGH — LifeSouth Community Blood Centers are now testing all eligible blood donors for COVID-19 antibodies.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to postpone the June 9 primary election in Georgia until the end of June and require state election officials to boost sanitizing procedures.
It is often said that a hardship can be a blessing in disguise. Such is the case for McDonough resident Tracy Dorsey.
LOCUST GROVE — When Pastor Terrell Hopkins woke up on March 25, he had a slight fever and what he described as a “heavy chest feeling.”
Well, here we go again. Congress recently passed and President Donald Trump signed a measure allocating an additional $310 billion in loans for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program after the first $349 billion dried up like a prune — only quicker.
McDONOUGH — Henry County police are looking for a man wanted in connection with the April 8 murder of a Stockbridge resident.
MCDONOUGH — When David Wu was in high school his first choice college was picked based on a go kart program the school offered.
ATLANTA—Gov. Brian Kemp has deputized Georgia's sheriffs to shut down businesses that fail to comply with his April 1 emergency order.
ATLANTA—Help is on the way for public safety agencies in Georgia in the form of a Department of Justice grant to fight COVID-19.
Imagine it’s 2030 and I’m sitting around the table with my grandchildren. One asks, “Granddaddy, tell us about the war of 2020.”
Tax collections on sales by third-party online sellers in Georgia like Google and Amazon take effect Wednesday, including for ride-hailing companies that were due for an exemption before coronavirus shuttered the General Assembly.
ATLANTA — The Press Club of Atlanta is conveying an urgent message from Gov. Brian Kemp:
JONESBORO—If you feel like the COVID-19 emergency is messing with your mind, you’re not the only one. Nicole Albert, a licensed psychotherapist with Jewish Family and Career Services of Atlanta, says that feelings of shock, worry or stress right now are perfectly normal. The News asked Alber…
ATHENS — On March 30, the University of Georgia will transition to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester.
ATLANTA – Following an announcement from the U.S. Department of Education Friday inviting states to request waivers from federal assessment requirements, State School Superintendent Richard Woods affirmed that the Georgia Department of Education will immediately apply for a waiver from asses…
COLLEGE PARK – The city of College Park has declared a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
STOCKBRIDGE – Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Piedmont Henry Hospital is not allowing visitors for the time being. Patients in Women’s Services and the Emergency Department, and special needs, disabled, or hearing-impaired patients are allowed one visitor. Other exceptions need to be approved …
The Georgia Power Foundation Inc. is investing $1 million in 2020 to support the state of Georgia in addressing the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The coronavirus outbreak still has my head spinning.
McDONOUGH — Henry County has two reported cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Tuesday.
ATLANTA—In a video press conference, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the Georgia Department of Health has confirmed one case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Henry County.
On the way to a meeting, I passed a florist truck. I couldn’t help but notice the advertisement on the side of the truck. The advertisement read: “Flowers whisper how you feel.”
McDONOUGH—Don't flip your wig, but Henry County Police are on the hunt for two women suspected of snatching $500 worth of fake hair.
McDONOUGH—Henry County Police say people should stay away from a property on Kings Mill Road where Henry County Animal Control found "approximately 22 malnourished and mistreated horses" on Feb. 24.
ELLENWOOD — Commuters may want to avoid I-675 South near Anvil Block Road until after 7 a.m., according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, it isn’t food that dominates my thoughts. It’s cleaning the house.
LOCUST GROVE — Henry County Police are looking for a suspect in a public indecency incident.
LOCUST GROVE — The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a medical emergency at Locust Grove High School in which four female students apparently ingested a combination of chemicals and/or drugs.
Only extreme partisans intent on denying President Trump any credit for any success would be critical of the operation he ordered that resulted in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. These extreme partisans include Speaker Nancy Pelosi who, while praising the “heroism” of the special unit that conducted the raid on al-Baghdadi’s location in Northern Syria, could not bring herself to say anything nice about the president. Instead, she said the House should have been notified in advance. Why? Does the House command troops? Pelosi lamented that Russia was informed, but that was because Russian weapons and troops were in areas over which American helicopters flew in order to reach their target.
Should casino gaming be legalized in 2020, the Atlanta Motor Speedway could potentially house such an operation in the future.
FOREST PARK—I-75 South is open again just past I-675 and Georgia Hwy. 138 in Henry County after a big rig flipped this morning. GDOT said one truck and one bus were involved. The scene cleared around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Henry County EMS checked over the juveniles, ages 8, 6 and 4, after they were removed from the Tahoe.
FOREST PARK—One man is in custody following a standoff in the Holiday Hills subdivision in unincorporated Forest Park that shut down traffic on I-75 South for several hours Tuesday afternoon and forced residents from their homes.
