Georgia
Ga. man arrested in dispute over unkempt lawn
A man accused of lighting his neighbor's house on fire over complaints of an unkempt yard has been arrested. Police say Phillip Bennett, of Cartersville, complained about a neighbor's grass being too high and volunteered to cut it for him before a confrontation Wednesday devolved into a verbal dispute. Authorities ...
Fourth arrest made in Monroe County double slaying
A fourth arrest has been made in a double shooting in Monroe County that left two men dead. Sheriff's officials say a 17-year-old boy was arrested in the deaths of 36-year-old Russell Jacobs and 40-year-old Pittman Woods Thursday by U.S. Marshals. Sheriff J.C. Bittick says authorities began conducting surveillance on ...
Ga. woman arrested in father's strangulation death
A 45-year-old woman has been charged with murder and concealing a death after police found her living with her father's dead body. Cherokee County Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker says authorities were performing a welfare check Tuesday and found that 77-year-old James Reece had been dead for several days. Baker says ...
Georgia governor engaged in Bible dispute
When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented. An atheist, Buckner believes that no religious literature should be provided in government-owned lodging, and he presented ...
Ga. Rep. Brooks of Atlanta indicted for wire fraud
Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has been charged in a 30-count federal grand jury indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. District Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday. The allegations involve the Atlanta Democrat's relationship with Universal Humanities, a charity he founded in 1990, and ...
Tablets in the classroom push learning, teaching
Time is up for the 13 students in Stephanee Stephens' 8th grade Spanish class. For the last few minutes they've been conjugating verbs, each typing away on a small tablet when a message pops up on the screen: "Eyes on the Teacher." Stephens, with tablet in hand, asks for "voluntarios ...
Road-weary Braves expecting Heyward to come off DL
The Atlanta Braves are ready to put their suitcases away and take their first look at the lineup they envisioned before the season. General manager Frank Wren said Thursday Jason Heyward is expected to be activated from the disabled list for Friday night's series opener against the Dodgers. It would ...
Tablets in the classroom push learning, teaching
At Autrey Mill Middle School in suburban Atlanta, students are using electronic tablets instead of paper and pencil to answer questions, take tests and tell their teachers whether they understand their lesson or not. This is the classroom of the future. Bringing technology to the classroom is nothing new, but ...
CDC: Fecal bacteria common in swimming pools
Health officials say they found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from Atlanta-area public swimming pools last summer. Investigators found the gut bacteria in 58 percent of the samples taken from about 150 pools in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. They were gathered from ...
Ga. movie filming to involve chopper, road detours
Filming of a movie in the northwest Georgia city of Rome will involve a low-flying helicopter, several road closures and detours and a funeral scene in a local cemetery. The Rome News-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/10GwCfZ ) that filming of the Dreamworks motion picture "Need for Speed" is set to begin Thursday ...
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