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A tractor-trailer hit the Mt. Vernon bridge hanging over I-285, prompting the lane closures, state transportation officials said Wednesday.
A man claims the former Paulding County deputy violated his civil rights when he slammed him onto the ground, a media report says.
The DeKalb County district attorney said the man shot his girlfriend to death before shooting the responding officer four times in 2019.
The Monroe woman was helping a driver in a crash when she was hit by a vehicle Saturday.
Evaluations are underway at Mt. Vernon Highway, which remained closed Thursday.
The statewide list includes schools in Atlanta, Athens, Norcross, Kennesaw and several other Georgia cities.
Georgia is one of multiple southeast states where the rat lungworm was recently discovered, a study shows.
DeKalb County officials said Thursday several rabies cases reported yearly in the county are not unusual.
Police said the man used a home-sharing site to rent a room from the person he is accused of robbing at gunpoint this week.
A man was hit by an UberEats driver before his girlfriend ran him over with her mother's car and fled the scene.
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