All Meriwether County Schools to release early after lockdown
All Meriwether County schools were placed on lockdown and ordered to release early Thursday as law enforcement agencies investigate a safety threat.
All Meriwether County schools were placed on lockdown and ordered to release early Thursday as law enforcement agencies investigate a safety threat.
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A young girl was killed in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night at a Cobb County intersection, according to police. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Macland Road at Ernest Barrett Parkway. According to Cobb Cou...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The printout from Georgia voting machines will include a QR code this general election after lawmakers pushed back a deadline to stop using the codes to tabulate votes. The printout also shows voters’ selections in text. What Senate Bill 189 wa...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Most of Georgia’s state prisons are on lockdown Thursday morning due to a security threat, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC). On Tuesday, four inmates got into what officials believe to be a gang-related fight at Hays St...
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Coffee aficionados, check your kitchen. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of millions of French Presses. Read more trending news The agency said Bodum has recalled its French Press coffee makers with removable 8-cup and 12-cup glass carafes. The carafes ...
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The Meriwether County Schools placed all of their schools on a lockdown Thursday morning. The district has now decided to send all students home early. We have a crew on the way to bring you the latest updates, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News. The Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The deadline to request an absentee ballot in Georgia has passed. Voters who have a ballot at home should check the envelope and know where to return it, so the ballot is not rejected. Absentee ballot mistakes to avoid; preventing delay or reje...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The end of your week will be nice in north Georgia with plenty of sunshine. Highs will be nearly 10 degrees above average, with the upper 70s today and Friday. Halloween We’re still looking at cloudy skies throughout the day on Halloween, with ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — All Meriwether County schools were placed on lockdown Thursday morning and will release early, according to the school district. The sheriff’s office said deputies and other law enforcement partners are investigating a reported threat. “The saf...
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Arrest warrants show the suspects accused of plotting a Georgia school shooting selected a date and had floor plans of the school. Canton police said they arrested Shane Keith Taylor, 17, Michael Brandon Terry, 21 and a juvenile girl for organizing a plan to shoot up Cherokee Hig...
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A Georgia father has been arrested after his 3-year-old child died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the sheriff’s office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Dante Vinson, who currently lives in Oglethorpe, Ga., faces one felony count of i...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A metro Atlanta man died Sunday while trying to save a seagull in the Florida Panhandle, according to an online fundraiser. Stone Romberg, a husband and father to two young girls, was fishing with friends and noticed a bird tangled in his line,...
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( Aging Untold ) — Remote work opportunities continue to thrive years after the COVID-19 pandemic made working from home mainstream. Now some communities across the U.S. are competing to attract new residents who are fully employed but can live anywhere, offering increasingly lar...
