A deal has been reached for a significant sale. The amount agreed upon is $68 million. This sum will be paid for a detention center. Space is currently being leased by a county, but an agreement is set to end soon.
The sale is expected to alleviate overcrowding at a main jail. This facility is also understaffed. Further details about the sale and its implications are available.
A condition of the sale was participation in a program to boost economic and healthcare development. A vote was held on this matter, with a decision made in July.
A Georgia man has been arrested and charged with murder after police say he shot a man to death following an argument. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] According to the Niceville police in Florida, officers and Okaloosa County deputies responded around ...
Editor’s note: The video in this story is from an earlier report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The suspect accused of shooting a 26-year-old man in what police are calling a road rage incident has been arrested. DeKalb County police said 45-year-old Raul Antonio Escobar Pa...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced another $5 million would be headed to Georgia for recovery and mitigation projects. The six projects chosen by FEMA are related to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Hurricane Helene and other disasters, according to the agency....
A suspect in a series of Tucker sexual assaults and a kidnapping dating back more than 10 years is now facing charges after investigators used forensic genealogy and DNA testing to crack the cold cases, authorities announced Tuesday....
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia school districts are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal battles to fight parents of disabled children over special education evaluations. State records obtained by Atlanta News First Investigates reveal ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The FBI has increased the reward to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in an arson attack on a federal Downtown Atlanta building. Ronald Watson, who authorities say has also gone by the names Sarah Watson, Miranda Kyle o...
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An 8-week-old baby boy has been reunited with his mother after police said his father drove off with the infant following a domestic dispute at the Fulton County Elections Hub on Tuesday afternoon....
(Gray News) — Former President Joe Biden is urging men to get screened for prostate cancer while he continues his own battle with the illness. In a post on X , Biden said his treatments have been working. “I am deeply grateful to the doctors, nurses and other medical professional...
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