Source: Aaron Gould Sheinin and Bill Rankin / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution State Rep. Tyrone Brooks Sr., D-Atlanta, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for allegedly misappropriating almost $1 million in charitable funds, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. The grand jury had been investigating the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials’ finances. Brooks has [...]
Source: Mike Morris / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The first three of the 35 educators indicted in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal turned themselves in to authorities early Tuesday. Tameka Goodson, a school improvement specialist at Kennedy Middle School, turned herself in around 12:30 a.m. and was booked into the Fulton County Jail on $200,000 bond, according to [...]
Source: Bill Rankin / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Condemned killer Warren Hill has been granted stays of execution by the federal appeals court in Atlanta and the Georgia Court of Appeals, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hill was scheduled to be put to death at 7 p.m. He had already taken a sedative to prepare for his execution. The decision [...]
Source: Christian Boone / The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Police are responding to a shooting at Price Middle School in southeast Atlanta. One student was shot, according to Channel 2 Action News. Earlier reports incorrectly said the shooting occurred at Carver High School. A teacher has been injured. One suspect is in custody. To follow this topic visit The [...]
Source: Christopher Quinn / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Ray Charles Foundation in November reclaimed $1.2 million of $3 million in donations to Albany State University because the school did not use the money to build a new performing arts center. The tussle over the cash has been ongoing for nearly a year, but a spate of recent news [...]
Source: Daniel Malloy / The Atlanta Journal Constitution Sad news amid the fiscal cliff madness: Lillian Miles Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, died this morning in Atlanta, his office announced. Spokeswoman Brenda Jones said John Lewis is returning to Atlanta today but had no more details to release about the cause of death. [...]
Source: Mike Morris and John Spink / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nearly 50 people were taken to local hospitals Monday after being overcome by carbon monoxide at a southwest Atlanta elementary school. The incident began about 8:30 a.m. at Finch Elementary School in the 1100 block of Avon Avenue near Lee Street. “We received reports of five or six people unconscious,” [...]
Source: Shannon McCaffrey / Atlanta Journal Constitution When Georgia became one of the first states in the nation to demand a photo ID at the ballot box, both sides served up dire predictions. Opponents labeled it a Jim Crow-era tactic that would suppress the minority vote. Supporters insisted it was needed to combat fraud that imperiled [...]
Source: AP / Atlanta Journal Constitution CHICAGO — Police say 13 people were shot and wounded in a 30-minute spate of violence in Chicago, including eight gunned down on a single street. Authorities have been battling an increase in homicides in the city where some aldermen complain gangs have no fear of the police. [...]
Source: Christopher Seward / Atlanta Journal Constitution Pizza lovers can expect to pay a little more at Papa John’s in the future, thanks to President Barack Obama’s health care law, according to the chain’s founder, John Schnatter. “Our best estimate is that the Obamacare will cost 11 to 14 cents per pizza, or 15 to [...]
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