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ATLANTA—The City of Atlanta convened a citywide emergency coordination meeting to assess readiness for severe weather expected Friday night through Saturday, Oct. 10.  City departments, public safety agencies, emergency management officials and utility partners confirmed operational readiness, enhanced staffing and coordinated response plans. The primary concerns are damaging...

DECATUR, GA– DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has declared a local State of Emergency as Hurricane Isaias approaches the northern Gulf Coast and threatens north and central Georgia with severe weather. The local declaration supplements Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of Emergency and authorizes DeKalb County to deploy the resources necessary to prepare f...

DECATUR, GA— The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has charged five inmates in connection with the death of inmate David Addo-Wright, 24, of Covington, GA. Authorities say deputies at the DeKalb County Jail found Addo-Wright in a cell with multiple wounds on Sept. 24. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced [...]

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ATLANTA—Gov. Brian P. Kemp today (OCT. 8) issued an updated State of Emergency for all 159 counties in preparation for Hurricane Isaias. The new Executive Order enables emergency management teams to make necessary arrangements and position needed resources ahead of the storm’s impact. He has also directed the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS)...

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA – A Lilburn man convicted of sexually assaulting a teen girl was sentenced to five life sentences. A judge sentenced Gregory Leon Frazier, 52, to serve two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, followed by three consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. In late July, a Gwinnett County [...]

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