A person in Florida opened their door to see their friend standing in front of their home with a gunshot wound to his head, police said. Christopher Hastings, 33, and a 44-year-old man started arguing at a mutual friend’s house in the 100 block of homes on Harter Drive in the early hours of Jan. […]
Atlanta Police are investigating a shooting that left a teen critically injured over the weekend APD said on Saturday night just before 7:30, they were called out to Springside Drive Southeast about a person shot. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] They arrived at the scene to find a 16-year-old boy […]
Jan. 12—GRAND FORKS — Two years ago, Grand Forks’ Circle of Friends animal shelter held $1.97 million in cash in a checking account and another $1.17 million in securities. The final touches were being put on a remodeling project that had added a state-of-the-art medical suite at its Medical Center at 4375 N. Washington St., […]
CORNELIA – Owing to a warm friendship with Jimmy Harris, the good-natured mayor of Nacoochee Bend, just outside Helen, I have for the longest time experienced some of the most refreshing sojourns into the northern half of our state. For the record, Nacoochee Bend is not incorporated and the last thing on Jimmy’s mind would […]
With a squint and some guidance, young Andy Reid’s handprints remain visible where concrete meets asphalt in front of his childhood home on Holly Knoll Drive. Still standing in the backyard of the house Reid sold not long after his mother, Liz, died in 1998 is a rock wall Reid built with his father, Walter. […]
LEXINGTON — Two communities lost an irreplaceable titan when Robert Whitney died Monday at the age of 88. Whitney was synonymous with Lexington Local Schools. He spent nearly 60 years on the board of education including more than 40 as board president. His legal career started two years earlier, in 1962. Whitney spent all that […]
Anyone who spent time with Amber Minor would quickly learn two things about her. She loved to entertain and she always spoke her mind. There were times when her childhood best friend Tre’Shawn Roberts had trouble containing the boisterous personality that came from Minor, contagiously affecting those around them. A dark situation could turn light […]
Jan. 5—GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks’ principal animal shelter is $15,000 short of making its next payroll and will begin cutting staff and services without a significant cash infusion. Circle of Friends rolled over some $42,000 in unpaid bills from December, has effectively exhausted its reserves and may close its Adoption Center at 910 S. […]
Paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein was ready to reward one of his victim’s friends if they could “prove her allegations false” – including that Professor Stephen Hawking participated in an underage orgy, court documents have revealed. The names of more than 170 people who were either associates, friends or victims of Epstein are set to be […]
Ariel Johnson’s 5-year-old son’s name is Cason, but that’s not what he’ll tell you. To his teacher, his classmates, his friends and anyone he meets, he introduces himself as “Axel.” “He makes everyone call him that,” shares the Florida mom. “He picks out his clothes each day to dress like him. He wants an Axel […]
Silicon Valley tech execs are an unpredictable bunch. In good times, they challenge each other to cage fights and argue over the dangers of AI at birthday parties. But when times are tough, they band together to ensure everyone stays on the job train. During Sam Altman’s surprise ouster from OpenAI last month, Airbnb’s CEO […]
The Coast Guard is continuing its search for a man who went missing while kayaking near the St. Augustine Inlet in Florida. Family and friends on social media have identified the man as Eiffel Gilyana. Gilyana was kayaking with two other people when they lost sight of him around 10 a.m. Dec. 23, according to […]