Tuesday, July 18, 2017

VH1 reality star's BMW, money stolen at Atlanta gas station and other top stories.

  • VH1 reality star's BMW, money stolen at Atlanta gas station

    VH1 reality star's BMW, money stolen at Atlanta gas station
    A VH1 reality star’s car was stolen from a southwest Atlanta gas station earlier this week, according to a police report.  Shekinah Jo Anderson told police she stopped at a Chevron gas station on the 1200 block of Metropolitan Parkway to “get a plate of food from her friend.” Police said her keys were still in the ignition of her gray 2015 BMW with the car running.  Anderson said she noticed her car was moving backwards, but when she went to stop it from moving, a man inside the car told h..
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  • Cops arrest 3 during recent flood of ATVs, dirt bikes on Atlanta roads

    Cops arrest 3 during recent flood of ATVs, dirt bikes on Atlanta roads
    Three people were arrested last weekend for traffic violations related to riding ATVs and other off-road vehicles, Atlanta police said. In one case, an ATV stolen from the Fulton County Police Department was recovered.  The Atlanta Police Department, along with the Georgia State Patrol, impounded several vehicles and issued more than a dozen traffic citations after receiving information about a large gathering of ATVs and dirt bikes, according to a statement sent to The Atlanta Journal-Consti..
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  • Police: Mother abandoned 4-year-old at airport

    Police: Mother abandoned 4-year-old at airport
    by: Carl Willis Updated: Jun 16, 2017 - 11:52 PM ATLANTA - Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating the mother of a 4-year-old child who was abandoned at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Police say they’re looking for Maranda Hakimi Harvey, 30. Police say she left her child at the airport around 2 a.m. Friday.  “She met a couple and asked them to watch her 4-year-old while she did some shopping. She never returned,” Atlanta police Sgt. Warren Pickard ..
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  • Meet Atlanta's 2017 Power 100

    Meet Atlanta's 2017 Power 100
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  • Atlanta installing water main along Peachtree Battle stretch

    Atlanta installing water main along Peachtree Battle stretch
    The City of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management is scheduled to begin installation of an eight-inch water main on Peachtree Battle Avenue N.W. between Bohler Road N.W. and Peachtree Battle Circle N.W. on June 19. The department said the project could result in a temporary eastbound lane closure. The post said traffic control measures will help guide motorists around the work area. Residents are advised that there could be noise and truck traffic impacts. The construction work will t..
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  • Georgia inmates accused of killing corrections officers appear in court

    Georgia inmates accused of killing corrections officers appear in court
    by: Nicole Carr, WSBTV.com Updated: Jun 16, 2017 - 7:26 PM SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - The two inmates who were on the run for three days after authorities say they killed two corrections officers, have been captured. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee confirmed Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe were caught Thursday evening in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The escapees were wanted for the prison bus murders of two corrections officers: Sgt. Chris Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue. Our Ag..
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  • Suspicious letters full of white powder sent to Atlanta news stations ...

    Suspicious letters full of white powder sent to Atlanta news stations ...
    This picture provided by the FBI Atlanta field office shows the outside of a suspicious envelope sent to Fox 5 Atlanta. The envelope was full of an unidentified white powder. ATLANTA, Ga. — The FBI’s Atlanta field office confirms a series of suspicious letters full of white powder were sent Thursday to several news stations, Roswell residents, and the home of U.S. Congress 6th District Candidate Karen Handel. A press release says the test results for the powder are pending; howeve..
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  • EPA Awards $300000 to Atlanta to Revitalize Contaminated Areas

    EPA Awards $300000 to Atlanta to Revitalize Contaminated Areas
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a brownfields revolving loan fund (RLF) of $300,000. In total, Georgia has received $1.7 million in grant funding for the revitalization of brownfields.A brownfield site is a property in which the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, according to the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001.According..
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  • Atlanta United: 5 questions about Columbus

    Atlanta United: 5 questions about Columbus
    Atlanta United (5-6-3) will host Columbus on Saturday at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Five Stripes are coming off a victory over Charleston in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, while the Crew (7-8-1) are recovering from being upset by Cincinnati in the same event. This will be Atlanta United’s third of eight games in a 25-day stretch. Andrew Erickson, who covers Columbus for the Columbus Dispatch, answered five questions about Saturday’s game. You can follow his coverage on twittter..
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  • Hey, metro Atlanta: Here's how you can get a free smoothie today

    Hey, metro Atlanta: Here's how you can get a free smoothie today
    With a predicted high temperature of 87 degrees, Tropical Smoothie picked a good day to offer free smoothies at its locations throughout metro Atlanta. If you’re wearing flip-flops (because it’s National Flip Flop Day — obviously), all stores in the area will give you a 16-ounce Sunshine Smoothie from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., said Debbie Pike, owner of a Kennesaw location. The smoothie — which has oranges, orange juice, mango and pineapple — debuts today as part of the company’s fundraising effort ..
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