Stories for March 2008
Stories for Monday, March 31
Amateur Boxer Found Murdered In Newton County Home
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the murder of an amateur boxer. Gary Lamar Jones, 28, was found murdered Sunday night in his Newton County home on Benedict Drive."I met Gary a couple of weeks ago and he told me he'd just gotten into a boxing match at ...
Gwinnett Police Search For Peeping Tom
People in a Gwinnett County neighborhood and police are on the lookout for a peeping tom that’s been seen along a Doraville street.The clinging of chimes on Easter weekend alerted John Callaway’s wife that someone was lurking outside.“She looked out the window and the guy was standing right here watching ...
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Customer Shot Outside Midtown Bank
Police are on the hunt for the person who shot and robbed a man as he walked across a busy street to make a bank deposit Monday morning.According to police on the scene, the victim, Ansley Wine Merchants co-owner Jim Mead, was on his regular morning run of bringing money ...
Wrestlemania Fans Showered With Fireworks
At least 40 people were hurt when fireworks and cables landed on the crowd packed in the Citrus Bowl for Wrestlemania on Sunday night, according to the Orlando Fire Department.During the last fireworks event of the show, eyewitnesses said, fireworks plunged into the crowd and exploded. At least three people ...
RECALL: Glass Found In Yogurt Sold In Metro Atlanta
Stonyfield Farm is recalling several batches of its blueberry yogurt after consumers complained of finding plastic or glass fragments in the 6 ounce cups. MORE RECALLS: Kids' Rockers | Cantalopes | Hannah Montana Items The company said there have been no reports of injury and the do not believe the ...
First Delta Flight Arrives In China
Governor Perdue is in China Monday to start weeklong economic development mission. The Georgia governor left for Shanghai Sunday morning on the inaugual nonstop Delta Air Lines flight to the bustling Chinese city. It is Delta's first nonstop flight to China in the airline's history. It's also the only nonstop ...
5-Year-Old May Have Witnessed Murder-Suicide
Police think a 5-year-old may have been a witness to an apparent murder-suicide. DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish says the child knocked on a neighbor's door Sunday a little after 6 p.m. and asked for help.The child led the neighbor to a home where a woman and a man ...
Residents Flee SE Atlanta Apartment Fire
More than 50 residents of a southeast Atlanta apartment building will be looking for new places to live.A two-alarm fire did heavy damage early Monday morning to the building on Chamberlain St. at Jackson. SLIDESHOW: Fire Damages SE Atlanta Apartments Residents told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter Tiffani Reynolds the fire ...
Braves Lose Season Opener In New D.C. Ballpark
Ryan Zimmerman's dramatic two-out homer off Peter Moylan in the ninth inning boosted Washington to an incredible 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves in the first official game at brand new Nationals Park.The Nationals didn't have a base runner past the first inning until Zimmerman tattooed Moylan's 1-0 offering over ...
Stories for Sunday, March 30
The Way I See It...
It must have been disappointing for catcher Clint Sammons when he was sent down to the the minor leagues last Saturday. He really wanted to make the major league roster this spring, his 5th year in professional baseball. On Friday, the day before the final roster cuts were announced, I ...
Second Coyote Found in DeKalb Neighborhood
For the second time in a week, an animal trapper Sunday caught a coyote in a DeKalb County neighborhood. Trapper Tim Smith bagged a female coyote Sunday morning on a property in the 2700-block of Overlook Drive. That's the same area where Smith had caught a male coyote on Wednesday. ...
DON BAIRD: Respected WSB Radio Reporter, CNN Writer
Don Baird, a fixture on WSB radio during the 1960s died at his home in Douglasville on Friday. He was 72.He is survived by his wife, Claudia; stepchildren Rusty Weinberg of Stone Mountain, Shannon Weinberg of Douglasville and Kim Hallenbeck of Sugar Hill; and two grandsons.Don was one of the ...
CNN Original Dead At 60
Beverly Broadman, a CNN original who joined the network in 1980, a month before it actually went on air, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 60. VIDEO: CNN Original Remembered She held a variety of jobs at CNN, beginning her career at CNN Sports and later becoming a news ...
Gwinnett Cops Probe Double Shooting
Gwinnett County detectives Sunday probed for clues in the double shooting of a Snellville couple in their home. The incident happened shortly after midnight at a home in the 4400-block of Michael Jay Street. The man and woman were rushed to a local hospital. Both were listed in critical, but ...
Marathon Has Downtown on the Run
Well, it wasn't the Peachtree Road Race. But, in many ways, it was an even greater challenge for an estimated 15,000 runners who took part Sunday in downtown Atlanta in the second annual ING Marathon and Half-Marathon. Marathons are definitely races for the long haul....runners must survive a grueling 26 ...
Baptist Preacher Makes Waves With Controversial Sermon
A Southern Baptist minister in Gwinnett County Sunday took the church to task for what he said were its historic failures of condemning groups and individuals for their beliefs and lifestyles. Rev. Richard Mark Lee used his sermon at Sugar Hill Baptist Church to apologize to gays, those who live ...
Delta Kicks Off Atlanta To China Service
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and a state trade delegation Sunday flew Delta's first-ever non-stop service to Shanghai, China. The flight completes a ten-year effort by the airline to link Atlanta with one of China's fastest-growing cities. Delta estimates its Atlanta customers will save at least three hours with the new ...
Stories for Saturday, March 29
Third Clayton County School Board Member To Step Down
A third Clayton County school board member is stepping down amid pressure from a group threatening to strip the district of its accreditation. Board vice chairman Eddie White said Friday he is resigning effective June 15 after the head of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools recommended the previous ...
High School Basketball Star Arrested For Shooting BB Gun
A star high school basketball player has been arrested on aggravated assault and criminal trespassing charges. Gwinnett County sheriff's spokeswoman Stacey Bourbonnais says Al-Farouq Aminu was arrested Friday for a March 14 incident where he allegedly shot a female with a BB gun from a vehicle. The 17-year-old Norcross High ...
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