Stories for June 2008
Stories for Monday, June 30
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There may be less celebration at this year's Peachtree Road Race because of the change in its finish. When it comes to dealing with the changes, the buck stops with long-time course director Jack Abbott. Channel 2's Don McClellan has the story as we look ahead to Friday's Peachtree.
Jackson Drumgoole
We have been married for 6 years and have not had a honeymoon yet. Due to following circumstances: My wife lost her mother to cancer, we gave birth to our first child, deployed to Iraq for 16 months, gained custody of son and gave birth to triplets this March. Help!
Kelley Copeland
Brandon is coming home for the first time since May 2007, he has a younger brother Shawn who has an inoperable brain tumor... Shawn received a Make a Wish trip but it wasn't complete... Shawn wanted Brandon on that trip with him. Brandon is Shawn's hero...but Shawn is Brandon's hero.
Molly Lenk
Molly works at Fort McPherson. Colonel John Lenk is deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Daughter, Courtney, created Queens For Courage (www.queensforcourage.org) to raise awareness and support for Wounded Warriors. Brothers, Trevor and Joshua, created Tips For Troops, raising money for recordable greeting cards and webcams for deployed troops.
Builder Accused Of Shooting, Killing Worker
A worker was shot and killed on a job site by a builder who told police he was looking for burglars, according to officials.The worker and two other men said they were planning to spend the night at the Coweta County home because they didn’t want to drive home to ...
Eldrin Bell Injured By Gun At Strip Club Owner's Party
Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell injured his hand while firing a gun during a party thrown by a strip club owner.Bell was at an annual event Saturday at the home of Jack Galardi, who owns about a dozen strip clubs, including five in metro Atlanta. One of the clubs ...
Rosalyn-Sue Smith
Marvin Albers, a Navy Submariner, just returned from overseas. His wife, Rosalyn-Sue attends graduate school, diligently cares for the medical needs of their 18-month old, and works tirelessly to support several thousand troops through the organization she founded, Operation Stars & Stripes, Inc. This dedicated military family is most deserving!
Georgia Man Drowns At Campground
A man who drowned in Chickamauga Lake near Chattanooga has been identified as 55-year-old John Ray Bennett of Chickamauga, Ga. Hamilton County Sheriff's Department Lt. Max Templeton said in a statement that several people made unsuccessful attempts to revive Bennett Sunday night at Brown's Bridge Campground in Salecreek. The Tennessee ...
Katie Hill
I am entering my own family for the contest. My name is Katie Hill and I got married in November of 1999 to my husband Charles Hill. We have 3 children: Autumn-8, Aubrey-6,and Chase-3. My husbands duty station was Ft. Campbell, Ky home of the 101st Airborne division where he ...
Coach Statement Concerning Jerrard Tarrant
Statement From Georgia Tech Head Football Coach Paul Johnson On The Arrest Of Redshirt Freshman Defensive Back Jerrard Tarrant: “These charges filed against Jerrard are something that we take very seriously. He has been suspended from the team indefinitely, pending the outcome of the legal proceedings.”
Tim Jarram
Sean is my hero. Not only is he the father of my amazing Niece Madelyn Grace, but he is the husband of my sister Rachel. While on his second tour in Iraq, his first daughter Madelyn Grace was born. As I write this contest entry, Sean is sitting in Iraq ...
Amir Ansari
Our family's military involvement has changed our lives forever. My wife and I met in the US Army while stationed at the same base in Germany. We quickly fell in love right in time for me to be re-assigned to a unit at Ft. Lewis, WA where I would deploy ...
State Inspectors Keep Batman Ride Closed At Six Flags
State inspectors kept the Batman roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia closed Monday following a fatal accident on Saturday.Park officials hoped to reopen the ride sometime Monday, but the ride will remain shut down until the investigators are "satisfied the ride can be operated in a safe manner," according ...
Georgia Tech Football Player Charged With Campus Rape
A Georgia Tech football player has been charged with a rape that allegedly occurred on the Georgia Tech campus a few months ago.Officials said Jerrard Tarrant, 19, of Carrollton has been charged in the incident. Tarrant was arrested after a woman reported the alleged rape to DeKalb County police early ...
Man Accused Of Impersonating Doctor Rejects Deal
A Conyers man who was arrested after police say he was caught in an Atlanta emergency room impersonating a doctor has rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for 10 years. Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Perteet pleaded not guilty in Fulton County Superior Court Monday to one count ...
Driver Dies After Crashing Into Business
A driver was killed overnight Sunday when his car crashed into a store, officials said.The driver crashed into the corner of a convenience store on Hollywood Road in northwest Atlanta. The store owner said police told him the driver fell asleep.“I heard a big sound. I thought the truck hit ...
Metro Atlanta Flag Companies Doing Banner Business
Two metro Atlanta flag companies do a banner business when patriotic holidays such as the Fourth of July roll around."I know I'm helping someone else, by making these flags," said flag seamstress Mary Beard.Sherman Ledford calls his Gwinnett business The Flag Place, supplier of the national colors to retailers across ...
Pit Bull Attacks Cherokee County Woman
A pit bull was being held Monday at Cherokee County Animal Control after allegedly attacking a woman.Donna Hamilton told WSB-TV Channel 2 she was in her yard at 188 Darla Dr., Woodstock, at the Fountain Lake Mobile Home Park Sunday night when the dog's owner walked by with the pit ...
The Chattahoochee Nature Center Benefits From Atlanta Gas Light Grant
Atlanta Gas Light announced a $25,000 grant to The Chattahoochee Nature Center, to be funded by the AGL Resources Private Foundation. The donation ties into the Foundation’s focus area of environmental stewardship, according to a press release.“Through our Foundation, we strive to maintain a keen sensitivity to issues affecting our ...
WSB-TV, Montlick Searching For Deserving Military Family
Come back Tuesday, July 1 after Noon to vote for your favorite military family! Montlick & Associates and WSB-TV are partnering to send a most deserving military family on a 5-day vacation to Orlando, Florida. Courtesy of VISIT FLORIDA. Winning family will receive: Round trip airfare for four from Atlanta ...
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