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American Red Cross Disaster Relief trucks. (Red Cross of Georgia/Twitter)

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Red Cross rescues Smyrna residents from homes after flash floods

The Greater Atlanta American Red Cross Chapter responded on the night of Tuesday, July 24, after several individuals had to be water-rescued from their homes following fast flooding at Coopers Creek Circle in Smyrna, Ga., in the metro Atlanta area.

July 24, 2024
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Gabriel Sanchez, right, seeks signatures trying to force a referendum to decide the fate of a proposed police and firefighter training center on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta. Sanchez won a Democratic state House primary on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, beating incumbent Teri Anulewicz.

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2 Georgia state House incumbents lose to challengers in primaries

Two Georgia state House incumbents have lost to challengers in party primaries this week. Republican Lauren Daniel lost a rematch of her 2022 primary to Noelle Kahaian on Tuesday in suburban Henry County, while Democrat Teri Anulewicz lost to Gabriel Sanchez in suburban Cobb County.

May 23, 2024
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A security guard stands outside the Glock, Inc. headquarters, Oct. 8, 2014, in Smyrna, Ga. The city of Chicago sued Glock Inc. on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns that can fire as many as 1,200 rounds per minute on the streets of the city.

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Chicago sues Georgia gunmaker Glock over conversions to machine guns

The city of Chicago has sued Smyrna, Georgia-based Glock Inc., alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns that can fire as many as 1,200 rounds per minute on the streets of the city.

March 20, 2024
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Cobb County Police search cars as they leave the Edison Apartments in Smyrna, Ga., Wednesday, May 3, 2023, after a shooter killed one person and injured four others in a medical building in Atlanta, then was seen on a traffic camera in the area.

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Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder

Jail records show the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault.

May 04, 2023
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Law enforcement officers run near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in Atlanta. Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded inside a building in a commercial area with many office towers and high-rise apartments.

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1 dead, 4 hurt in shooting inside Atlanta medical facility

Police say a shooter opened fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical facility, killing one and injuring four others as authorities swarmed the city's bustling midtown neighborhood in search of the 24-year-old suspect. Atlanta police said the shooting occurred inside a Northside Medical building on Wednesday afternoon.

May 03, 2023
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Aunt Fanny's Cabin in Smyrna, Ga.

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A former Georgia restaurant with a complicated, racist past gets a future home

Aunt Fanny's Cabin, a Smyrna restaurant with a racist past, is moving.

April 25, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
The morning dawns on the Georgia Capitol on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.

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Political Rewind: Getting back to the budget under the Gold Dome

Monday on Political Rewind: We are back under the Gold Dome! The state Capitol is buzzing again as lawmakers get to work on Gov. Kemp's proposed budget. We took a look at the different parts of the budget and how lawmakers will likely alter its contents.

January 24, 2022
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  • Donna Lowry ,
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Community, Local Officials Respond To Reports Of Airborne Toxins

On Monday of last week, Andy Miller shared breaking news discovered by Georgia Health News and WebMD. Their investigation revealed that two facilities,...

August 02, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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More than 200 people packed into a Cobb elementary school to voice their concerns over the level of ethylene oxide Sterigenics has been releasing into the air.

Cobb Residents Voice Concerns Over Airborne Emission Of Toxin Linked To Cancer

“Shut it down!” These words echoed through the auditorium at Campbell Middle School in Cobb County, where more than 200 concerned residents crammed in...

July 31, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

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High Concentration of Toxin Linked To Airborne Cancer Found in Georgia

Georgia residents in Smyrna and Covington are just now learning that their neighborhoods have an elevated cancer risk because of exposure to airborne...

July 22, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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