Updated 11:39 pm CDT, Sunday, August 19, 2018 ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say police at a Georgia university were fired upon and a search for the suspect is underway. Georgia State University Police Chief Joseph Spillane tells WXIA-TV an officer approached a group of men near the downtown Atlanta campus Sunday night. He says one of the men then fired at the officer and the group fled. He says the officer returned fire, but he doesn't believe anyone was hit in the exchange. Police dogs were on scene late Sunday to assist with the search. ___ Information from: WXIA-TV, http://www.11alive.com/ … [Read more...] about Georgia police: GSU officers fired upon, suspect sought
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Georgia man killed by officers responding to domestic call
Updated 11:31 pm CDT, Sunday, August 19, 2018 ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia man has been fatally shot by officers responding to a domestic call. Citing the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, news outlets report 33-year-old Jeremiah Perdue died Sunday. A GBI release says Atlanta Police Department officers responded around 4 a.m. to a report of a man pointing a gun at a family member. It says responding officers attempted to stop the man, who was then seen with the gun and shot. Atlanta police Capt. David Villaroel says as many as four officers fired at Perdue. The GBI release says a gun found near Perdue's body appeared to have been fired. MySA News Videos Now Playing: Now Playing LFD: Occupied vehicle goes up in flames near gas pump in north Laredo Media: Cesar Martinez Man allegedly causes mass panic at movie theater Media: San Antonio Express-News The Docket: S.A. businessman on trial for killing partner Media: San Antonio … [Read more...] about Georgia man killed by officers responding to domestic call
SOCCER: Georgia Earns First Win of the 2018 Season
SOURCE: UGA ATHLETICS With less than two minutes remaining in the game, sophomore Reagan Glisson scored a goal to give Georgia the 1-0 win over San Diego on Sunday in the Virginia Tech Tournament held at Thompson Field. “We brought energy defensively and created scoring opportunities,” head coach Billy Lesesne said. “Fortunately right at the end there we got the one that counted. I thought San Diego was organized and they defended really well. Their goalkeeper had a great game. Eventually our pressure gave us opportunities and it was nice to finally get a goal at the end.” Freshman Dani Murguia, who assisted Glisson’s goal, made her starting lineup debut against the Toreros, bringing the total number to six freshmen that started for the Bulldogs during opening weekend. Georgia created opportunity early, taking three shots in the first 10 minutes of the game and continued on the attack. Six out of eight shots for the Bulldogs were on … [Read more...] about SOCCER: Georgia Earns First Win of the 2018 Season
Georgia school opens new barn for show pigs following fire
Updated 11:59 am CDT, Sunday, August 19, 2018 PERRY, Ga. (AP) — Students at a rural Georgia high school have a new home for their show pigs after a fire destroyed their old barn last fall. Future Farmers of America members at Perry High School cut the ribbon on their new concrete swine barn roughly nine months after a heat lamp set fire to their former facility in November, killing 55 pigs inside. Students use the barn to raise pigs for showing at competitions. FFA member Bryce Roland told WMAZ-TV that after the fire "all of us here were heartbroken." About 200 people turned out for the official opening at the new pig barn Thursday. Roland says volunteers contributed about $100,000 in cash donations and time to help rebuild after the fire. … [Read more...] about Georgia school opens new barn for show pigs following fire
Jimmy Carter lives a modest life in his Georgia hometown
By The Washington Post | PUBLISHED: August 17, 2018 at 3:51 pm | UPDATED: August 19, 2018 at 3:07 am By Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan | Washington Post PLAINS, Ga.- Jimmy Carter finishes his Saturday night dinner, salmon and broccoli casserole on a paper plate, flashes his famous toothy grin and calls playfully to his wife of 72 years, Rosalynn: “C’mon, kid.” She laughs and takes his hand, and they walk carefully through a neighbor’s kitchen filled with 1976 campaign buttons, photos of world leaders and a couple of unopened cans of Billy Beer, then out the back door, where three Secret Service agents wait. They do this just about every weekend in this tiny town where they were born – he almost 94 years ago, she almost 91. Dinner at their friend Jill Stuckey’s house, with plastic Solo cups of ice water and one glass each of bargain-brand chardonnay, then the half-mile walk home to the ranch house they built in 1961. On this south Georgia summer … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carter lives a modest life in his Georgia hometown