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Barrow Docket Book for Jan. 23-26

Barrow Patch

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Barrow County Detention Center from Jan. 23 through 26. Helen Virginia Allen, 28, 492 Briarwood Lane, Hull, charged with probation violation (felony) Tracy Lynn Autry, 41, 121 Gifton Thomas Ro... »

Hooch to Crown Queen of Diamonds

Johns Creek Patch

The Chattahoochee High School Dugout Club will host the first CHS Miss Queen of Diamonds beauty pageant for grades K-12 on March 17. The pageant will be divided into three categories – Little Miss Queen of Diamonds for grades kindergarten-fifth, Junior... »

Cobb Under Tornado, Flood Watch

South Cobb Patch

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued a tornado watch for Cobb County and Metro Atlanta this morning. The watch remains in effect until 1 p.m. At 11:07 a.m., NWS issued a flash flood watch for North and Central Georgia, including Cobb C... »

6-year-old dies from pellet-gun wound

WSBTV Atlanta

Peachtree City police said a 6-year-old girl died after being shot in the neck with a pellet rifle. According to a news release, police responded to a home on Teal Vista in the Planterra Ridge subdivision around noon Friday and found the girl with an i... »

Great Estate Roadshow Comes to Atlanta Area

Virginia Highland-Druid Hills Patch Announcements

The Great Estate Roadshow will be in the Atlanta area January 23 – January 28.  The Roadshow buys antique goods, collectibles and precious metals.  Staff members will evaluate, at no charge, jewelry, rings, watches, vintage pieces, war memorabilia and ... »

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Kim Kardashian coming back to Atlanta to shoot multi-episode arc on Lifetime’s ‘Drop Dead Diva’

Radio & TV Talk

That look is a threat that she will NOT go away. AP photo. I’ve tried ardently in the past to make this blog a Kim Kardashian-free zone. Up to this point, I’ve been fairly successful. But promises are made to be broken. This item is about (ulp!) Kim Ka... »

House Democrats Roll Out Legislative Agenda

Blog for Democracy

Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t remember a year when both Georgia House and Senate Democrats have been so focused, so pro-active and so unified. They are becoming positively snark proof. Today, House Democratic Leadership held a press conference to rol... »

Life by the letters

The Citizen Online Blogs

By a quirk of fate, I’ve come upon a cache of letters that tell the story of moving our family from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, to Peachtree City, Georgia. Payoff for finally cleaning up my office? For years I have shrugged off the memories of that tim... »

A REALTOR BUYS A HOUSE

Real Estate Wizard

I have been a real estate agent for almost a decade.  But until recent, I lived in the home I …Continue reading » »

The Peach State's "Affirmative Action" Racial Redistricting

Peanut Politics

Racial Gerrymandering is no longer needed if you ask me. I'm a strong believer that majority-minority districts are no longer needed because blacks have made vast improvements in American society. The strides blacks have made in American society are gr... »