Print E-mail By Ken Sugiura The Atlanta Journal-Constitution After resting Sunday following nine consecutive days of practice, Georgia Tech will return to practice Monday with the first of two scheduled double sessions for the week. The Yellow Jackets may have to probe their offensive-line depth more quickly than expected. First-string … Continue reading
Print E-mail By Ken Sugiura The Atlanta Journal-Constitution GREENSBORO, N.C—To Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson, the adoption of a four-team playoff to determine a national football champion is merely a step in the right direction. Johnson, who won two FCS (then Division I-AA) national championships at Georgia Southern by outlasting … Continue reading
Print E-mail By AP AP The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Operators of a Savannah-based casino boat routinely allowed patrons to gamble illegally in state waters off Georgia and South Carolina, federal prosecutors said in an indictment that seeks to seize nearly $7 million earned from the casino cruises. The indictment in U.S. … Continue reading
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Print E-mail By Bob Howard The Atlanta Journal-Constitution COBB Powder Springs council keeps property tax rate The Powder Springs City Council voted 3-1 Monday to keep the city property tax rate the same as it has been since 2005. In support were Councilwomen Rosalyn Neal and Nancy Hudson and Councilman … Continue reading
Print E-mail By AP AP The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The CEO of the Ocean Plaza Beach Resort on Tybee Island has been given a criminal fine of $100 for disturbing a beach dune, and he could face civil penalties of more than $1 million. The Savannah Morning News reports that CEO … Continue reading
Print E-mail By Craig Schneider The Atlanta Journal-Constitution After one of Devasko Lewis’ trucks was involved in an Alabama crash that killed seven people in 2008, transportation officials put the Georgian’s trucking firm out of business and told him not to start another. But that didn’t stop him. Three years … Continue reading
Print E-mail The Associated Press A southeast Georgia judge revived an environmental group’s legal challenge to a deal between the state Environmental Protection Division and a textile processing plant that was found to be illegally discharging chemicals into the Ogeechee River after thousands of fish turned up dead there last … Continue reading
Print E-mail By Aaron Gould Sheinin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A group of state lawmakers who oppose the July 31 transportation tax referendum vowed Tuesday to begin work immediately after the vote to prepare another, better solution to the region’s traffic woes. Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, led a group … Continue reading
Print E-mail By Helena Oliviero The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Back in the summer of 1996, Frances Carey bought a single, gold-toned equestrian Olympic pin at a kiosk outside her neighborhood grocery store. JOHNNY CRAWFORD / JCRAWFORD@AJC.COM July 19, 2012 – Conyers: Francis Carey sits on her sofa surrounded by some of … Continue reading
