The two latest pedestrians to die in the metro area were killed within seven hours of each other late Sunday and early Monday in Fulton and DeKalb. Read the full article: ajc.com
Year: 2018
Rescue teams locate bodies of missing teens
The long, arduous search for the bodies of two drowning victims ended Tuesday morning, when their bodies were recovered along McNutt Creek. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald
A little over the line: Floyd now runs nearby Alabama hospital
Another Georgia hospital system has connected with an out-of-state entity in a deal that appears to buttress the concept that in health care, bigger is better. This time, the connection is not very far away as the crow flies. Floyd Healthcare Management, which runs Floyd Medical Center in Rome and a hospital in Polk County…
CDC researcher had personal struggles before suicide, report says
To those who knew him best, Timothy Cunningham was a well-educated, motivated career man who felt it was his purpose to change lives. But in his personal life, Cunningham struggled with his sexuality, was upset he hadn’t landed a promotion and lived with a chronic disease, family and friends told Atlanta police. Read the full…
Newnan baby returns home after liver transplant
It’s all smiles inside the Melville home on Parks Avenue, including for the smallest member of the family, five-month-old Wesley, also known as “Sir Wesley.” The honorary knight lived up to his nickname by surviving a debilitating liver disease and six-hour organ transplant. Read the full article: Newnan Times-Herald
UGA researchers pursue quest for universal dengue vaccine
Naoko Uno, with a pipette in one hand and quiet determination on her face, goes carefully about her work inside her laboratory at the University of Georgia’s Center for Vaccines and Immunology. Uno, a PhD student, and several others are working on a potential universal vaccine for dengue. Dengue, often called dengue fever, is a…
Day Three of search for teens missing in Oconee Creek
Authorities have begun day three of a search for two teenagers who vanished in the waters of a swollen creek in Oconee County. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Families plan protest after 2 Rockdale jail deaths
The families of two people who died recently in the Rockdale County jail are calling for the removal of the jail’s commander. Read the full article: WABE
Georgia detention center struggles with medical staff shortages
One of the country’s largest immigration detention centers had no psychiatrist on staff, “chronic shortages” of almost all medical positions and was described by its own staff as a “ticking bomb” because noncriminal detainees were mixed with high-security offenders. Read the full article: WABE
Twiggs sheriff arrests parents who gave pot to seizure-stricken son
Darren Mitchum last month jailed a Macon mother and father after they allegedly gavetheir 15-year-old son marijuana to smoke to treat the boy’s seizures. The teen had been taken from the couple’s home and placed in child services’ care. Read the full article: Macon Telegraph