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19-03-2025
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‘Heartless:' Gravesites damaged at DeKalb County cemetery
Anger and heartbreak after vandals damaged dozens of gravesites at a Dekalb County Cemetery. Police are looking for information on the suspects. And the church that owns the cemetery is looking for the families that have been impacted. 'It just gives me peace comfort to know that I'm here with him,' said Hazel Bailey who has spent almost every day of the past five years visiting the gravesite of her husband of 56 years. 'He was my life,' said Bailey. 'I always told him I would do it again if I could marry him again.' [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Days ago, she found the bench, where she goes to see her husband's grave each day covered in spray paint. And it was not the only gravesite impacted. There are broken flowerpots, others knocked over and vulgar words spray painted on 34 gravesites. 'There's part of you that's just kind of hurt because you see so many people that are affected,' said Pleasant Hill Baptist Church member Ted Graves Jr. They have been working to reach the families that have been impacted. 'Problem with a lot of this is, there is a lot of the families, there is no more family. They have died out the families and just no one that is there that we can get in contact with the damage that was done,' said Graves. TRENDING STORIES: North GA volunteer firefighter arrested for sharing photos of twins' death scene on social media Georgia Tech student realizes his classmate is the doctor who delivered him Ex-UGA player kicked off team after child cruelty arrest reaches plea deal Dekalb County police is investigating. But there are no cameras at the cemetery. Bailey says the vandalism will not stop her daily visits to see Bobby's grave. She hopes whoever did this, will leave those at rest alone. 'It is heartless but there is a payday someday coming. You cannot do wrong and get by. Someday you are going to reap what you sow,' added Bailey. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] The church has had an outpouring of support, but they are still raising funds to get this cleaned up properly. If you want to donate, you can mail a check to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at 902 Killian Hill Road SW, Lilburn, GA 30047.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
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Gwinnett police searching for driver who hit, killed woman as Hurricane Helene moved through
Gwinnett County police are searching for a driver who crashed into a woman and killed her last year. Police say Mecha Woodard, 24, pulled her car over on State Route 316 near Breckinridge Blvd. as Hurricane Helene moved through Georgia on Sept. 27 and began walking. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As Woodard walked, police say she was hit by a car and killed. They say that car drove off. Investigators believe the car that hit her is a 2019 to 2022 Lexus RX 350 or Lexus RX 450 that would have sustained damage to the front passenger-side bumper and headlight. TRENDING STORIES: Georgia Tech student realizes his classmate is the doctor who delivered him North GA volunteer firefighter arrested for sharing photos of twins' death scene on social media Ex-UGA player kicked off team after child cruelty arrest reaches plea deal 'We know there was a major weather event, the weather was bad and it was raining hard, so we're not ruling out it was just a freak accident,' Cpl. Juan Madiedo said. Anyone with information that could assist investigators should contact them at 678-442-5653 or contact Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
19-03-2025
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Georgia Tech student realizes his classmate is the doctor who delivered him
A group project in a Georgia Tech history class was a reunion more than 21 years in the making. Dr. Bob Hirsch, a retired OB-GYN, decided to take part in the Institute's 62 or Older Program to keep his mind sharp after retiring during the COVID-19 pandemic. This semester, he decided to take History of the South Before 1864. When the professor assigned a group project, Hirsch joined fourth-year mechanical engineering major Hudson Higgins and his friends. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] As the group introduced themselves to each other and Hirsch learned Higgins was from Johns Creek, the doctor asked the younger student who delivered him. Higgins didn't know, so he called his mom and asked who the doctor was who delivered him. 'She remembered his name, Dr. Hirsch, right off the bat. She had been going to see him since she was back in school,' Higgins said. They learned that Hirsch had been the first person to hold Higgins. TRENDING STORIES: Ex-UGA player kicked off team after child cruelty arrest reaches plea deal North GA volunteer firefighter arrested for sharing photos of twins' death scene on social media Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients The doctor says he delivered thousands of babies in his four-decade career, but it's still rare to meet one of them in the real world. 'I didn't think about it when I saw a patient or through practice at all. I still see some people that I've delivered that are now in their teens and 20s and 30s, and occasionally I'll be in a restaurant or in a grocery store, and somebody will come up to me and say, 'My mom says, I have to come say hello to you, because you delivered me,'' Hirsch said. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
