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5 days ago
- Business
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Mableton City Council votes down services agreement with Cobb County, negotiations ongoing
A tentative agreement between the City of Mableton and Cobb County for running police and transportation services was voted down Thursday, putting both governments back at the negotiating table. A spokesman for the City of Mableton said the one-year agreement to fund police and department of transportation services in the city was voted down by the council 4-3. Channel 2 Action News reported Thursday that Mayor Michael Owens said the agreement was only set for one-year as the county and city continued to discuss longer-term service needs. To be enacted, both the Mableton City Council and Cobb County Board of Commissioners would've had to vote in favor of the terms. With the city council rejecting the $9.5 million service agreement, both governments remain in discussion about how to move forward. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] RELATED STORIES: Mableton, Cobb County reach 'initial 1-year' agreement for public services Cobb County Commission, Mableton City Council meet to discuss city service delivery agreements Mableton mayor announces 3rd straight year of no property taxes in city Mableton preparing to vote on ordinance to create city municipal court New Farmers Market starts up in Mableton to help address growing need [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Atlanta police lieutenant accused of groping rideshare driver
An Atlanta police lieutenant was arrested and charged with sexual battery after investigators say he groped a rideshare driver over the weekend. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Kyle Kleinhenz, 45, was arrested on May 19 and booked into the Fulton County Jail on one misdemeanor count of sexual battery, jail records confirmed. The rideshare driver told police that she picked up Kleinhenz from Mr. C's Bar and Grill on Howell Mill Road. She said the 45-year-old inappropriately touched her during the ride, causing her to pull over for help. Responding officers said Kleinhenz was 'extremely intoxicated and unable to give a statement.' Channel 2's Michael Seiden is working to gather more details for Channel 2 Action News at 4 p.m. TRENDING STORIES: Driver sentenced to 8 years in prison for hitting, killing 8-year-old at school bus stop San Diego plane crash: Multiple people on plane killed in crash (live updates) Gwinnett Co. elementary school bus comes across ICE enforcement operation at mobile home park [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
GSP trooper pulled from car after landing in creek during chase
Officers in south Georgia pulled a Georgia State Patrol trooper from a creek after his car flipped during a chase. Trooper Justin Jones was helping Waycross police with a traffic stop that turned into a chase on Swamp Road. Jones tried to perform a PIT maneuver to end the chase before his car and the driver's car both left the road. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The trooper's patrol car overturned and ended up in a creek before the suspect's car landed on it. GSP said Jones became trapped inside his car, which was partially submerged in the creek. Waycross officers rescued Jones. He remains in the hospital, but will be released soon, according to GSP. Investigators identified the suspect as 47-year-old Tracy Hilliard, but did not list his charges. TRENDING STORIES: Man convicted of attacking family because he didn't like dinner, north GA prosecutors say Traffic stop lands GA college student in ICE custody 2 weeks after same thing happened to father Buc-ee's announces opening date for new Georgia location [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
2 pedestrians killed, driver arrested in Athens
Athens-Clarke County police are investigating their fifth deadly crash of the year. On Friday, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash involving two pedestrians at approximately 8:32 p.m. near Gaines School Road and Lexington Road. One pedestrian, Amy Morgan, 58, of Athens, died from her injuries at the scene. The second pedestrian, Anthony Braxton, 31, of Athens, died from his injuries at the hospital. The driver, Lois Dua, 54, of Bogart, Georgia, was not injured. Police charged Dua with second-degree vehicular homicide and two counts of failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: Video of fight involving teacher at DeKalb school being used in investigation Multiple people detained after shots fired inside Cobb County business Young Thug says 'he's too big for jail' as he talks about life after incarceration, new music [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
New GA Special Education PTSA meets in Atlanta
A new parent-teacher-student association is now chartered in the state. This one is focused on special education, and it's the first in Georgia. On Sunday, dozens of parents met at The LOLA on North Avenue in Atlanta to elect the first board of this PTSA. Parents said the support is needed, especially now with a lot of uncertainty surrounding education funding cuts. 'It's just everybody's speculation, but with that speculation comes education and training, comes the mindfulness of if this could be coming, what can we do now outside of panicking. The concrete things we can do, is know the law,' Lola Green PTSA president said. The association began with a group of moms who have students with different abilities in Fulton County Schools. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] TRENDING STORIES: Forest Park Police say two people are dead in a late Sunday afternoon shootout 24-year-old driver clocked going 130 mph along I-75, deputies say 'Something great we need out here.' New program offers benefits for DoorDash drivers [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
