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Sleet, Snow Forecast For GA; Winter Storm Watch Issued
Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday said some state offices will close amid predictions of freezing rain, sleet and snow in much of Georgia.

Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday said some state offices will close amid predictions of freezing rain, sleet and snow in much of Georgia.

President Joe Biden declared Thursday a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, who died last month.

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Amid projections of a GA ice or snowstorm, meteorologists told Patch travel will be impacted and freezing rain could chill power lines.
A Georgia sheriff said a state judge was found dead Tuesday in a courtroom after seemingly dying by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
State officials say an estimated $2.6 billion was spent on filming in GA during the 2024 fiscal year; $11 billion was spent in three years.
"The Lord has a way of giving you things that you never thought were possible," Jo Nunez, a Food Network contestant from GA, told Patch.
A cold blast entering Georgia from the Midwest is expected to drop temperatures, possibly into the teens, this week, the NWS told Patch.
The recall affects organic eggs sold at Costco stores in five states, including Georgia, the FDA said in a notice.
Forecasters told Patch Thanksgiving storms may produce strong enough wind gusts to possibly spin off tornadoes in Georgia.
Five precincts in a metro Atlanta county had to shut down after receiving bomb threats, local officials said.
Fulton Co. prosecutors said Jeffery "Young Thug" Williams faced 120 years in the YSL case, but was sentenced to probation and time served.
The man was age 17 when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, alongside a 15-year-old, in the fatal Georgia shooting.
Forecasters told Patch the impacts from Category 5 Hurricane Milton may not spare coastal and southeast Georgia.
The should be more chances to see the northern lights in the coming months as the sun reaches its “solar maximum” stage, experts say.
Seventeen hospitals in Georgia are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals ranking.
" ... the Olympics has been my goal since I was very little," SCAD Atlanta fencer Antonio Chen told Patch.
"It could approach 100 (degrees) in more humid areas where there’s not much wind," forecasters told Patch on Tuesday.
About 3.51 million travelers are expected to reach their destination by plane this holiday weekend. Will flights at ATL take off on time?
Neil Patrick Frasdilla was convicted this week of killing 46-year-old Darius Dugger in Duluth last September, prosecutors announced.
A hazardous weather outlook was in effect for a majority of the state Thursday as rain threatens to dampen Memorial Day celebrations.
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