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Georgia Today: Bus hijacking and mass shooting in ATL; Macon-Bibb voting problems; Synovus Park
LISTEN: On the Wednesday, June 12 edition of Georgia Today: We'll tell you how yesterday's mass shooting in Atlanta and the bus hijacking are connected; Macon-Bibb County voters experience technical problems at the ballot box; and a historic Columbus baseball stadium is getting a $50 million renovation — and a new name.
Little Richard House closes indefinitely
The Little Richard Neighborhood Resource Center closed indefinitely without fanfare or public notice last weekend. A few days later, the historic childhood home of Macon music legend Little Richard sat silent, save for the occasional thunk of moving boxes being unfolded by a man whose last day on the job is June 7.
15-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Griffin, 16-Year-Old Charged as an Adult
A tragic event unfolded in Griffin, Georgia, where a 15-year-old boy's life was cut short by gunfire. The Griffin Police Department responded to reports of a shooting on the 1100 block of W. Poplar Street around 10:30 p.m. on June 5. The officers discovered the 15-year-old victim suffering from a gunshot wound, as reported by WSB-TV.
Drowning recorded at Greenway for second straight June; victim identified
Georgia Power was "generating" and several Sinclair Dam floodgates were open when two men began struggling with the current on the Oconee River around 7 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred in the stretch of water along the Greenway boat ramp. One of the men managed to struggle back to...
Doug Porter dies at 94: Longtime HBCU coach was oldest living member of College Football Hall of Fame
Doug Porter, the longtime HBCU football coach and College Football Hall of Famer, died at age 94. Porter went 163-106-5 as the coach at Mississippi Valley State, Howard and Fort Valley State. Most of those wins came in 17 seasons at Fort Valley State, where Porter went 112-66-3 and won four Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles. He was named the SIAC's Coach of the Year seven times and spent 16 years serving as Fort Valley's athletic director.
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