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'Candyman' star Tony Todd, 69, dies in LA-area home

Nov 10, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Jeff Martin

Actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film "Candyman" and roles in many other films and television shows, has died, his longtime manager confirmed. He was 69. Todd died Wednesday at his home in the Los Angeles area, his manager Jeffrey Goldberg said in a statement to The Associated Press. "I had the privilege to have Tony as my friend and client for over 30 years and I will miss that amazing man every single day," Goldberg said.
Atlanta residents watch for chemical cloud | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Oct 2, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Jeff Martin

ATLANTA -- Residents east of Atlanta were again warned Tuesday to take shelter where they are if shifting winds push the still-billowing chemical cloud from a chlorine factory fire over their neighborhood. A shelter-in-place order had just ended Monday evening for Rockdale County, where the chemical fire sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the Georgia sky on Sunday.
Teen, dad stay in jail after 4 die by gunfire

Sep 7, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Jeff Amy |Jeff Martin

WINDER, Ga. -- The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father, who was arrested for allowing his son to have a weapon, will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail Friday. Colt Gray, who has been charged with four counts of murder, is accused of using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle to kill two fellow students and two teachers Wednesday at Apalachee High School in Winder, outside Atlanta.
Florida deputy charged in death

Aug 24, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Kate Payne |Curt Anderson |Jeff Martin

AdvertisementAdvertisementAirman killed holding a handgun as he opened his doorToday at 3:51 a.m.byKATE PAYNE, CURT ANDERSON and JEFF MARTIN The Associated PressFILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson in a Dec. 24, 2019, photo. (U.S. Air Force via AP)FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla.
UGA Presents Announces 2024-25 Season

Jun 7, 2024 | pac.uga.edu | Jeff Martin

Grammy Award winning soprano and Kennedy Center Honoree Renée Fleming. Grammy Award winning jazz singer Samara Joy. The returning Vienna Choir Boys and The King’s Singers. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra playing Messiah in December and movie music by John Williams to conclude the season.
Cleanup begins after Midwest tornadoes

Apr 28, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Nick Ingram |Jeff Martin |Heather Hollingsworth

OMAHA, Neb. -- Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slammed an Iowa town. The Friday night tornadoes wreaked havoc in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes. There have been several injuries but no fatalities reported.
Georgia executes man for ’93 killing

Mar 21, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Jeff Martin

AdvertisementAdvertisementToday at 4:02 a.m.byJEFF MARTIN The Associated PressThis image provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows inmate Willie James Pye. A judge on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, signed the order for the execution of Pye, who was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The execution is set for March 20 at 7 p.m., after the judge set an execution window between noon that day and noon on March 27.
Killing spurs call for migrant crackdown

Feb 28, 2024 | nwaonline.com | Jeff Amy |Jeff Martin

ATLANTA -- Georgia House Republicans are pushing to require every eligible police and sheriff's department to help identify undocumented immigrants, arrest them and detain them for deportation. The proposal advanced through the state House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday, going to the full House for more debate, after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus.