New documents indicate the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to spend approximately $38.3 billion on its Detention Reengineering Initiative, which includes a 10,000-person ICE detention center proposed for Social Circle, Georgia.
The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 3-2 to reject a proposal to reconsider Georgia Power's $15.6 billion plan to expand the electricity grid by 10,000 MW, a project primarily intended to serve data centers.
Nathan Gividen, a contractor in Coweta County, faces five additional felony theft by conversion charges totaling over $150,000, after Senoia police received complaints from at least 30 people regarding uncompleted construction projects.
Joseph Mays, 34, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing his girlfriend, Jamie Wiley, 36, and dumping her body by a creek in Ringgold, Georgia. The victim's family supported the sentence.
God Only Knows Animal Rescue in Chatsworth, Georgia, announced they might be forced to euthanize over 70 dogs by February 27th if no emergency placements are secured, following a large-scale animal hoarding incident.
An armed burglary suspect was apprehended early Monday morning after hiding in the ventilation system at Atlanta Fixtures and Sales in DeKalb County. Police recovered burglary tools and a firearm.
