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Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 8:23am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.In Gwinnett County, the jobless rate was 7.1 percent... read more...
Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 9:08am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.... read more...
Metro jobless rate rises to 8.7 percent posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 8:11am ATLANTA -- State labor officials say metro Atlanta's jobless rate rose to 8.7 percent in January, up from 8.4 percent the month before.That compares to 9.4 percent in January 2012.In Gwinnett County... read more...
10 students disciplined over marijuana brownies posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 5:07pm DACULA, Ga. -- Authorities say 10 students at a high school northeast of Atlanta have been disciplined after school officials say one of them brought marijuana brownies to school and shared them.... read more...
Stephen McDaniel's trial date set posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 7:52am MACON, Ga. -- A trial has been scheduled for the man accused of dismembering a Mercer University law student in 2011. Stephen McDaniel is set to go to trial Sept. 9. He was arrested in the June 2011... read more...
Stephen McDaniel will not face death penalty posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 - 9:32am MACON, Ga. -- District Attorney David Cooke says he will not seek the death penalty against a man accused of dismembering a law school student. At a press conference Thursday, Cooke said he spoke... read more...
Disabled veteran accused of killing father posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 10:06am ETOWAH, N.C. -- A disabled veteran has been accused of killing his 71-year-old father after a fight at a home in western North Carolina. Michael Stephen Walker, 44, of Etowah, N.C., is charged with... read more...
Unemployment rate drops to 8 percent posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 11:12am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's jobless rate has dropped to 8 percent.The November number continues a downward trend in metro Atlanta's unemployment figures. The rate is down from 8.2 percent in October... read more...
Metro Atlanta jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent posted on Monday, November 26, 2012 - 8:16am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's preliminary unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent in October, down from 8.3 percent in September and 9.4 percent in October 2011.In Gwinnett County, the unemployment... read more...