🌱 McDonald's Workers Deliver Baby + Three Killed In I-75 Crash

Hi all. It's me, Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, your host of the Daily. Let's get this Saturday started off right with a quick dive into the most important things happening in town, including updates on:

• Three McDonald's managers helped a woman deliver her baby in the restroom.
• A few of Georgia's holiday markets topped a Trips to Discover list.
• A head-on collision on Thanksgiving morning killed three and left one in critical condition.

But first, today's weather:

Some sun, then turning cloudy. High: 62 Low: 55.

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Here are the top five stories today in Atlanta:

1. Managers Sha’querria Kaigler, Keisha Blue-Murray, and Tunisia Woodward were conducting their routine duties when they heard a woman scream from the bathroom. During a pit stop for a bite to eat and a bathroom break at an Atlanta McDonald’s, a woman’s water broke in the restroom, and she gave birth to a healthy baby girl with the help of the three employees. The McDonald’s workers received $250 in gift cards toward their Thanksgiving dinners from the restaurant. (WSB Radio)
2. Christmas markets are becoming more popular in America, and three of Georgia's holiday markets ranked within the top 15 festive markets on Trips to Discover, a travel discovery platform. Atlanta Christkindl Market, Savannah Christmas Market, and Christkindlmarkt in Helen take you through a European-style Christmas town filled with vendors, lights, performances, and winter activities. (Subscription: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
3. Glenwood Green townhome residents are frustrated with post office break-ins which started at the beginning of the year and recently became more common. Cameras were newly installed, and footage showed a two-suspect team clearing the location of packages. Atlanta police are investigating the incident. (Local Today)
4. A Thanksgiving morning head-on collision killed three and left one person in critical condition. A 27-year-old in a Chevrolet Tahoe was driving north on the I-75 southbound Bass Road off-ramp as it hit a Toyota Camry going north. Carmyn Anderson, 5, of Atlanta, and Nomari Waite, 27, were dead at the scene. Anderson's father, Marcellas Coppage, 26, is in critical condition at Navicent Health Hospital. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
5. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donated $2.5 million to Partners for HOME, a homeless response agency in Atlanta. The donation will help families impacted by the rising rent costs and support families with limited services and low incomes. The Bezos Day 1 Families Fund sent grants to 40 nonprofits to help homeless people. (WSB Atlanta)

Today in Atlanta:

• Holiday Gift Market At Piedmont Park (10:00 AM)
• Christmas Tree Lighting And Concert At Trilith Parkway (4:00 PM)
• Bonaventure Gypsy Jazz Quartet At Elsewhere Brewing (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A historic Atlanta home owned by the Hehn family was featured on "This Old House," a home improvement and remodeling show. A formerly enslaved person previously owned the 1889 Victorian house and was later appointed postmaster of South Atlanta. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
• Are you looking for a new family member with four paws? Check out the list of adoption-ready pets in the Atlanta area at the link! (Atlanta Patch)
• R&B singer Usher, of Atlanta, partnered with Sunfare and HUNGRY and provided 500 Thanksgiving meals to Freedom Village Family Service Center residents. (11Alive.com WXIA)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll be in your inbox Monday morning with another update.

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a senior writer with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.