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• Former Holy Innocents' Coach Charged Following Lockdown: Police
• Cherokee Sheriff's Deputy Saves Elderly Couple From Fire
• Dacula Woman Killed in Interstate 85 Crash

Georgia Wildfire Fight Continues

Firefighters continued battling a wildfire in Paulding County for a second day Wednesday, after it jumped a fire break and continued its progress. >>> Read more.

Brothers Who Attacked Parents Sentenced To 20 Years

Two Gwinnett County brothers have been sentenced to 20 years in prison. In September 2015, they drugged their parents, waited for them to fall asleep and cut a gas line to the home in an attempt to blow up the house. The eventually went back in and beat their mother with a rifle and stabbed their father more than 10 times. >>> Read more.

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