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Local news for Union City, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Saturday Jul 19 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

GeorgiaCarry.org take shot at state's gun laws

Their relationship started on the Internet - like-minded people bemoaning what they considered restrictive Georgia gun laws.

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Related Topix: Hartsfield, GA

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

1 killed in police chase

A south Fulton County car wreck killed one man fleeing police and seriously injured two more Wednesday afternoon, police said.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Taxable Talk

It's Not Wise to be a Bozo

Two more Bozo tax preparers won't be harming consumers any more. Let's just say up front that the methods used weren't wise.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Final Call

Man had son's wife killed 'because she was Black'

Theirs was a whirlwind relationship: The 18-year-old running his dad's hotel in Kentucky and the 20-year-old Atlanta native hired as a clerk.

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Related Topix: Wedding

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Tax Preparer Gets Jail Time for Tax Fraud

A tax preparer from Union City, Ga., has been sentenced to federal prison for running a false income tax returns scheme that generated more than $200,000 in phony refunds.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

WSBTV

Jury: Dad Had Son's Wife Killed Because She Was Black

A jury found Chiman Rai guilty Thursday of arranging the murder of his daughter-in-law. Prosecutors asserted throughout the eight-day trial that Rai was so enraged that his son married Sparkle Michelle Reid and ...

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Vile' murder of son's wife demands death, prosecutors say

The murder of Sparkle Rai was different from the more than 100 killings that Fulton County suffers every year, prosecutor Sheila Ross told jurors today.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Death Penalty

Sat Jun 28, 2008

CBS 46

Defense Begins In Murder-For-Hire Trial

The defense began on Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of hiring a hit man to kill his daughter-in-law. Ricky's father, Chiman Rai, 68, a native of India and a former math professor at a historically ...

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Thu Jun 26, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Father-in-Law Guilty of Murder-for-Hire

A Mississippi businessman accused in the contract killing of his daughter-in-law was found guilty on all charges, including murder and burglary, by a Fulton County jury Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Atlanta Metro

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Funding cuts to delay emergency response

Ambulances could be slower to respond to emergencies - from minor accidents to life-threatening strokes and heart attacks - across Atlanta and much of south Fulton County next week.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Medicare, Medicaid, Health, East Point, GA

Tue Jun 24, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Witnesses: Father-in-Law is No Racist

Lawyers for a man accused of being the mastermind of a murder-for-hire started to present their side of the case in a Fulton County courtroom Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Athens Banner-Herald

Police: Man shoots teen who kicked in his door

Fulton County police say the district attorney's office will help decide if a homeowner was justified when he shot and wounded a teenager who's been charged with breaking into his home.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Witness: Landlord asked him for hit man

The fate of a Union City woman was sealed when her father-in-law approached a fellow business owner and asked for help in getting rid of a family problem - - his son's new wife - - a witness testified Friday.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA

Fri Jun 20, 2008

WXIA-TV Atlanta

"Middlemen" Testify In Murder-For-Hire Trial

Two key prosecution witnesses in the Fulton County death penalty trial of Chiman Rai, the man accused of arranging the murder of his daughter-in-law, testified Friday that Rai gave them $10,000 cash to pay the ...

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Death Penalty

Thu Jun 19, 2008

MyFOX Atlanta

Defendant's Son Testifies in Murder-for-hire Trial

The husband of a woman allegedly killed in a murder-for-hire plot took the stand Tuesday, June 17, 2008.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro

Tue Jun 17, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Former Miss. resident's contract killing trial begins in Ga.

ATLANTA - The trial began today for the suspect prosecutors say plotted to have his 22-year-old daughter-in-law killed.

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Sun Jun 15, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

India native accused in death of son's black wife

Eight years ago Chiman Rai allegedly paid Mississippi hit men $10,000 to choke and stab his daughter-in law to death in her Union City apartment while her seven-month-old daughter was nearby.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Atlanta Metro

Sat Jun 14, 2008

CBS News

Man Accused In Contract Killing Of Son's Wife

A former math professor at a historically black university goes on trial Monday in Atlanta, charged with arranging the contract killing of his black daughter-in-law because she wasn't Indian.

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Related Topix: US News

Sun May 25, 2008

MyATLtv.com

Man Convicted in Fund Fraud Kills Self

An official with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office says a man awaiting sentencing after being convicted of hedge fund fraud has committed suicide.

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Related Topix: Fulton County, GA, Suicide

Sat May 24, 2008

Georgia Politics Unfiltered

Let's Not Forget What Memorial Day Is All About

In Honor of Lance Corporal James Chamroeun 1985 - 2006 James Chamroeun of Union City, Georgia was killed in Iraq when on September 28th 2008, the vehicle he was riding in ran over a makeshift bomb.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

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Union City, Georgia is located in Fulton County and is part of the Atlanta Metro Area. Zip codes in Union City, GA include 30291.

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