Georgia News

Hunters are generous people. This fact is best showcased in the continued support of the Georgia Hunters for the Hungry program, through which sportsmen and women can donate deer at specific drop-off locations and the meat is processed and donated to Food Banks in the state.

More than a decade ago, Georgia officials developed a plan for deepening the Savannah shipping channel and, for all these years, prepared for growth according to it.

Far from being superficial, black hair and its care goes well beyond the multibillion-dollar industry it has become and is deeply rooted in African-American identity and culture.

In the movie, "Good Hair", Chris Rock visits barbershops in Harlem, salons in Beverly Hills as well as the extravagant Bronner Bros. Hair Show in Atlanta, where stylists wield their shears in intense hair battles.

In the documentary Rock even goes as far as India, which is where the hair from many weaves worn by African-American women actually comes from.

While the movie focuses on the relationship African-Americans have with their hair, dissatisfaction with appearance is an issue that faces broader society. "We live in this crazy world. It's not just weaves, it's boob jobs and Botox and nose jobs," Rock explains.

The movie has a sense of seriousness, but doesn't lose its humor. "It plays as funny as any movie I've ever done," Rock says. "I mean if you just sat there and listened for laughs, it's big bang laughs." However, Mr. Rock's movie falls short of providing alternatives to the situation pertaining to black hair care. One thing that he acknowledges is that today's hair salons are well entrenched in the black community.

As a matter of fact, "Barbershops and beauty salons are perhaps second only to black churches as institutions in the community," said Ingrid Banks, an associate professor of Black Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. Foo Hair Design is such a temple for seeking a good haircare institution in metro Atlanta, Georgia.

The name of this exclusive salon stands for....FAMILY. OWNED. OPERATED. Over four years ago, Shannon Davis along with her husband Anderson Davis decided to start a high quality hair salon that would treat all their clients not only as celebrities, but family, as well.Today, the Stone Mountain, Ga. hair salon is as solid as the mountain that sits outside its doors.

The FBI is asking for the public's help in finding a bank robber investigators have dubbed the "Granddad Bandit." The man, who is believed to be between 50 and 60 years old, is wanted for a string of holdups in at least seven states, including Georgia, dating back to April.

Polk County will be providing the Christmas tree for the Governora s house for the second year in a row.

EDWARD WILLIAM FARLEY, 47, of Hoschton, Georgia, today pleaded guilty in federal district court to committing a mortgage fraud, a real estate investment "Ponzi" scam involving over 150 victims, a check-kiting scheme and a bankruptcy fraud.

A former attorney has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for a real estate investment fraud scheme that took in a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.

STEVEN H. BALLARD, 53, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has placed Dorchester Academy in Liberty County on its list of most endangered places in the state.

Two of the organization's goals are to provide a cage-free, no-kill shelter for rescued animals where they can experience the best care in a loving environment until they are adopted, and to find permanent, loving, homes for its rescued animals.

True to that goal, Furkids recently sent one of its homeless animals to a loving, permanent home. This animal is really special: Millie, a 12 to14-year-old brown tabby cat, was the shelters longest resident, having lived with Furkids since 2003....

Organizers of unique call-and-ride bus services designed to transport folks in remote areas say budget cuts could hobble Georgia's expanding rural transit network, just as job losses increase the number of rural residents needing cheap transportation.

A federal court has denied the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate who argued he received ineffective counsel at his trial.

Four Jackson County timber truck drivers face federal wire fraud charges in a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme that cost a Rome cardboard mill $4.8 million.

Come to Cartersville in November to see Georgia's representatives crowned for the 2010 Miss USAA and Miss Teen USAA .

Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation's Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center is sponsoring a free exhibit of two-dimensional work of the Elizabeth Bame titled 'Quiet Impressions' and three-dimensional work of Carlos Almaguer titled 'Force of Nature.' Many of Elizabeth Bame's paintings were inspired from her trips to Europe, as well as the ...

An 11-year-old boy is dead after he accidentally shot himself in the head during a hunting trip in north Georgia.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has partnered with several construction organizations to support a struck by accident "safety stand down" on Wednesday, Nov.

Zarqurous Lequis Sanders, 25 of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 137 months' imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to commit numerous bank robberies in Virginia and several other states.

Nine Georgia men were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday for allegedly being part of a $5 million scheme to sell phantom deliveries of timber to a major timber company.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau and the National Equipment Register reported last month that more than13,500 pieces of heavy equipment were stolen in 2008 and of that number the top five states represented 43 percent of the thefts.