AltWeeklies Wire
Protesting Mounts Over I-3new
Along with his Senate chums Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Charles Norwood is championing an interstate that they've informally dubbed "I-3" -- an up to 1,000-foot-wide gash of concrete stretching 400 miles from Knoxville to Savannah.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-04-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Did an Atlanta Serial Killer Murder 20 Women a Century Ago?new
In 1911 and 1912, 20 black and mixed-race women showed up dead. They had been killed -- some almost decapitated -- by an unknown. Was it a serial killer at work or a copycat?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-27-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Marine Comes Home to Dienew
Marine Jack Snook made it home safely from Iraq, reconciled with his wife and was spending time with friends when he was shot on a downtown Atlanta street.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Skinheads Eat, Drink and Talk Hatred in Rural Georgianew
Approximately 100 white-power skinheads, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members congregated on a Paulding County pastureland last weekend for Hammerfest 2005, the annual Hammerskin festival.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
10-06-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Three Evacuees Share Their Stories of Arriving in Atlantanew
New Orleans residents who escaped their flooded city are only now beginning to grasp the scope of what they've lost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Occupational Deaths on the Rise in Georgianew
Statistics, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in late August, showed that Georgia saw a 16 percent increase in workplace deaths in 2004 from 2003. Florida was the only state to report a greater increase than Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
09-08-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Katrina Leaves Us Asking: Are We Prepared? Are We Protected?new
In the wake of our government's response to Hurricane Katrina, Americans now must ask if we're safer or more secure than we were before 9/11.
The evidence throws back a scary answer: Maybe not.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ken Edelstein and John Sugg |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Child Welfare Agency Responds to Death of Runaway
For months, Creative Loafing attempted to get comments on the case of an Atlanta 15-year-old runaway who showed up dead. Finally, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Human Resources responded to questions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-18-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Immigration Judge Plays Toughnew
A Korean grandmother was arrested and spent a year in jail facing deportation after receiving a prostitution conviction, and remained there even when the conviction was overturned, all because of the actions of one immigration judge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-11-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
There's No Hiding Itnew
You'll think twice about crossing your arms in front of Patti Wood, whose comments on celebrities' body language is in practically every issue of Us Weekly.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
08-11-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Was Arson Eco-Terror?new
As many as 16 nearly complete houses have been torched in or near a posh golf-course development in Coweta County, according to the state Insurance and Safety Fire Commission. At least one of them was destroyed by fire three times.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Wall |
08-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Losing Hanna: Lost in a Bureaucratic Mazenew
In spite of her family's pleas, 15-year-old Hanna Montessori never had her profile entered in the national missing children's database. When her photo finally appeared on the Internet, it was marked "Deceased." Second of two parts; see Part 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-04-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Blaming 'Down Low' For HIV Spread on The Way Out?new
A study just released by CDC and Emory researchers suggests that "down low" men may be being unfairly scapegoated for the spread of HIV to black women.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Migrant Worker Lawsuit Accuses Company of Trafficking, Low Paynew
Almost all of the workers at a Georgia-based reforestation company were required to leave the deeds to their home or land with representatives of the company before they could come to the United States as legal migrant workers, a villager said.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alejandro Leal |
07-28-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Losing Hanna: A 15-Year-Old Girl Goes Missingnew
Before she disappeared, Hanna Montessori bounced back and forth between her mother in Georgia, her father in Maine and group homes in Georgia. First of two parts; see Part 2.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
07-28-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
