Firefighters participate in a fire rescue competition, known as Musters, during the 2015 Fire in the 4th festival on May 2, 2015, in the Old Fourth Ward section of Atlanta. (Photo by Todd DeFeo)
ATLANTA — Firefighters on Saturday participated in fire rescue competitions, known as Musters, during the 2015 Fire in the 4th festival.
The festival commemorates the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917. That fire, which began just after noon on May 21, 1917, burned more than 300 acres in the Old Fourth Ward section of Atlanta.
Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is the owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and Railfanning.org.
ATLANTA — A former NBA player was sentenced Thursday to probation and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to financial transaction card fraud, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said. Ronald Michael Behagen, 60, who played seven seasons in the NBA for the Atlanta Hawks and other teams, faces three years of probation and must pay $3, 570 in restitution. According to prosecutors, between April and June 2011, Behagen used a 68-year old Sandy
Every day, upwards of 80 CSX trains pass through the Folkston Funnel, so named because two railroad lines merge just north of downtown. In fact, almost all Florida-bound freight trains pass through the city’s limits.
