September 2024 - Sightseers' Delight

Rockdale County lifts shelter-in-place request

September 30, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

The Rockdale County Emergency Management Agency has lifted the shelter-in-place recommendation and the evacuation zone for Rockdale County followinga fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers.

Judge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban

September 30, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Monday ruled struck down Georgia’s six-week abortion ban.

A view of the sign for The Metuchen Inn, a popular eatery in Metuchen, N.J., in October 2017.

New Jersey committee advances road safety measure

September 30, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

The New Jersey Senate Transportation Committee has advanced a bill to require the New Jersey Department of Transportation to put out an annual public awareness program.

GEMA issues local area emergency following a Conyers fire

September 30, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has issued a local area emergency in metro Atlanta following a Conyers fire.

Smyrna, Georgia, expected to unveil Fanny Williams memorial

September 30, 2024 Sightseers’ Delight

Officials here are expected to soon unveil a monument commemorating Fanny Williams, a community activist whose legacy was reexamined after the city tore down a historic structure that bore her name.

Helene death toll in Georgia rises sharply

September 30, 2024 Capitol Beat

ATLANTA – The death toll from Hurricane Helene in Georgia shot up significantly during the weekend. At least 25 Georgians died in the storm, Gov. Brian Kemp reported Monday at a briefing in Augusta, one of the areas hit hardest by the hurricane, which struck early Friday morning. “This storm literally spared no one,” Kemp said after touring damage in the Augusta area. “It looked like a 250-mile-wide tornado had hit.” After making landfall in