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NPS launches Civil War site

April 15, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The National Park Service has launched a new website aimed at highlighting Civil War stories and sites.

Andrews Raid sesquicentennial commemoration continues

April 15, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Kennesaw continued its celebration of the Great Locomotive Chase sesquicentennial with a reenactment of Camp McDonald.

The Andrews Raid: A timeline of events

April 10, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of the Andrews Raid. Here’s a timeline of events 150 years ago.

Pilot’s wife: Husband ‘was not intentionally violent toward anyone’

April 3, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The wife of a JetBlue pilot from Georgia who faces a federal charge of interference with a flight crew today said that while her husband “was clearly distressed, he was not intentionally violent toward anyone.”

Pinnacle Airlines files for Chapter 11

April 3, 2012 The Travel Trolley

The parent company of regional airlines that fly on behalf of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and other carriers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

150 years later, Andrews Raid still resonates

April 1, 2012 The Travel Trolley

Since the end of the Civil War, the raid was memorialized in film and books, but the best way to learn about the events of April 12, 1862, is by following the tracks of the raiders themselves.

Civil War Medal of Honor Donated to Kennesaw Museum

April 1, 2012 The Travel Trolley

In a ceremony on Thursday, April 12, an Ohio family will donate a rare Civil War-era Medal of Honor to Kennesaw’s Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History.

Olens: ‘Encouraged’ following Supreme Court arguments

March 29, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — After three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court over whether the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act — known as Obamacare by opponents — is constitutional, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said he is “encouraged.” Georgia is one of more than two dozen states challenging the law that Congress passed and President Obama signed into law in March 2010. The Supreme Court will hear six hours of oral arguments between Monday

Feds: JetBlue pilot charged

March 29, 2012 The Travel Trolley

A JetBlue pilot from Georgia faces a federal charge of interference with a flight crew after telling his colleagues “things just don’t matter” and leaving the cockpit mid-flight.

Ga. Senate passes measure to curb pill mills

March 28, 2012 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has approved a measure aimed at stemming the spread of pill mills in the Peach State. The Senate voted 49-3 in favor of House Bill 972. Under the measure, which the state House previously approved, the Georgia Composite Medical Board would have the power to license and regulate pain management clinics. “Prescription drug abuse in Georgia has increased at an alarming rate in recent years, wreaking havoc in communities across