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Karen Handel joins crowded Senate race

...Handel briefly served as Perdue's deputy chief of staff before leaving the administration to run for chairman of the Fulton County Commission, a race she won. Perdue has announced support for his cousin, David Perdue, the former CEO of Dollar...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2013-05-17/karen-handel-j
Atlanta court dismisses 1,800 cases because police fail to show

...findings after its investigation of Fulton County Magistrate Court.The newspaper...lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, a former Fulton County public defender, said of officers missing court. "Fulton County is notorious for not having officers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-13/atlanta-court-dismisses-1800-cases-
Across Georgia

...A newborn boy and his mother are expected to be fine after the woman went into labor in her car in metro Atlanta.Fulton County police Cpl. David Williamson was directing traffic when a woman told him from her car window that she was going into...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-01/across-georgia
Georgia sheriff's indictment raises legal questions

...filed a petition challenging that decision and trying to compel the governor to form a review commission, but a Fulton County Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed that case. Buckman's lawyer has said he plans to appeal the decision to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-04/georgia-sheriffs-indic
Not guilty pleas entered in Atlanta Public Schools cheating case

...to mask poor student performance for personal gain.Hall was among several former Atlanta educators who appeared in Fulton County Superior Court. She sat quietly in the gallery, standing up as her attorney J. Tom Morgan said she would waive a...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-03/not-guilty-pleas-entered-
Judge orders separate lawyers in Atlanta cheating case

...the At lanta public schools, a judge said Thursday.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter, at a hearing for...throw this whole case into turmoil," Baxter said.A Fulton County grand jury in March indicted 35 educators, including...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-02/judge-orders-separate-lawyers
Kelly's mother says he took heroin, cocaine before dying

...told authorities Kelly had a history of drug abuse and experienced similar episodes in the past, according to the Fulton County police report.Paramedics found Kelly, 34, unresponsive on a couch at his Atlanta home and tried CPR. Kelly, who...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-02/kellys-mother-says-he-took-he
Atlanta Falcons defensive back William Moroe out of jail

...his first appearance before a Fulton County magistrate judge Friday morning...hearing at the jail, according to Fulton County police spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan...battery Thursday, according to Fulton County Jail Records.Atlanta police...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-04-19/atlanta-falcons-defensive-bac
Sponsor of Georgia charter school law now leads foundation for the schools

...becoming charter systems with offers of extra funding at a time when money is increasingly hard to come by for districts.Fulton County is Georgia's largest charter system. Fulton Superintendent Rob ert Avossa said he talked with Weber and charter...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-14/sponsor-georgia-charter-
Ex-trooper indicted in crash that killed Braves' trainer's wife

...state trooper has been charged with vehicular homicide in a crash that killed the wife of an Atlanta Braves trainer.Fulton County district attorney spokeswoman Yvette Jones says Donald Crozier was indicted Tuesday in the death of 54-year-old...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2013-02-27/ex-trooper-indicted-cras