Month: February 2012

  • Chambliss: No budget, no pay

    ATLANTA — A senator from Georgia is co-sponsoring legislation that would prohibit members of Congress from drawing pay if the Congressional budget and appropriations process isn’t wrapped up by the start of the fiscal year on Oct.1. U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has joined on as a co-sponsor of the so-called “No Budget, No Pay Act,” which Sen.…

  • Three meat co. owners sentenced to federal prison

    ATLANTA — Three owners of an Atlanta meat company were sentenced this week to federal prison on charges of tax and immigration fraud. U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. sentenced Rhett Maughon, 49, of Decatur, Rafael Villarreal Sr., 42, of Suwanee, and Marcus Maughon, 47, of Decatur, to prison after all three pleaded guilty to various charges in…

  • Delta expands partnership with Chinese airlines

    ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines is expanding its partnership with China Southern and China Eastern airlines. The deal with the airlines, two of China’s largest, will make flying easier for anyone traveling between the United States and China, Delta said. According to the official news release: The agreements, recently approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of…

  • Hill: ‘Obamacare is not the solution’

    ATLANTA — A state senator from Marietta today filed four pieces of legislation he says will improve Georgians’ access to free-market healthcare solutions. “In 2010, our federal government decided to enact an unprecedented piece of healthcare legislation that comes at the expense of our core liberties,” state Sen. Judson Hill, R-Marietta, said in a news…

  • Hudgens: Be sure to insure Valentine’s Day presents

    Jewelry for Valentine’s Day is great. Just be sure to insure it. That’s the message this week from Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph T. Hudgens, who is urging Georgians to update their homeowners policies to include new — and potentially valuable — Valentine’s Day presents given or received this year. “Diamond bracelets and…

  • Caterpillar to build new plant near Athens

    ATLANTA — Caterpillar is relocating a new manufacturing facility on a 250-acre tract of land straddling the Clarke-Oconee County line. The new facility is expected to employ 1,400 people and represents a $200 million total investment in the state, officials said. The Athens area plant will be part of Caterpillar’s Building Construction Products (BCP) Division.…

  • Deal: Caterpillar to create around 1,400 jobs in Georgia

    Gov. Nathan Deal and Doug Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., announced today at the Capitol that Caterpillar will locate a new manufacturing facility in Clarke and Oconee counties. The new facility will be part of Caterpillar's Building Construction Products Division (BCP), and when fully operational will have about 1,400 employees and a total…

  • Hall of Famer Carter dies

    As a fan of the New York Mets in the 1980s, there may have no more a face of the franchise than Gary Carter. Sadly, the Hall of Fame catcher died today after a battle with brain tumors. He was 57. “The baseball community has lost a Hall of Fame player and a Hall of…

  • Statements from the Mets family regarding Gary Carter

    GENERAL MANAGER FRANK CASHEN: “The genesis of the trade was that we wanted to add a big bat to the lineup. He did that right away, but perhaps more importantly was the way he handled our young pitchers. He was the perfect guy for so many reasons.” MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON: “Gary was a one-man scouting…

  • Southern Museum gearing up for Great Locomotive Chase sesquicentennial

    KENNESAW, Ga. – The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History is gearing up to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Great Locomotive Chase, one of the Civil War’s most thrilling episodes. At 6 a.m. on April 12, 1862, in what is present day Kennesaw, union spies under the leadership of James J. Andrews stole…