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Top Atlanta news: City Council bans single-use plastics; child murders suspect denied parole; more

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Published on December 03, 2019
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Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Atlanta.

Jimmy Carter back in hospital but already feeling better

Former President Jimmy Carter returned to the hospital in Americus, Ga., over the weekend for a urinary tract infection, less than a week after he had left an Atlanta hospital following a two-week stay.

Read the full story on 10News – ABC San Diego KGTV.

Police searching for missing 73-year-old

Atlanta Police say John Spear was last seen at 29 Westlake Ave. NW on Nov. 30.

Read the full story on 11ALIVE.

Atlanta child murders suspect Wayne Williams denied parole

The board voted in November to deny parole for the man authorities long believed to be behind the Atlanta child murders. Williams is currently serving two life sentences after being convicted of killing two adults in 1982. 

Read the full story on 11ALIVE.

City Council bans single-use plastics, including bags and straws

The City Council voted unanimously on Monday to ban  "single-use serviceware, such as plastic bags, polystyrene (i.e., Styrofoam), and plastic straws.”

Read the full story on 11ALIVE.

19 homeless people died from hypothermia in 2-year period, report says

Atlanta's largest homeless shelter, Peachtree-Pine, closed in 2017.

Read the full story on 11ALIVE.


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