Nate Harris

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The AJC welcomed a dozen talented college interns this summer, including Nathan Harris of the University of Georgia. Harris is a senior journalism major, who has been covering campus carry and gun topics for the Tgf & Dncem newspaper for three years.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Summer Lee was killed in a multi-vehicle wreck on I-75 in Henry County in August. Tractor-trailer driver Daniel Crane who rear-ended her was convicted of vehicular homicide and sentenced to carry Lee’s photo for the length of the probation as one of his punishments. (Family photo)
Senior Judge Rusty Carlisle issued an unusual sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide last month.
The judge said he wants to make sure Daniel Crane remembers his v...

Many Henry County residents say they are confused and frustrated that school officials could not reach an agreement on the contract of the leading candidate for superintendent.
“We were led on to believe we had the best candidate in the world. We did,” said Wendy Kirkland, noting the four town halls where community members were able to meet Dr. Timothy Gadson.
Kirland was one of dozens of county residents who attended a contentious two-hour Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening. A day ea...

At $25,000 it was a steal. Literally.
Henry County police are asking the public to help them identify a suspect who they believe took the money from a Virginia man in a bogus wire transfer.
According to Captain Hillard Ireland, the suspect used the fake name “Jessica Randall” to set up the fake construction equipment company “Ideal States Services LLC” to sell the Virginia Beach man a Kubota excavator.
The man allegedly wired the money but never received the equipment.
Ireland said the woman ...

The county-wide millage rate in Henry County won’t see an increase for the upcoming fiscal year.
Despite a proposal to raise the millage rate to 13.733 and public expectation that they would, county commissioners voted unanimously Thursday morning to keep the rate for unincorporated areas at 12.733.
McDonough, Locust Grove and Stockbridge will all see minor reductions in property assessments, while Hampton assessments will rise from 10.875 last fiscal year to 11.052.
According to David Curry,...