Labor Day Recap: Tributes and Traffic Woes

Georgia observed Labor Day on Monday with union celebrations, a workers’ march, and sobering traffic fatality statistics.

In Macon, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers highlighted its growing ranks and longtime members such as Marsha Selby, who broke gender barriers in the trades.

In Atlanta, marchers rallied under the banner “Workers Over Billionaires.”

The long weekend also brought tragedy: Georgia State Patrol reported 15 traffic deaths. Troopers also reported 284 crashes and more than 400 DUI arrests.

  Multi-Vehicle Wreck Closes I-75

A chain-reaction crash on Monday afternoon on I-75 in Bartow County sent four people to the hospital and shut down the southbound lanes for about three hours.

A 7-year-old ejected from a truck was airlifted to a hospital in unknown condition.

The incident began when a car struck a Toyota Camry in the northbound lanes, leading to more crashes that spilled over to the southbound lanes. A total of five vehicles were involved.

The driver suspected of causing the initial crash fled the scene.

Dry Week Forecast as Hurricane Season Peaks

As the Atlantic hurricane season heads toward its Sept. 10 peak, Georgia weather is forecast to stay warm and calm.

Meteorologists gave a storm system off Africa a 60% chance of forming into Tropical Storm Gabrielle, though it’s expected to stay over open water for now.

The forecast for metro Atlanta calls for a dry, sunny week with temperatures climbing to the low 90s by Friday.

Long-range forecasts predict a warm, dry start to fall across the state, according to the Farmers’ Almanac, Old Farmer’s Almanac, and National Weather Service models.

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➤ Cobb County: Nelson Price, longtime pastor of Roswell Street Baptist and influential Southern Baptist leader, died on Saturday. He was 94. (More)

➤ Atlanta: City and Fulton County officials are debating whether to extend the county’s lease of beds in Atlanta’s jail as overcrowding continues. (More)

➤ Statewide: Georgia lawmakers continue studying the possibility of legalizing gambling, with proposals for sports betting advancing. (More)

➤ Fulton County: A teen was fatally shot Monday while entering his home, possibly mistaken for a burglar by the boyfriend of the teen’s mother, police say. (More)

➤ Mississippi: Georgia State football player Tyler Scott was suspended after allegedly ripping a necklace off of Ole Miss player Da’Shawn Womack during pregame. (More)

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➤ Georgia ranked No. 4 and Georgia Tech landed just outside the top 25 in the latest AP college football rankings released Tuesday. (More)

➤ The Atlanta Braves claimed shortstop Ha-Seong Kim on waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. (More)

➤ Georgia’s win over Marshall this weekend extended the team’s home-field winning streak to 32 games, the longest of any active Football Bowl Subdivision team. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: MLB | Soccer | WNBA | U.S. Open

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➤ The owner of a small sawmill startup in Gibson talks about his motivation, including his desire to create more jobs for young people in his hometown. (More)

➤ Cecilia Tran Arango of Savannah was named a Top 100 Influential Woman in Georgia Engineering, honoring her leadership at Thomas & Hutton and advocacy for women in architecture and construction fields. (More)

➤ A $7 million redevelopment of College Square in Athens is set to begin in 2026, featuring the addition of trees, seating, and event space. (More)

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➤ Two Powerball tickets worth $150,000 each were sold in Georgia on Saturday, as the Powerball jackpot climbed to $1.3 billion for Wednesday’s drawing. (More)

➤ Grayson rose to No. 1 in Georgia’s high school football rankings after an overtime win against Alabama’s Thompson. Creekside and McEachern moved into the top 10. (More)

➤ A RE/MAX survey lists four Georgia buildings among America’s 100 ugliest, with Savannah Civic Center ranked as the state’s ugliest at No. 66 on the list. (More)

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