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Storms knocked down trees along U.S. Highway 29 in Madison County and collapsing a warehouse building in Elbert County on Monday.
The house in Athens where about 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a party early Friday has been deemed unsafe for occupancy, Athens-Clarke County Building Inspections Director Doug Hansford said Monday. “We had a structural failure and it apparently affected more than just the kitchen. Some of the foundation walls are cracked and a couple of exterior walls are buckled,” Hansford said. The collapse occurred about 1 a.m. Friday in the two-story house at the end of a cul-de-sac on Magnolia Bluff Drive, a mostly student neighborhood off Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. A larg...
An Athens man was found dead inside a van destroyed by a fire Saturday night that spread to a home, according to Athens-Clarke police. The victim was identified as Ricky Brown, 52. His body was sent to the State Crime Lab for an autopsy to determine cause of death, authorities said. The fire was reported about 10 p.m. at a home on Danielsville Road across from J.J. Harris Elementary School, where one resident, 49-year-old Arthur Gaither, said Monday that he was asleep when he was awakened by others who alerted him to the fire. Five other people were in the house, including three teenagers,...