North Shelby School sale still in the works
The Cleveland County Board of Education decided last week to resume efforts to sell the former North Shelby School property on Northside Drive to Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.
The property has been empty and unused since the 2018 opening of the current North Shelby location on Charles Road. In offering to buy the property Mt. Calvary said it hopes to turn the school into a community life center, hosting church and community-sponsored events.
The school board revisited the topic of the former property sale at the request of board member Danny Blanton, who has asked multiple times over the last year for the district to complete the sale.
Fort Worth Weekly
Thursday May 13, 2021
Those who play acoustic guitar or have an interest in the singer-songwriter side of the music world should head to MASS (1002 S Main St, Fort Worth, 682-707-7774) at 8pm for the Fort Songwriters Song Swap. Host Matthew Boyles and fellow musicians Brandon Burnett, Christian Williams, and Taylor Young will be jamming and trading tunes. This event is free to attend.
Friday May 14, 2021
From 6:30pm to 8:30pm, enjoy the beauty of the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens (3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-463-4160) and listen to jazz at the final installment of After Hours in the Garden: Spring 2021. Sheran Keyton and the Joe Rogers Trio will perform. Tickets are $20 or $10 for FWBG members at FWBG.org and include appetizers and one alcoholic or mocktail beverage at the cash bar.
Just a steady decay :
For the last five months, Macon-Bibb County has stepped up their effort to bust neighborhood blight. Now, they’re starting the push on commercial blight the large office spaces that are vacant and decaying around town.
Mayor Lester Miller gave us a list of 10 blighted properties that he says are the ones that create the most complaints to the county. For #13Investigates, Ashlyn Webb pulled property records to find out who owns Macon’s worst blight.
For years, the Shirley Hills neighborhood has watched this office space deteriorate.
“I see a dilapidated eyesore, especially from the other side of the building. From the interstate. It s halfway burned. There s graffiti all over it. It looks terrible,” said Katie White, president of the neighborhood association.
Police: Man selling water shot during argument in Atlanta
By FOX 5 Digital Team
Published
ATLANTA - A fight over money between two people selling water in southwest Atlanta ended in gunfire.
Atlanta police say the shooting happened around 7 p.m. Thursday near Northside Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
According to investigators, the two men were selling water in the area when they started fighting over money.
At some point, police say the argument escalated when one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other man. The suspect, who has not been identified, then fled the area on foot.
Jackson police looking for thieves responsible for breaking into multiple cars
Video shows thieves in action. Share Updated: 3:33 PM CDT May 6, 2021
Video shows thieves in action. Share Updated: 3:33 PM CDT May 6, 2021
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Video shows thieves in action. Share Updated: 3:33 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Jackson police have asked for help in identifying two individuals shown who may be responsible for several burglaries.The burglaries occurred last week in neighborhoods between Northside Drive and Meadowbrook Road.If you have any information related to these burglaries you re asked to call crimestoppers at 601-355-TIPS(8477). You can also submit a tip online by clicking here: http://p3tips.com.