mccomas search his station wagon. on the floor, in the front of the back seat, he saw there was a nylon cord. the best that i could describe the nylon cord was a ski rope type, the woven type. and it was my guess about 24 inches long. no. williams denies there was any such cord. because if that rope had been in the station wagon that night, i m sure they would have taken it. the fact that i didn t confiscate it doesn t make it go away. it was there. the nylon cord would never be seen again. could have been the murder weapon, as far as i knew. yet, fbi supervisors decided to let wayne williams go that night. we first of all didn t have a body. so secondly, there was no one who saw wayne williams outside of his car. there was no one that saw him throw anything overboard. two days later, only a mile downstream from that bridge, another body. after two years, one suspect now, wayne williams. when we come back, the lie detector test. it surprised him th
From hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands, Freaknik grew, but during its first decade, almost all white Atlantans and many black Atlantans over the age of 40 were oblivious. Then came Freaknik 1993.
Planters Peanuts donates $130K to help keep Manuel s Tavern open
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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ATLANTA - The mascot for Planters Peanuts is donating thousands of dollars to help keep an iconic Atlanta bar and restaurant open during the pandemic.
After 64 years in business, Manuel s Tavern in Atlanta faced serious financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to FOX 5 in December, owner Brian Maloof said the restaurant has lost about $25,000 each month since the start of the pandemic. We seat 340 people inside and we have a lot of event space and the one thing that s been cut is events, Maloof said. That s our bread and butter. That s how we make our money.
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A September 30 post on the Facebook feed of Manuel’s Tavern shows two photos of the parking lot outside the six-decade-old Atlanta bar and restaurant, taken four years apart. In the first photo, taken on election night of 2016, hundreds are on their feet, covering every possible inch of the pavement, except that occupied by tables to be set with drinks or food, and a smoking, outdoor grill. The second, taken hours before it was posted, shows about two dozen people sitting, some slouching, before a 75-inch screen, watching one of the Trump-Biden debates.