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Several financial institutions are making special accommodations for the roughly 800,000 federal employees who have been furloughed or working without pay since December 21.

It’s a chance to win a Mercedes-Benz and help a good cause. Tickets are being sold for a chance to turn $150 into a new luxury car.

Fire and hazmat crews from across Georgia have descended on the small town of Bartow in Jefferson County after a train hauling various chemicals derailed outside the town.

Henderson takes the position with over 20 years of council experience behind him and says he’s ready to hit the ground running.

The house was fully engulfed when the first responders arrived on scene. Two bodies were later found and believed to be the elderly couple that lived at the residence.

Jazmine Barnes was in a car with her mom and three sisters in Houston on Dec. 30 when someone in another vehicle opened fired on their car and shot her in the head.

Financial experts from NerdWallet say saving and investing as little as $20 a week can amount to $170,000 in retirement money.

So far, one injury has been reported. Authorities are asking drivers to avoid the area

The Cherokee County EMA is asking drivers to not eat the chicken fingers left on Highway 35.