Brookwood grad Nick Moore, who plays for the Baltimore Ravens, is the AFC’s leading vote-getter at long snapper for the Pro Bowl as of Monday.
The NFL announced voting totals of the leaders after the early stages of voting, which will continue at NFL dot Com and on team sites through December 15. Starting December 1, fans will be able to vote directly on Twitter by Tweeting the player’s first and last name, the player’s official Twitter handle or a hashtag including the player’s first and last name — along with #ProBowlVote. Full roster selections for the Pro Bowl are determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches. Each group’s vote counts 1/3 toward choosing the players.
State Senate Democrats reelected their top leadership team Monday.
Senator Gloria Butler will return as Senate minority leader during the 2023-24 legislative term starting in January. The Senate Democratic Caucus also re-elected Senator Harold Jones of Augusta to serve as minority whip and Senator Elena Parent from Atlanta, to serve another term as caucus chair. The rest of the Democratic leadership team for the next two years will include Senator Sonya Halpern from Atlanta who will serve as caucus vice chair; Senator David Lucas of Macon, who was elected vice chair of fundraising and campaigns; and Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, who will serve as caucus secretary.
The upcoming term will be Butler’s second as minority leader. She rose to the post at the beginning of last year after then-Minority Leader Steve Henson decided not to run for reelection in 2020.
Democrats gained a seat in the Georgia Senate in this month’s elections. During the next term, majority Republicans will hold 33 seats to 23 seats for the Democrats.
A trio of Wesleyan seniors recently settled their futures in college baseball.
Pitcher/third baseman Dominick Scalese signed with Tulane, outfielder Forrest Lietz committed to Birmingham-Southern and first baseman/outfielder Schley Gordy sign with Spartanburg Methodist.
Scalese hit .273 with five home runs, 19 RBIs, 23 runs and seven stolen bases last season for the Wolves’ state title team, in addition to going 3-2 with 36 strikeouts in 32 2/3 innings as a pitcher. Lietz hit .404 with six home runs, 39 RBIs, 11 doubles, 29 runs and 11 stolen bases, while Gordy hit .347 with five home runs, 11 doubles, 47 RBIs, 38 runs and 18 stolen bases.
Tulane is a division one baseball program in the American conference. Birmingham-Southern competes at the Division three level in the Southern Athletic Association; And Spartanburg Methodist is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association, and has a strong tradition of sending players to finish their collegiate careers at division one baseball programs.
If Lawrenceville residents hear loud sirens or suddenly find roads closed around the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center on Saturday, chances are that they shouldn't worry that anything bad is happening.
They should plan ahead on having to deal with those issues and sounds, however.
The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday that its Court Operations Division will conduct a multi-agency active shooter training exercise at GJAC from 8 until 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The training will entail law enforcement doing everything that they would do if they were responding to a real active shooter incident at the courthouse. Even though the event will be a training exercise, the Sheriff's Office warned that drivers will still have to follow all traffic laws, such as yielding the right-of-way to emergency vehicles and reducing speed around emergency vehicles that have activated their lights and sirens. Officials pledged that any traffic delays are expected to be minimal.
Residents will still be able to call 9-1-1 in case criminal activity or emergencies are taking place.
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