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Republican gubernatorial candidate Handel talks politics
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Gabriel Khouli
Updated: Jan 27, 2010, 5:30 AM
Published: Jan 26, 2010, 11:51 PM
If elected, Republican gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel plans to continue to cut the state budget, promote entrepreneurs and small businesses, lower the state’s tax burden and endorse more technical school education and corporate-educational cooperation.More than 80 Republicans attended Monday’s monthly GOP meeting to hear Handel, one of the Republican front runners and a favorite of some local party leaders.Handel spoke about her experience cutting budgets and improving efficiency at the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the Georgia Secretary of
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April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.