The Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs, which serve youth at nearly 5,000 locations across the country, announced that they have received their largest donation ever this week, a $281 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The money will be used to help fund both the national organization and each of its community centers, which have been providing after-school programs to children nationwide since 1860. The generous donation has the Boys & Girls Clubs and its millions of members RISING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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