FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025

Good morning! On this day in 1994, John Berendt's best-seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was published, giving a glimpse into Savannah society amid an intriguing murder case.

Georgia divided its attention Thursday between paying final respects to Jimmy Carter and preparing for a winter storm set to arrive today. What preparations did you make ahead of the storm? Reply to this email with your pre-storm checklist.

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State Braced for Snow, Ice

Weather forecasters have given a name to the winter storm set to arrive this morning: Cora. The storm is set to blast metro Atlanta and much of north Georgia with a mix of snow and ice.

The forecast calls for much of north Georgia to get 2 to 4 inches of snow with isolated higher amounts while metro Atlanta is eyed for up to 2 inches with wind gusts of 20 mph.

The storm is stirring memories of the January 2014 "Snowpocalypse," when just 1 to 3 inches of snow and ice crippled Atlanta with students stuck overnight in schools and commuters left to walk home.

State leaders are confident there will not be a repeat, noting the Georgia Department of Transportation "spent a lot of money ensuring that 2014 does not happen on their watch again."

Final Goodbyes Paid to Jimmy Carter

Georgians on Thursday joined others from across the country in paying their final respects to former President Jimmy Carter, capped by a Navy flyover in a "missing man" formation. See video here.

U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Charity Somma, one of three native Georgian flyover pilots, recalled that as a child, "We were driving by the Carter estate and being told the stories and the history of what that man had accomplished, and being so proud that I, too, was a Georgian."

Carter's body was returned home following a National Funeral Service in Washington, D.C., including remarks by family and former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young.

In Plains, the crowd lining Main Street waited quietly for the motorcade and then, as the procession passed, some shouted "Thank you!" and others waved American flags.

Moving Sale: Historic Home Priced at $1

Buying a pre-Civil War home won't cost you even an Abraham Lincoln in Cobb County, where the historic McAfee House is on the market for just $1. The catch? It must be moved by May 15.

"The house is solid as a rock when you walk through it," built in the 1840s of heart pine and used by a Union general and as a Confederate field hospital, according to the property manager. See a photo here.

The house once anchored 200 acres of farmland, now mostly sold off, and the goal of the sale is to find a preservationist willing to relocate and restore the home. Applications are due Jan. 17.

Moving the house won't come cheap, with one estimate putting the cost at $200,000.

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➤ Statewide: A new map shows car theft rates by each county in the state, ranging from a low of 180 thefts per 100,000 people to a high of 600. (See Map)

➤ State: Georgia's two U.S. Senators joined the growing support in Congress for the Laken Riley Act, aimed at deporting more criminal illegal immigrants. (More)

➤ Cohutta: Three young children and two adults died Wednesday after becoming trapped in a smoke-filled house during a suspected electrical fire. (See Photo)

➤ Winder: Apalachee High canceled classes for Thursday, a day after a 14-year-old student was arrested for bringing a gun to the school, the site of a deadly shooting in September. (More)

➤ Metro Atlanta: A wine store is putting a new spin on "dry January" with tastings of dry wines, among the city's January food-and-drink events. (See List of Events)

➤ Georgia quarterback Carson Beck is expected to enter the NCAA transfer portal instead of the NFL draft. (More)

➤ Georgia men's basketball team celebrated its first win against a Top 10 opponent since 2020 with an 82-69 win over No. 6 Kentucky on Tuesday night. (More)

➤ Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot said he would be "comfortable" keeping Kirk Cousins with the team as a $27.5 million backup quarterback. (More)

➤ Yesterday's results: NCAAF | PGA | NBA | NHL | NCAAM | NCAAW | Soccer

➤ Dockworkers in Georgia and other coastal states struck a tentative deal on a six-year contract ahead of next week's deadline. (More)

➤ Amazon will spend $11 billion to build cloud computing and artificial intelligence complexes in Douglas and Butts counties, creating 550 jobs. (More)

➤ Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A says its introduction of automated lemon squeezing is saving 10,000 man-hours a day, equal to 1,250 full-time workers. (More)

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➤ "Scream 7" began filming in Atlanta, with Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox returning in their iconic roles. (More)

➤ The comfort food of Quillian's Grill in Gainesville will be featured on the Jan. 24 episode of America's Best Restaurants Roadshow on Roadshow's YouTube channel. (More)

➤ How many of the state's top tourism sites on "The Georgia Bucket List" have you visited? (See List)

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