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The dogs waking up at home
in Athens this morning is
back-to-back national champs.
A look at their return
and this weekend's parade
plans. You'll have to adjust your budget.
George's gas tax is back for
the first time in 10 months.
See how much you'll spend
filling up this morning.
We are following breaking news at
airports all across the country.
The FAA is trying to restore its
notice to air mission system.
This system sends important
alerts to flight personnel.
A source close to NBC News says.
The system appears to have gone offline
late Tuesday night and immediately
led to all flights being grounded.
So right now there are
nearly 800 flights delayed,
fifty of them reported at Hartsfield Jackson,
according to FlightAware.
The FAA says it plans to provide.
Frequent updates as it's working
to get this system up and
running as soon as possible.
Georgia is getting ready to celebrate
their back-to-back national champions.
The parade is kicking off Saturday.
Our Molly oak is live for us this
morning with some new details
we all need to know if you're
planning on being there.
Lots of excitement here in Athens.
We've already had some runners come by us,
yell, go dog, some horns Hawking,
and those celebrations will
continue into the weekend.
Take a look at your screen.
We've got the route for that parade
that you're all looking forward to
happening on Saturday, starting at
12:30 with a parade down Lumpkin St.
to Sanford Stadium.
There will also be a dog walk at 1:00 PM.
It starts at the Baxter Street, ext.
And we'll go through the
Tate Student Center Plaza.
After the parade.
They'll have a special presentation
at 2:00 PM inside the stadium
with the gates opening at noon.
Now you're going to need a ticket
if you want to go to that.
But they are free and will be available to
the first first to season ticket holders,
faculty,
staff and also students.
Any remaining tickets will be made
available to the public at 9:00 AM
on Thursday on georgiadogs.com.
And of course,
when we're looking at the stadium,
we're seeing all those championship signs
194219802021. And of course a new sign
will be added for 2022 national champions.
But I know we ran through all those
details of the parade this weekend.
Pretty quickly we've got you linked up.
Online for everything you need to know,
guys. Molly, thank you.
And you'll have a chance to
get up close and personal
with the championship trophy.
The trophy tour kicks off at noon
today at the Walmart on Lexington Rd.
in Athens before heading
to the Kroger on Alps Road.
Continuing your 11 minutes of nonstop news,
police are working to track down
and arrest the person accused of
shooting and killing a 17 year
old boy. It happened as he was
walking out of a Decatur gas station.
Investigators say the shooting happened
yesterday morning or yesterday evening.
Excuse me. Shortly before 6,
at the Shell station on
Snapfinger Woods Drive,
the victim's mother says police
believe it was an attempted robbery.
If you have any information
that could help solve the case,
you are urged to call police
right now. Atlanta Public
Schools taking better steps
to protect students and staff,
the district recently installed
the same weapon detection system
used at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
As students walk through,
it searches for weapons.
If it detects ones, there's an alert.
This system allows schools
to quickly screen. A lot
of students, more than $40 million
in bonuses, are making their way
to the DeKalb County school system.
Board members recently
approved 3 incentive bonuses,
which will start this semester.
The bonuses range from 250 to $1000
depending on your role and when you start it.
We have that full breakdown for you
right now at 11. Alive.com plus,
a new program in the city of South Fulton,
is offering people some help with
their rent or mortgage payments.
The emergency program
has $330,000 for people.
Still feeling the impacts from COVID-19?
It started Tuesday,
and it's going to continue until
all the money is gone.
To learn about who qualifies,
you can call that number you
see right there on your screen.
You can also visit cityofsouthfultonga.gov
sticking with your 11 minutes of
nonstop news all new this morning,
rapper Gunna is posting for the first time on
Instagram since he was released from prison.
He's taken a plea deal in the YSL Rico case,
he writes in part.
It's only one side. YSL is the label.
And free thug and yak.
Young Thug is in jail awaiting trial.
Prosecutors say he's the ringleader of YSL,
which they claim is a street gang,
not just a record label.
The jury selection process is still underway.
It's expected to take several
weeks. We had to fill up the gas
tank this morning. It might notice
you are paying more than yesterday.
Georgia's gas tax is back after
the governor had a suspended
it for about 10 months.
Ariana Muniz has more on what
it means for you.
Georgia's gas tax suspension
is officially over.
AAA says the average price for a
gallon of gas now stands at $2.87.
It jumped seven cents from yesterday.
Prices have been steadily
falling over the past month.
Governor Kim first suspended the fuel
tax last March when we were experiencing
record high gas prices at $4.26 a gallon.
The suspension eliminated the additional
$0.29 per gallon on unleaded gas,
but now the gas tax has since increased.
It's now at $0.31 in the state,
according to GasBuddy.
Now low prices,
they're not expected to stick around.
Experts say they expect the
price of gas are creep up to
around $4 come summertime.
Back to you.
New this morning,
Georgia's governor is praising the
expansion of one of the largest renewable
energy solutions providers, Q cells.
He says it will invest more than
$2.5 billion in our state.
This announcement mentioned some
new facilities to be built in
Cartersville in Dalton,
which are expected to bring more than
2500 new jobs to Northwest Georgia.
These investments are expected
to bring Q sales,
total solar panel production
capacity in Georgia to 8.4
gigawatts by 2024 Chesley.
Well, nothing's job you have
going out this afternoon.
Only a few clouds overhead.
56 degrees will be our temperature.
Southerly wind about 70 mph by 3:00 o'clock.
We're gonna reach our high.
It's gonna be mild this afternoon.
63 degrees under mostly cloudy skies.
Maybe a sprinkle or two
coming out of those clouds.
That'll be it folks.
We're not expecting that heavy
rain to get in here until tomorrow.
Looking at scattered
thunderstorms around the area.
80% chance for that rain
and then cooling down behind
that front. Alright crash,
you're gonna be pulling
double duty here Sunday.
Giving us a Biden plans parade
situations on Saturday. Show.
We got a lot going on this weekend.
Yeah, we're really looking forward to it.
It's Wednesday, but you know, here we go.
I'm not planning to be here. You know
that I got. Yeah,
he's got it for us. Alright.
Today's show is next.
Hope you have a great day everybody.
We look forward to seeing you
back here tomorrow morning.