Tuesday, April 14th

Athens-Clarke County Police charge a Gwinnett County man after gunshots were fired from his vehicle on Athens’ west side. Luis Maldonado Echevarria is 24 years old, from Norcross. Police say no one was hurt when he shot his gun from his car on Westchester Drive and Mitchell Bridge Road. Charges include reckless conduct and DUI.

A finalist to be the next dean of the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry is on campus today: Rose-Marie Muzika is a professor at the University of Missouri.

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer speaks today at UGA: Ziemer has been, since 2006, the head of the President’s Malaria Initiative. Ziemer’s address is set for 4 o’clock this afternoon at the Georgia Center.

Today’s campus blood drive starts at 11 and lasts til 4 at UGA’s Tate Student Center.

5:30 at Rooker Hall in UGA’s East Campus Village: the College of Education graduate programs fair. UGA says it will be an informal session for students interested in furthering their education education at the University of Georgia.

An Athens-Clarke County Commission work session is set for 5:30 this afternoon at the Government Building on Dougherty Street.

There are afternoon meetings of the Athens Downtown Development Authority and the Athens Library Board: the Downtown Development Authority meets at 3 at the Hancock Avenue headquarters of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce; the Library Board session starts at 4 at the Library on Baxter Street.

There is a morning meeting for the Oconee County Board of Tax Assessors, 9 o’clock at the courthouse in Watkinsville.

Barrow County Commissioners meet tonight at the Historic Courthouse in Winder.

The DOT is closing a stretch of North Broad Street in Commerce: the closure of an inside westbound lane comes as crews work on a rail crossing in Commerce.

The assistant superintendent of schools in Barrow County is leaving Winder for a job in Gainesville: Chris Griner will be the new Chief Financial Officer for the Gainesville City School System. Griner starts his new job in July.

A gas main break closes a road in Hall County: Gaines Ferry Road at McEver Road remained closed late last night after the 4-inch gas line rupture. Hall County first responders say there was no need for any evacuations.

Residents in north Hall County will soon be able to renew their motor vehicle registration at a location closer to home. Hall County Commissioners have approved plans for a new tax kiosk for the North Hall Community Center on Nopone Road.

Gwinnett County Police want to know if there are any other victims: a Gwinnett County pastor is accused of ripping off a disabled church parishioner. Minister Robert Whitaker allegedly took out credit cards in the name of the victim. He's in the Gwinnett County jail.

The state Board of Regents meets today, holding its monthly meeting at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. The two-day Regents session wraps up tomorrow.

Atlanta Police say it looks like drag racing: three children in a car that was hit on Moreland Avenue in Atlanta; two of them were killed.

AT&T rolls out giga-bit speed for home internet in Atlanta.

The proposed sentencing agreement involves weekends in jails and fines for most of the 10 people awaiting sentencing in the Atlanta Public School System cheating scandal: the defendants have until 10 o’clock this morning to tell Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter if they will accept the deal. Meantime, Atlanta State Senator Vincent Fort is saying more needs to be done for the students who were caught up in the cheating case.

Fulton County school police have launched an investigation to find vandals who defaced a high school in Johns Creek.

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola is bounced by the NBA: the National Basketball Association is launching a multi-year marketing partnership with Pepsi.

No serious injuries in the latest Mega Bus crash, the fourth since October: the Atlanta-bound bus wrecked on an interstate in Indiana. 19 passengers were treated for minor injuries.

Investigators in the Lee County Sheriff’s Office say it looks to have been an accidental shooting: a 54 year-old man, shooting and killing an armadillo at a home near Leesburg—that part was on purpose. The accident? That was when the 9 millimeter bullet ricocheted and wounded his 74 year-old mother-in-law. She’s expected to be OK.