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Shaq, Atlanta athletes give back to area youth
Youth get double dose of ‘Shaq attack’
It was a day of giving back to families in Henry County. NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal and the sheriff’s office had two big events all aimed at helping families and strengthening relationships with youth.
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. – It was a day of giving back to families in Henry County. NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal and the sheriff’s office had two big events all aimed at helping families and strengthening relationships with youth.
There’s an old saying that goes “idle hands are the devils workshop”. That’s what the Henry County sheriff says he’s trying to prevent with two major events, but one common goal: giving back.
“Continue to teach children to be leaders and not followers,” O’Neal said.
The day started out with ten families getting a surprise shopping spree at Academy Sports and Outdoors.
In partnership with the company, Shaquille O’Neal and the Henry County Sheriff’s Office gave the families $350 to spend.
“We want to listen to them better. we want to understand them better and validate them more by doing that we can bring them in and change the direction they’ve been going in,” said Sheriff Reginald Scandrett.
There was some fun too, as Shaq, who is the community outreach coordinator for the sheriff’s office tried to see if anyone could make a free throw in the store and win $100 on the spot.
“He don’t want the money, sheriff. He don’t want it,” O’Neal said during the contest.
“I was not expecting to meet an entire basketball player here,” said Londyn Gaulden.
“I was amazed, excited, and thankful to God because I was just surprised,” said Ayden Bruno.
However, for the next generation, seeing Shaq and getting a chance to connect with first responders is what made them smile.
“When I come in here, and I see Shaq…I’m like wow this must be a dream,” said Bruno.
Later in the day, three greats: Shaq, former Falcon Roddy White, and former Braves outfielder Otis Nixon got all together for a sports training camp for middle school students.
“Kids have always been my inspiration and giving back to the community, so it’s always a positive thing,” said White.
“We don’t want there to be an opportunity that they only come to contact when there’s a problem. It’s important we are able to build there’s a relationship prior to,” said Col. Tina Daniel.
Relationships like with Landin Lance.
“I don’t have to be inside all day and I get to work out and do something I like,” said camper Landin Lance.
“The more sports I try I feel I get better at the other ones,” said Jordan Cross
“No trust, no relationship, we have to develop trust with children to have a relationship with the community from a young age so when they are older they have the relationship,” said Sheriff Scandrett.
The free camp is a three-day event and happening at Dutchtown High School.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta businesses impacted by this month’s water main breaks can begin applying for financial help on Monday.
City council approved a $7.5 million financial relief fund to make up for lost revenue and help pay employees who were out of work. Invest Atlanta is spearheading the grant program, which is aimed at assisting businesses devastated by the water main breaks.
Applications open Monday, June 24 at 8 a.m. Businesses have until 5 p.m. on July 8, 2024, to apply. APPLY HERE
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ATLANTA – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Thursday announced new sanctions against a Mexican drug cartel that smuggles fentanyl and other synthetic opioids into the United States.
Yellen’s announcement during a news conference in Atlanta coincided with the arrests of eight leaders of the cartel La Nueva Familia Michocana on 13 indictments.
More than 1 million Americans have died of drug overdoses since 2000, while fatal overdoses of fentanyl among Georgians rose by 200% between 2019 and 2021, Yellen said.
“Far too many families in communities across the United States are losing their loved ones to opioids,” she said. “That’s why President Biden has directed the entire U.S. government to use every tool at our disposal to combat the opioid epidemic.”
“Illicit drugs imported into the United States are killing our citizens at an unprecedented rate,” added Ryan Buchanan, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
Yellen said the sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Assets Control are aimed at denying cartels the funds they need to carry out their illegal activities.
“Cartels that peddle fentanyl operate in many respects like other businesses,” she said. “They rely on access to banking systems … to make payroll and finance purchases.”
Yellen said the federal government needs help from the private sector to make the sanctions work. Toward that end, the Treasury Department also issued an advisory Thursday to help financial institutions detect and report flows of money fueling the fentanyl supply chain.
“One of the most powerful things we can do is deny (cartels) the fruits of their labor, the very essence of what these cartels need – their money,” said Robert Murphy, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta office. “We don’t want them to use that money to make them stronger and have a bigger impact in the United States.”
Yellen said La Nueva Familia Michocana not only ships fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines into the U.S. but also smuggles illegal immigrants across the southern border and engages in arms trafficking.
Yellen said Chinese officials have agreed to cooperate with the American effort to combat fentanyl, and she is reaching out to Claudia Sheinbaum, recently elected president of Mexico, to work with the U.S. on choking off the flow of dangerous drugs across the border.
ATLANTA, Ga. (WTOC) – Sunday, The White House Press Office released President Joe Biden’s plans to arrive in Atlanta, Georgia.
The President will head to Atlanta on Thursday, June 27th to participate in the first presidential debate.
The debate, held in Atlanta, will begin at 9:00 pm ET.
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