PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) - A Japanese manufacturer has announced plans to open a biotech facility in metro Atlanta.
Gov. Nathan Deal Friday announced Calpis America is constructing a plant in Peachtree City to produce animal feed ingredients which are widely used in the livestock industry.
The Tokyo-based company is expecting to open the plan in April of 2014, and will create 42 new jobs during its first year of operations.
Deal says the company is investing $20 million in the facility.
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Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:31 AM EDT2013-05-22 10:31:03 GMT
Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.
Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who was abducted just after midnight on Wednesday.They say 1-year-old Annya Buchannon was in the back of a car that was stolen from the Playskool Daycare on Conley Road in Forest Park.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:48 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:48:00 GMT
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Those shelters could mean the difference between life and death when faced with one of these powerful storms.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
