COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Smyrna restaurant owner has sold her car to make sure her employees have a little cash in their pockets during the coronavirus pandemic.Charity Salyers used $11,000 she received last week from selling her 2016 Ford Mustang to pay about eight Vittles Restaurant employees and cover the rent on the eatery at 2579 South Cobb Drive. The amount, she said, will be enough to “carry me forward for two months.”Have questions about the spread of coronavirus? We have an entire section dedicated to coverage of the outbreak. “And I figured two months would give us enough time for...…COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Smyrna restaurant owner has sold her car to make sure her employees have a little cash in their pockets during the coronavirus pandemic.Charity Salyers used $11,000 she received last week from selling her 2016 Ford Mustang to pay about eight Vittles Restaurant employees and cover the rent on the eatery at 2579 South Cobb Drive. The amount, she said, will be enough to “carry me forward for two months.”Have questions about the spread of coronavirus? We have an entire section dedicated to coverage of the outbreak. “And I figured two months would give us enough time for...WW…

ATLANTA — A central gathering place for protesters in downtown Atlanta has closed due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Centennial Olympic Park is closed indefinitely, according to a statement issued Monday by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), which manages the park. Executive director Frank Poe said that the authority has lost income from canceled summer activities and can’t afford to keep the park open to the public.“The financial ramifications stemming from this global pandemic have hit the hospitality industry, including Georgia World Congress...…ATLANTA — A central gathering place for protesters in downtown Atlanta has closed due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Centennial Olympic Park is closed indefinitely, according to a statement issued Monday by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), which manages the park. Executive director Frank Poe said that the authority has lost income from canceled summer activities and can’t afford to keep the park open to the public.“The financial ramifications stemming from this global pandemic have hit the hospitality industry, including Georgia World Congress...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .A Georgia man who attacked Capitol Police on January 6 and told one “you’re gonna die tonight” has pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon.Jack Wade Whitton, 32, of Locust Grove, Georgia, entered the plea to one of the more serious felony charges to date among the 870 defendants arrested in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol. His , if accepted by a federal judge, would carry either sentencing range from 63 to 78 months, or 78 to 93 months.“Whitton was part of a mob that confronted law enforcement officers at the Archway...…--Report typos and corrections to: .A Georgia man who attacked Capitol Police on January 6 and told one “you’re gonna die tonight” has pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon.Jack Wade Whitton, 32, of Locust Grove, Georgia, entered the plea to one of the more serious felony charges to date among the 870 defendants arrested in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol. His , if accepted by a federal judge, would carry either sentencing range from 63 to 78 months, or 78 to 93 months.“Whitton was part of a mob that confronted law enforcement officers at the Archway...WW…