'Extremely Active' Hurricane Season Coming | 'American Idol' Auditioning In Atlanta | Tree Nearly Crushes Family: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Got Talent? 'American Idol' Auditions Set For Piedmont Park
• Train Slams Into Tractor-Trailer Just Outside Atlanta
• Tree Falls Just Feet Away From Dunwoody Family; Van Crushed

'Extremely Active' 2017 Hurricane Season: Updated Georgia Forecast
Brace yourselves Georgians. With the peak of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season just days away from starting, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have upped their predictions for an above-normal number of storms. Back in May, NOAA forecast a 45 percent chance of an above-normal season. On Wednesday, that number rose to a 60 percent chance.

East Atlanta Gym's Unapologetic Sign: 'No Cops'
An East Atlanta gym is punching way above its weight in attention after its owner posted a sign on the front door that used an expletive in banning law enforcement. EAV Barbell Club on Flat Shoals Avenue on the city's southeast side had a sign that said "No [expletive] Cops" until owner Jim Chambers took it down. But Chamber said that the sign is going back up.

Metro Atlanta Solar Eclipse 2017 Guide: Where To Go, How To Watch
In less than two weeks, the daytime skies of north Georgia will go dark, marking the first total solar eclipse visible in the continental United States in 38 years. Here's everything you need to know about the eclipse in metro Atlanta, including what time it happens, the weather forecast, safety tips, where you can get special glasses and more.

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• 'Extremely Active' 2017 Hurricane Season: Updated Georgia Forecast
• Baby Shot During Forsyth Standoff Has Died
• Atlanta Restaurant Inspections: ‘Observed Brown-Like Substance In Ice Dispenser’
• Cocaine Trafficker Gets 30 Years In Prison: Cobb DA
• Douglasville AT&T Store Robbed At Gunpoint
• 'Senior Queens' Prank: Cartersville Schools "Disappointed" With Actions
• Cocaine, Ecstasy Seized During Traffic Stop In Sandy Springs
• Gwinnett School Releases Wrong Girl To DFCS
• Goats Dispatched To Improve Landscaping At Hammond Park

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