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Top Georgia news, including snow and ice across the state due to an Arctic weather system.

There was plenty of news across Georgia on Wednesday. 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.

Dog Buried Alive In Gwinnett Dumpster Finds New Home
A beagle has been rescued and adopted after it was found buried alive under a pile of trash in a dumpster last week, behind a Lilburn business.

Georgia Covered In Snow, Ice As Bomb Cyclone Brews
Wind chill advisories and freeze warnings were the order of the day throughout Georgia on Wednesday, as a weather system called a "bomb cyclone" brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to unlikely locations including coastal south Georgia.

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Babies Tossed To Firefighters In Decatur Blaze
Parents were tossing babies to firefighters out of apartment building windows after a massive fire engulfed an apartment complex in Decatur early Wednesday.


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