New Life For Empty Amazon Boxes This Season | Patch PM

Stories to talk about this evening:

Amazon, Goodwill Program Creates Use For Empty Cardboard Boxes

In the past, all those cardboard boxes from Amazon will end up in the recycling bin or garbage, only used to ship something one time. But this year, Amazon is teaming up with Goodwill to give those boxes a second life. >>> Read more.

I-285 Express Lanes Project Moves Forward

The State Transportation Board has approved the sale of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds to fund early acquisition of right of way needed for the Revive 285 project. >>> Read more.

GoFundMe Account Created To Help Mother of Teen Found Dead

A GoFundMe account has been created to help the mother of the Cambridge High School student found dead over the weekend in Lake Windward. The account was created by Karlie Allen, and seeks to raise $20,000 of the 18-year-old's mother take care of expenses related to Chamberlain Ivey's sudden death. >>> Read more.

• The Georgia Department of Transportation comes to the realization: We all need a break.

• $1M grant will help transform the former Butler Street YMCA into entertainment space.

• John Robert Lewis Elementary School is first named after the civil rights pioneer.

• 'This would be the last place I thought that would happen,' victim says.

• 'Package pirates' getting especially bold this time of year.

• Crash occurred about 7 a.m. in Austell.

• Bill Hayes, a music teacher at E. Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta, was found stabbed to death Saturday at a storage facility.

• The county tax commissioner, whose office sent out the data, says the breach has been contained.

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