UPDATE- Jonesboro mayor Joy Day said the City Council approved the rezoning plan at their Monday night meeting. 

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JONESBORO Ga. -- It's been 150 years since the original Battle of Jonesboro raged during the Civil War. Now there's a new one over whether or not a development plan would desecrate that very battlefield. Monday night a proposal was brought before the Jonesboro city commission that would allow a funeral home to be built on a piece of property off Tara Boulevard.

The local historical society says enough historical sites in Jonesboro have been paved over, and it's time to save this one. The Huie family owns the property behind the proposed funeral home site. They say artifacts can be found all around the area, which proves it was the site of heavy fighting during the Civil War. They have a bag full of artifacts, including what appears to be an unexploded civil war shell.

FOREST PARK, Ga. --- Police in Forest Park are looking for suspects involved in the attempted abduction of young girls on two separate occasions on Wednesday, May 9.

Police said on that date, two black males attempted to lure two elementary school girls, ages 7 and 12, into a white SUV along Glade Road in Forest Park as they were walking to school. Police said the girls refused the males and kept walking, making it safely to school.

In another incident on the same day, police said a 10-year-old girl was walking home after getting off of a school bus when she was approached by four black males in a dark colored 4-door vehicle - possibly a Ford Crown Victoria - with dark-tinted windows. The girl dropped her book bag and ran. The people in the car did not attempt to follow her.