The Tucker Recreation Center had to be evacuated on Wednesday, March 18, after the deputy director received a report about a ...

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Decatur, GA — The Decatur Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board voted Friday to work with the nonprofit Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP) to build its long-awaited cottage court ...

DeKalb County, GA – State Rep. Vernon Jones is resigning. “Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” Jones said. Prior to his resignation, Jones, a Democrat who is part of the DeKalb County ...

Decatur, GA — City Schools of Decatur ranked in the top five school districts in Georgia for average SAT scores and highest in the Metro Atlanta region for the fifth consecutive year. CSD’s class of ...

This story has been updated. Atlanta, GA — After a four-month renovation, the Asian gallery at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum reopened in August. The renovation significantly increased ...

ATLANTA — On Jan. 26, locals bundled up and gathered in Kirkwood for a "Stop ICE Terror" community vigil organized by neighbors from Kirkwood, Parkview, Edgewood, Decatur, Oakhurst, East Lake and ...

Clarkston, GA — The city of Clarkston plans to disavow three contracts entered into by former city manager Shawanna Qawiy. The contracts are with Human Resources Dimensions, Inc., Pivot Path, and ...

ATLANTA — MARTA’s bus network reimagining proposes eliminating bus Route 24 and other changes affecting Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood. Kirkwood’s neighborhood organization is opposing those changes, ...

Decatur, GA — William H. “Bill” Foege played a major part in helping to eradicate smallpox in 1980, the only infectious disease to have been completely eradicated. The Task Force for Global Health ...

This story has been updated. Atlanta, GA — Atlanta Watershed has finished repairs on the aging pipe at the intersection of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and J.P. Brawley Drive in downtown Atlanta. A water ...

Clarkston, GA — Clarkston’s Police Chief received a five-day unpaid suspension on April 13, but the city wouldn’t say why. City Manager Shawanna Qawiy called it a “personnel matter.” But Police Chief ...