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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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Kel Mitchell, Renee Montgomery boost Atlanta youth sports in new Nick show
Kel Mitchell of “All That” fame and Atlanta Dream owner and former WNBA player Renee Montgomery make over youth sports fields in metro Atlanta in a new Nickelodeon TV show.
Traditions reign at Atlanta holiday concerts
Take in some of the performances from choral groups, jazz artists and classical musicians this holiday season in Atlanta.
Typewriter Tom fuels a growing interest in analog writing devices
Roswell's Tom Rehkopf owns about 1,000 typewriters, which he tinkers with at his workshop and happily shares with fellow aficionados, curious youngsters and even Tom Hanks.
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Man convicted of murdering Cherokee firefighter, wife as they watched TV
The deaths of Amber and Justin Hicks shocked their family and community. On Thursday, Matthew Lanz was convicted on all 13 charges he faced.
Report: Georgia unauthorized immigrant population reaches nearly 500,000
Georgia now has the nation’s sixth largest population of unauthorized immigrants, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Atlanta airport’s troubled Concourse C food court gets new management
OHM Concession Group will take over the Atlanta airport's Concourse C food court, as well as restaurants in Concourses B and F.