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Author events Aug. 8-14
Author events in and around Atlanta featuring authors Elaine Neil Orr, Karin Slaughter, Marjan Kamali and Sim Kern.
15 family-friendly things to do in metro Atlanta this weekend
From Monsterama Con to Cirque du Soleil's Ovo, concerts and a bat-spotting expedition, here are 15 family-friendly happenings in metro Atlanta on Aug. 8, Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.
Alone in Atlanta? How to make friends and (not) alienate people.
Meeting new people and making friends isn’t always easy as adults. So, several organizations have sprouted up to help adults in Atlanta make new connections.
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Six soldiers honored for heroism amid shooting at Georgia’s Fort Stewart
Six soldiers were honored with a Meritorious Service Medal Thursday for their heroic actions responding to the shooting at Georgia's Fort Stewart.
Georgia seeks to dismiss Confederate group’s Stone Mountain lawsuits
A Confederate group has filed a series of lawsuits challenging changes at Stone Mountain. The Georgia attorney general's office has moved to dismiss all of them.
Man accused of shooting 2 MARTA police officers arrested in Alabama
Two MARTA police officers were shot while confronting a man who was urinating near a platform at a downtown Atlanta station late Thursday, officials said.