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    The Marietta City School Board unanimously authorized Superintendent Dr. Grant Rivera to begin a phased reopening of some classrooms as early as Sept. 8.
    Cobb County| 3h ago
    Marietta approves plan to reopen some classrooms after Labor Day
    Joe Jordan, 82, owner of Cato Shoe Repair, answers a phone call from a customer inside his store in Atlanta. He and his wife, Hattie, have been repairing shoes since the 1960s. In addition to shoes, they work on belts, purses, luggage and more. Atlanta has just opened applications for a program that would give grants to small businesses struggling with coronavirus-related costs. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM) AJC FILE PHOTO
    Local News
    Atlanta opens applications for small businesses grants
    Los Angeles International Airport is testing thermal cameras inside Tom Bradley International Terminal for passenger screening. Source: Los Angeles World Airports.
    Atlanta Airport Blog
    Delta tests temperature screening at LAX with pilot project
    More metro Atlanta news
    Police opened a homicide investigation Tuesday in Atlanta.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Woman shot, killed in SE Atlanta apartment
    Fast facts about Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
    Local News
    Keisha Lance Bottoms not picked for Biden’s VP
    Johns Creek places police chief under investigation
    North Fulton County
    Johns Creek police chief resigns with settlement agreement
    A Marietta man recently turned himself in after police said he admitted to doing doughnuts in a parking deck at The Battery Atlanta for a YouTube video last month.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man turns himself in after cops said he did doughnuts at The Battery...
    Quantavious Grier was convicted of felony murder, armed robbery and other charges related to the shooting death of James Yarborough in 2007.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man serving life sentence granted new trial by Georgia Supreme Court
    The Beauty and the Beet bowl from Sama: Food for Balance in Buckhead. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    This healthy bowl pairs well with a Buckhead yoga class
    Fact vs. fiction: Official sources for coronavirus news
    Local News
    Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Aug. 11, 3 p.m.)
    Delta CEO Ed Bastian
    Atlanta Airport Blog
    Delta says it will double share of Black officers, directors by 2025
    Doraville City Hall.
    DeKalb County
    DeKalb city bolsters penalties for hate crimes charged in city court
    Organizers have canceled the 88th annual North Georgia State Fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Cobb County
    Organizers cancel 2020 North Georgia State Fair
    Authorities are investigating the in-custody death of a man who was arrested Friday afternoon after damaging a police car in the parking lot of a DeKalb County Burger King, police said.
    News
    Man dies following arrest outside DeKalb Burger King, cops say
    FILE PHOTO: A restaurant owned by rapper 2 Chainz has been cited by the state for violating social distancing guidelines.
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    Snoop Dillard, 2 Chainz to open seafood restaurant in Old Fourth Ward
    Cobb County
    Cobb appoints new fire chief
    Coronavirus Schools & Business Updates
    Forsyth offers grants to small businesses impacted by COVID-19
    North Fulton County
    Milton to pay $185K for roundabout land
    Local News
    DeKalb approves $15M small business loan program
    Cherokee County
    Cherokee County schools have Head Start openings
    Gwinnett County
    Lawrenceville approves zoning for 12 townhomes on Moon Road
    The Petco Foundation has awarded the Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement Division a $10,000 grant to help with vaccinations, spay/neuter services, microchipping, and educational assistance. (File Photo)
    Gwinnett County
    Gwinnett animal shelter receives $10K grant
    A former community garden owned by Austell - but not the one named the I. T. and Lodemia Terrell Community Garden - will be exchanged with Habitat for Humanity. (Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta)
    Cobb County
    Austell will swap city property with Habitat for Humanity
    Two people were killed and two others were injured July 24 after gunfire erupted outside a house party on Sunset Avenue in northwest Atlanta's Vine City neighborhood, authorities said. "We know that address was an Airbnb and it was being used for a party," Atlanta police Lt. Pete Malecki told reporters outside the home.
    News
    Airbnb cracks down on 50 Atlanta party houses
    Louis Frank Jones, 89, worked his last shift at the Varsity in late March, a few days before the restaurant shut down all operations at the Midtown location to mitigate the spread of the pandemic. CONTRIBUTED BY BECKY STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    Retired Varsity carhop shares 63 years of ‘What’ll Ya Have’ memories
    ajc.com
    High School Sports Blog
    GHSA reports 866 COVID-19 cases
    Gilly Brew Bar owner Daniel Brown (left) and Miya Bailey are seen in front of Peters Street Station, a multi-use venue in Castleberry Hill that will serve as the home of the second Gilly location. CONTRIBUTED BY GARY FORTNER
    Atlanta Restaurant Blog
    Black-owned metro Atlanta coffee shop brews message of unity through ...
    News
    Gwinnett deputies save person who tried to jump over courthouse railing
    High School Sports Blog
    Shaw, Crowder the big names among 8 new coaches in Class 1A Private
    Cobb County
    Cobb doesn’t consider request to mail absentee ballot applications
    Atlanta Braves
    How the Braves accumulated $718 million in debt
    Local News
    Atlanta school board panel to review academy name honoring KKK leader
    North Fulton County
    Downtown residents petitioning for Centennial Olympic Park to reopen
    Atlanta Weather
    TUESDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Afternoon storms to greet voters at the polls
    DeKalb County
    New Lidl grocery store opening in Dunwoody this month
    Local News| 3h ago
    Results for local runoff elections in metro Atlanta
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Fugitive arrested in Marietta after fleeing police, crashing car...
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