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Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in 2021. On Thursday, Ragsdale said the district would resume posting coronavirus case counts. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gierke poses for a recruit training graduation photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, May 18, 2021. Lance Cpl. Gierke, 19, from Lawrenceville, Georgia, was a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. He was pronounced dead by a competent medical authority at the scene of a tactical vehicle mishap on January 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of MCCS Recruit Photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Collins Hill grad dies in Marines tactical vehicle accident
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DeKalb County ethics officer Stacey Kalberman (center) and members of the DeKalb County ethics board met over Zoom Wednesday afternoon, their first gathering since 2018. SCREENSHOT

Search for DeKalb’s next ethics officer will launch soon
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This is a rendering of what Tucker plans to do with the properties it just purchased.

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Tucker gets $1.5M grant to build trail from downtown to Northlake Mall
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03/03/2021 —Marietta, Georgia — Cobb County resident Willia George, 84, receives a single dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine while at a Cobb and Douglass County Public Health Department COVID-19 vaccine drive thru at Jim Miller Park in Marietta, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Cobb to distribute delayed COVID test kits Sunday11h ago
Randall Toussaint is the new economic development director in Johns Creek. Courtesy Johns Creek

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Johns Creek hires new economic development director
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MARTA announces some train and bus trips are canceled on Tuesday. A spike in COVID-19 among employees has contributed to disruptions in metro Atlanta transit services in recent weeks. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Passengers stranded as COVID forces metro Atlanta transit services to cancel trips
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Tarece Johnson is sworn in to the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Dec. 17, 2020. Johnson was elected board chair for 2022. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Gwinnett school board elects Tarece Johnson as next chair
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The Gwinnett County Police Department is accepting applications for the next Citizens Police Academy session. (Courtesy Gwinnett County Police Department)

Gwinnett police taking applications for next citizens academy
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Nourish + Bloom Market brings cashierless grocery shopping to Fayetteville.

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Cashierless ‘autonomous’ grocery store opening in Fayette County
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This is the new district map for Doraville.

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DeKalb city changes district map, voting method for 1st time in 50 years
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A local developer wants to change the character map area designation for a Peachtree Dunwoody Road residential property. Photo: Adrianne Murchison

Sandy Springs developer firms up housing plan for Peachtree Dunwoody Road
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Cobb school board changes policy for public comments at meetings
16h ago
Atlanta Public Schools mandates COVID-19 testing for sports teams
17h ago
Cobb extends state of emergency as COVID cases remain high
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and his daughter Bailey Dickens depart Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia on January 11th, 2022 after welcoming the President and Vice President to the city. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens attends U.S. Conference of Mayors in D.C.
Clayton County again considering mandatory trash pickup
Fulton commissioners approve $1.2M to study cost, location of new jail
Henry Commission chairwoman hoping to revisit rejected employee raises
Henry Commission may revisit 10.5% across-the-board raise for county employees next month.

Henry Commission chairwoman hoping to revisit rejected employee raises
‘They too have souls’: Decatur trees get more protection
Atlanta Public Schools opens applications for prekindergarten program
Gwinnett assistant transportation director wins statewide award
Alpharetta City Council approved Excellere Construction to fix 5,700 feet of sidewalk and repair or replace 39 handicap ramps at a cost of $498,000 during a Tuesday meeting. AJC FILE

Alpharetta approves nearly $500K for sidewalk repairs
Stonecrest authority slips into ‘dysfunctional chaos’ after $750M bond deals
Atlanta Mayor Dickens names the rest of his transition team
Atlanta Mayor Dickens decries barriers around support for the homeless
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These two steam locomotives are being overhauled at the Pegram Shops in Atlanta in this photo from the 1940s. The photo is par of the railroad archive at the Atlanta History Center. Photo Kenneth Rogers

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Atlanta and the Railroads: a special project
The art gallery entrance foyer has a floating staircase placed between two walls. Text by Jeffrey Bruce Baker/Nancy Tao

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Education and school news
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in 2021. On Thursday, Ragsdale said the district would resume posting coronavirus case counts. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks
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Parents who couldn’t get into the Cherokee County School Board meeting because the building reached capacity chant “No CRT!” during the meeting on May 20, 2021. Now Georgia lawmakers propose financial penalties for schools that teach about race in ways deemed inappropriate. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools
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Tarece Johnson is sworn in to the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Dec. 17, 2020. Johnson was elected board chair for 2022. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Gwinnett school board elects Tarece Johnson as next chair
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The Cobb County Board of Education reverted back to its old policy requiring speakers to sign up in-person, rather than online, if they want to give public comment. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb school board changes policy for public comments at meetings
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City of Atlanta news
Edward Irons, dean emeritus of the business school at Clark Atlanta University

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Edward Irons: a dean emeritus at Clark Atlanta University, dies at 98
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220117-Atlanta-Traffic flows freely along the Downtown Connector on Monday morning, Jan. 17, 2022. Roads were clear of ice following the winter storm that rolled through the Metro Sunday. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Hotels, convention business still recovering from COVID impact
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Truist will install its name on top of the city's second-tallest building starting Jan. 22, 2022. The company's logo has already been added to the 303 Peachtree St. building, known as Truist Plaza. (Handout)

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Truist sign to be added to second-tallest building
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Atlanta Public Schools will require student-athletes to get tested for COVID-19 when community spread is at high levels. JASON GETZ/AJC FILE PHOTO

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Atlanta Public Schools mandates COVID-19 testing for sports teams
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Clayton County news
Clayton County police said a stolen van led officers to a "chop shop" being run out of a vacant building owned by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Cops: Stolen school van leads officers to Clayton County ‘chop shop’
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Nourish + Bloom Market brings cashierless grocery shopping to Fayetteville.

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Cashierless ‘autonomous’ grocery store opening in Fayette County
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Clayton County is considering municipal garbage pickup.

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Clayton County again considering mandatory trash pickup
Henry Commission may revisit 10.5% across-the-board raise for county employees next month.

Henry Commission chairwoman hoping to revisit rejected employee raises
Cobb County news
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in 2021. On Thursday, Ragsdale said the district would resume posting coronavirus case counts. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks
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03/03/2021 —Marietta, Georgia — Cobb County resident Willia George, 84, receives a single dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine while at a Cobb and Douglass County Public Health Department COVID-19 vaccine drive thru at Jim Miller Park in Marietta, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Cobb to distribute delayed COVID test kits Sunday
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Dent 'Wildman' Myers at 70 years old. The owner of a Civil War relic shop was a flamboyant and controversial fixture in downtown Kennesaw. (KATIE KING/Staff)

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Dent Myers, purveyor of Old South, dies at 90
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The Cobb County Board of Education reverted back to its old policy requiring speakers to sign up in-person, rather than online, if they want to give public comment. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb school board changes policy for public comments at meetings
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DeKalb County news
DeKalb County ethics officer Stacey Kalberman (center) and members of the DeKalb County ethics board met over Zoom Wednesday afternoon, their first gathering since 2018. SCREENSHOT

Search for DeKalb’s next ethics officer will launch soon
8h ago
This is a rendering of what Tucker plans to do with the properties it just purchased.

Credit: City of Tucker

Tucker gets $1.5M grant to build trail from downtown to Northlake Mall
11h ago
This is the new district map for Doraville.

Credit: City of Doraville

DeKalb city changes district map, voting method for 1st time in 50 years
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A portion of the four acres in southeast Decatur that’ll be turned into a development called Hargrove. It appears most of the property’s been cleared of trees despite signs surrounding the site saying “Tree Save Area.” Construction should start on the 59 single-family homes and attached townhomes in early summer and finish by December 2018. Bill Banks for the AJC

‘They too have souls’: Decatur trees get more protection
Fulton County news
The Milton Police Department has launched a new digital fingerprint scheduling system for alcohol pouring permits and background check appointments. (Courtesy Pixabay)

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Milton police launch new digital fingerprint system
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Randall Toussaint is the new economic development director in Johns Creek. Courtesy Johns Creek

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Johns Creek hires new economic development director
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The Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce recently announced its 2022 Ambassadors. (Courtesy Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce)

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Alpharetta Chamber selects 2022 Ambassadors
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Nourish + Bloom Market brings cashierless grocery shopping to Fayetteville.

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Cashierless ‘autonomous’ grocery store opening in Fayette County
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Gwinnett County news
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gierke poses for a recruit training graduation photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, May 18, 2021. Lance Cpl. Gierke, 19, from Lawrenceville, Georgia, was a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. He was pronounced dead by a competent medical authority at the scene of a tactical vehicle mishap on January 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of MCCS Recruit Photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Collins Hill grad dies in Marines tactical vehicle accident
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Duluth has approved a change to the entrance drive for a new townhome development on Rogers Bridge Road. (Courtesy City of Duluth)

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Duluth approves entrance change for townhome development
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Tarece Johnson is sworn in to the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Dec. 17, 2020. Johnson was elected board chair for 2022. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Credit: Jenni Girtman

Gwinnett school board elects Tarece Johnson as next chair
15h ago
The Gwinnett County Police Department is accepting applications for the next Citizens Police Academy session. (Courtesy Gwinnett County Police Department)

Gwinnett police taking applications for next citizens academy
15h ago
Crime & public safety news
A fire broke out at a northwest Atlanta business Friday night. (Credit: John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Blaze breaks out at NW Atlanta business
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Shots were fired Friday afternoon near the main exit of McNair High School. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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No students injured in shooting near McNair High during school hours
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A 19-year-old woman was carjacked Jan. 14 while she waited for her brother in the parking lot of Lithonia High School. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Mother says teen daughter traumatized by carjacking at Lithonia High
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Nathan Louis Highsmith, 25, of Canton, was arrested Thursday at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital. (Credit: Sandy Springs Police Department)

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WATCH: Murder suspect arrested by Sandy Springs police inside hospital
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Georgia Politics
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials8h ago
This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site
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Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

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Politically Georgia: Perdue pitches election police force
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Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

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Politically Georgia: Perdue pitches election police force15h ago
Georgia's tax collections are up 18.1% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. (lamprey / E+ / Getty Images)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging
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President Joe Biden's new debt relief program targeted specifically to Black, Hispanic and Native American farmers shows the political weight of Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., shown in Washington, D.C., in 2021. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds

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OPINION: Raphael Warnock’s year of victories, defeats and Senate prayers
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President Joe Biden's new debt relief program targeted specifically to Black, Hispanic and Native American farmers shows the political weight of Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., shown in Washington, D.C., in 2021. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Stefani Reynolds

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OPINION: Raphael Warnock’s year of victories, defeats and Senate prayers15h ago
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams was arrested in 2018 during a protest in the Georgia Capitol while she was serving in the state Senate. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the law she was charged with violating. The charges against Williams and others arrested in the protest were dismissed in 2019. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Lawsuit challenging protesters’ arrest argued in Georgia Supreme Court
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