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DeKalb County Chief Superior Court Judge Asha Jackson. SPECIAL PHOTO
DeKalb judge issues new countywide eviction moratorium
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Joshua Elam stands near packed boxes full of his belongings at his residence in Decatur. Elam is facing eviction from the house he has been renting for two years. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Federal rental aid trickles out as tens of thousands of Georgians face eviction
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Kanye West will follow up an appearance at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22 with a new one Aug. 5 The rapper is holding a second listening party for his upcoming album "Donda" at the home of the Atlanta Falcons.
Kanye West holding another listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Rick Springfield performed before thousands of people in Brookhaven on Friday evening.
Thousands flock to Brookhaven festival seeking good music, normalcy
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Calvin Watts was confirmed as the new superintendent for Gwinnett County Public Schools by the board of education at July 30, 2021 at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gwinnett school board confirms Calvin Watts as new superintendent
Second grade teacher Temica Cook interacts with her students during the Atlanta Public Schools' Summer Academic Recovery Academy at Cascade Elementary School in Atlanta on June 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Teacher vacancies in metro Atlanta schools not as severe as feared
Atlanta City Hall. (Tyson Horne / tyson.horne@ajc.com)
Atlanta City Hall delays full reopening as COVID-19 delta variant spreads
A 16-year-old employee was fired from Urban Air Adventure Park in Snellville after printing a racial slur on a Black man's receipt. (Courtesy Google Maps)
‘It’s just unacceptable’: Racial slur printed on man’s receipt at Gwinnett business
Drew Charter School is quarantining students after positive COVID-19 cases. AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta school quarantines more than 100 students in first week of classes
A health fair and back-to-school kids expo will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville.
School supplies, vaccines available at Saturday health fair in Lawrenceville
May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
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A 16-year-old employee was fired from Urban Air Adventure Park in Snellville after printing a racial slur on a Black man's receipt. (Courtesy Google Maps)
‘It’s just unacceptable’: Racial slur printed on man’s receipt at Gwinnett business
Atlanta school quarantines more than 100 students in first week of classes
School supplies, vaccines available at Saturday health fair in Lawrenceville
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
A Billy’s Classic, with bacon and grilled onions, is one of the standout creations at NFA Burger in Dunwoody. CONTRIBUTED BY @DINEINAFLASH
Food & Wine says the best burger in Georgia is at a Dunwoody gas station
Clayton County planning August pedestrian safety town hall
Fulton County teen named a National Student Poet
‘This is inhumane’ residents say of apartment complex living conditions
Milton High School senior Aanika Eragam was named the 2021 National Student Poet representing the Southeast Region of the United States. Submitted photo
Fulton County teen named a National Student Poet
‘This is inhumane’ residents say of apartment complex living conditions
Kennesaw firefighter rescues puppy trapped in storm drain
Wilbanks’ era ends after 25 years leading Gwinnett school district
Fulton County election ballot count on Wednesday morning, Jan. 6, 2021. (AJC file photo)
Fulton elections takeover would make history
Georgia schools reopen, with varying approaches to pandemic
Across Atlanta, response is mixed to mayor’s order mandating masks again
Clarkston plans to offer $50 gift cards for COVID-19 vaccinations
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Murray Brett (father of DaySprings Farms owner Nathan Brett) uses the combine to harvest the wheat after assessing the moisture (dew) content was low enough. DaySpring Farms is an organic certified farm that grows, harvest and mills grains on-site. / (Chris Hunt for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Judge in one metro Atlanta county extends ban on evictions
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Kanye West planning second album listening party at Atlanta stadium
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Thousands flock to metro Atlanta festival seeking good music, normalcy
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Dunwoody burger joint named best burger in Georgia
Education
Students in Kennesaw State's Academy for Language and Literacy spent four weeks on campus honing key reading and writing skills.
Summer students get a jump on literacy
Calvin Watts was confirmed as the new superintendent for Gwinnett County Public Schools by the board of education at July 30, 2021 at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gwinnett school board confirms Calvin Watts as new superintendent
Second grade teacher Temica Cook interacts with her students during the Atlanta Public Schools' Summer Academic Recovery Academy at Cascade Elementary School in Atlanta on June 2, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Teacher vacancies in metro Atlanta schools not as severe as feared
Drew Charter School is quarantining students after positive COVID-19 cases. AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta school quarantines more than 100 students in first week of classes
Politics
Gov. Brian Kemp is the first to take advantage of a new law Republicans pushed through the General Assembly that allows him and some legislative leaders to set up "leadership committees," funds that can collect unlimited contributions from donors and also take donations while the Legislature is in session. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Kemp the first to set up newly legal unlimited donation committee10h ago
Some Fulton County voters waited hours to cast their ballots in the Georgia primary in June 9, one of the reasons Georgia Republican lawmakers have cited in seeking a performance review of the county's elections chief, Richard Barron. The review is the first step in a process that could lead to a state takeover of Fulton's elections. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
Capitol Recap: Georgia moves closer to takeover of Fulton elections
May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
The former Piggly Wiggly in Talbotton, Ga. Credit: Patricia Murphy, AJC
OPINION: Small Georgia towns struggle as power shifts north to Atlanta
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the media before health care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Chatham County Health Department on Dec. 15, 2020 in Savannah, Ga. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)
Facing rising coronavirus cases, Kemp wants to stay the course
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the media before health care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Chatham County Health Department on Dec. 15, 2020 in Savannah, Ga. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)
Facing rising coronavirus cases, Kemp wants to stay the course
Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle remains underway but the company's parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company, on Thursday announced more delays, something it has done repeatedly this year alone, as well as nearly a half billion dollars in additional costs for its share of of the project. The project is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia Power discloses more Vogtle nuclear delays, big extra costs
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde's description of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "no insurrection" continues to be criticized by Democrats. Screenshot via YouTube.
Opinion: Clyde faces more blowback over ‘tourist’ remark
Crime
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a pursuit that ended when the driver crashed, killing a backseat passenger. (Gary Hider/Dreamstime/TNS)
Police: Woman, 37, killed in crash when car flees deputies, troopers
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The man fired at the security officer as he ran away with a bag of money.
Cops: Man sought after robbing armored truck, shooting at driver in Atlanta
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One of the shootings resulted in a man's death.
Within 4 hours, Atlanta police respond to 4 shootings
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Drivers found the injured cyclist in the road about 6:30 a.m., authorities said.
Peachtree City bicyclist seriously injured in hit-and-run
Decatur police have arrested a man accused of carjacking two people at gunpoint in as many days.
Cops arrest Decatur carjacking suspect accused of taking 2 cars in 2 days
Flowers and dog treats are left near the location where stabbing victim Katherine Janness' body was found in Piedmont Park.
Piedmont Park cameras weren’t working night of deadly stabbing, friends say
Police will canvass Piedmont Park on Saturday as investigators search for clues in the fatal stabbing of Katherine Janness.
Police to canvass Piedmont Park as search continues for woman’s killer
DeKalb County police released photos of three men, along with their car, who are linked to the June 13 shooting death of 39-year-old Ian Garvey.
DeKalb police release photos of 3 suspects, car linked to June homicide
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