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Plans to widen Haynes Bridge Road along a busy section that runs through Johns Creek and Alpharetta are close to being nixed.
North Fulton County
Plan to widen Haynes Bridge Road may get nixed for Alpharetta, Johns Creek
Alpharetta is reminding citizens they have until June 21 to participate in six online activities to help shape the city’s comprehensive plan known as Horizon 2040. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)
North Fulton County
Alpharetta residents reminded to take Horizon 2040 surveys
Kevin Douglas Creek, a roofing contractor from Alpharetta, was arrested June 9, 2021, and charged with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Police body camera footage appears to show Creek attacking police defending the Capitol. (Photo: United States Department of Justice)
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FILE - In this Friday, May 28, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination session for medical staff who work at private clinics in Caracas, Venezuela.(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, file)
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The hit-and-run occurred early May 30 at a downtown Alpharetta intersection.
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A February photo of Johns Creek's Historical Society president Joan Compton (R) and Johns Creek's Historical Society Board Member Kirk Canaday looking over a headstone at the Macedonia Cemetery. Johns Creek officials are considering a law, at the urging of Canaday, to punish cemetery vandalism. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
North Fulton County
Johns Creek considers law to stop cemetery vandalism
Johns Creek announced Paul J. Mitchell will be sworn in as the city's next police chief. Mitchell served as chief of staff for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice and previously was chief of police for the city of Canton. Photo courtesy Johns Creek.
North Fulton County
Johns Creek names next police chief
The Milton City Council recently approved an agreement with Alpharetta to waive non-resident fees associated with youth football, youth softball and two different therapeutic summer camps, Camp Joyful Soles and Camp Happy Hearts. (Courtesy Camp Joyful Soles)
North Fulton County
Alpharetta, Milton waive non-resident fees for some recreation programs
Anonymous conspiracy theory pamphlets appearing on north Fulton driveways
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Roswell residents speak out for and against Pamphleteer tabloid
The northern extension of Alpharetta’s Big Creek Greenway, which runs from the Marconi Drive trailhead to Union Hill Park and McGinnis Ferry Road is now open for use. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)
North Fulton County
Alpharetta opens northern extension of Big Creek Greenway
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Thompson Street in Alpharetta will be closed 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. now through Friday, June 11 for the installation of water and sewer lines. (Google Maps)
North Fulton County
Thompson Street in Alpharetta closed through June 11
One concept plan under consideration at Alpharetta's Wills Park Equestrian Center. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)
North Fulton County
Alpharetta seeks input on potential parks bond referendum
Milton and Alpharetta will share court services and a city clerk at the Milton Public Safety Complex. (Courtesy City of Milton)
North Fulton County
Alpharetta, Milton to share courtroom, city clerk
The Sandy Springs Police Department is reminding holiday drivers to avoid a ticket due to the Slowpoke Law. The Impeding Traffic Flow Law, passed in 2014, prohibits drivers from holding up traffic in the left lane, even if driving the speed limit. (Courtesy Sandy Springs Police)
North Fulton County
Sandy Springs police remind drivers to move out of the left lane
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06/11/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Alex Banister prepares samples of The After Bar, a CBD recovery protein bar, at the companies booth during the USA-CBD Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Terry Hall uses a cloth to wipe paint from an underpass as he works on Grant Street SE on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Painters filled in lines left after the design was placed on the walls yesterday. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
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Incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms' May 7 announcement that she wouldn't seek a second term as Atlanta mayor opened the field for candidates looking to succeed her in the city's top office. Here's a look at who's running. Photo: John Spink / AJC
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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)
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When it opened in June 1949, Atlanta's Starlight Drive-In had a 900-car capacity and was hailed as the city's premier new outdoor theater. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHS / GSU
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05/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, center, receives a tour of an underground tunnel for the expansion of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport plane train tunnel at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Honor to retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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May 21, 2021 Atlanta: Firefighters continues to pour water on a stubborn warehouse fire throughout Friday morning, May 21, 2021. A massive overnight fire at a northwest Atlanta warehouse at one point grew so intense that it threatened the firefighters battling it from several stories in the air. The crews had to evacuate their ladder trucks when flames got too close, Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told Channel 2 Action News. The blaze was under control Friday morning, but crews were still dousing hot spots at the storage warehouse in the 400 block of Bishop Street. Huge flames, a series of loud explosions and heavy plumes of smoke could be seen and heard in the area west of Atlantic Station for several hours overnight. The fire spread to adjacent warehouses in the business strip and threatened a nearby apartment complex before it was contained. “Flames were above the rooftops,” witness Matthew Payne told Channel 2. “It was one of the craziest things I’ve seen in a while.” The fire was reported about 11:25 p.m. Thursday. It took 75 firefighters and multiple apparatus to bring it under control, Stafford told the news station. The first arriving crews were unable to get inside to check for injuries until they knocked down the flames. “There was all the explosions happening from inside the building,” Stafford said from the scene. “Unknown what those were, perhaps propane tanks.” Stafford said they had to pull their ladder trucks back as the fire intensified. “Because that fire moved so fast up under their ladder, and we had fire coming up under them, so they had to evacuate the ladder pretty quickly and move the apparatus because it was about to catch on fire,” he said. During the height of the blaze, firefighting efforts were further hampered by an impatient driver trying to access the Radiant West Midtown apartments, the fire department said on Twitter. Crews were “in the crucial phase” of preventing fire from spreading to the co
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The headwaters of the 344-mile Flint River, Georgia’s second longest, are first visible in a seven-acre tract off Willingham Drive near College Park’s border with East Point in South Fulton County. The historic site is now dominated by colorful brush of pinks and purples, a mish-mash of tree varieties and chirping frogs.. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Restoring the Flint River to its former glory near Atlanta
Spelman College holds commencement for the class of 2020 at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Students begin to head to the stage for the formal ceremony. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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The veranda of Martha and Jean-Francois Morizur’s home looks out over their backyard and pool area. A sofa, chair and coffee table from Wayfair provide seating around the outdoor fireplace, and the fleur-de-lis wood and iron art above the fireplace from Hobby Lobby ties the outdoor decor into the French style of the interior of the home. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.
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M. Brian Blake, left, is the finalist to become Georgia State University's president. T. Ramon Stuart, right, was named Thursday as Clayton State University's president.
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Camp counselor Jada Faulks, center, watches as camp counselor Ethan Sandhagen, right, plays a card game with campers at the Hugh Grogan Community Center in Marietta, Thursday, June 10, 2021. The camp is sponsored by the Marietta Police Athletic League. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Participants in the Chattahoochee Technical College Leadership Academy get real-world insights from local business partners such as Darion Dunn (center), managing partner of Atlantica Properties.
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Scores of audience members refused to wear masks or leave the Gwinnett County Board of Education meeting Thursday, May 20, 2021.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about voting rights Friday at the Justice Department in Washington. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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In this May 24, 2011, file photo, Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama attend a state banquet in Buckingham Palace, London. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld, Pool, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, file photo, Stacey Abrams speaks to Biden supporters as they wait for former President Barack Obama to arrive and speak at a campaign rally for Biden at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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Forsyth County is one of several metro Atlanta counties that are developing transit plans. (Photo courtesy of Forsyth County)
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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2017 file photo, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed greets supporters for city councilwoman and mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, whom Reed endorsed to replace him, at an election night party in Atlanta. Reed has filed paperwork to enter the race for his old job four years after he left City Hall. The document filed with the Georgia ethics commission Wednesday, June 9, 2021, opens the door for Reed to start accepting campaign contributions. Reed jumped into the 2021 campaign one month after current Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced she won't seek reelection to a second term. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Two men were injured in separate shootings that occurred less than four hours apart, authorities said Saturday.
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Delays are building in both directions of I-85 in Gwinnett as police investigate a motorcycle crash.
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An argument in the drive-thru line led to a shooting that left an employee injured, authorities said.
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DeKalb man charged in McDonald’s shooting that injured employee
The Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma City after passengers and crew members restrained the man. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News via Twitter @BenjaminCurlee)
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Though the weekend won't be rain-free, metro Atlanta will see a break in the rain that pummeled the city all week.
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At least 25 shots were fired Thursday during the incident at Southlake Mall in Morrow.
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The shooting took place at a home in the 1600 block of Abner Terrace.
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