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Dozens of students march through Alpharetta protesting Roe v. Wade decision

Dozens of students march through Alpharetta protesting Roe v. Wade decision
Lift Yoga will lead a Fourth of July Flow at Brooke Street Park in Alpharetta (shown here in 2019). (Courtesy Lift Yoga + Body)

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Alpharetta to celebrate fitness at Brooke Street Park
The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office wants to connect with you through a free app. (Courtesy Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)

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Fulton County Sheriff’s Office app useful community tool
Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta and Johns Creek will celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, live music, food trucks and more at local parks or on the city green.

North Fulton cities plan fireworks, live music for Fourth of July celebrations
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Local gardeners can plant iris bulbs, like the ones shown, this fall by ordering from North Fulton Master Gardeners' Give & Garden online sale. (Photo by Karen Huppertz)

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Alpharetta gardeners can support nonprofit with fall planting
The Alpharetta City Council recently accepted ownership of the ‘A’ sculpture at the corner of Canton Road and Milton Avenue. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)

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Alpharetta accepts gift of ‘A’ sculpture
The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute Travis Moya who was attacked by a police K-9 last summer and arrested after resisting police officers.

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Charges dropped against Alpharetta man attacked by police dog
Alpharetta will hire an outside party to launch an independent investigation into the possible code of conduct violations that led to the resignation of Municipal Court Judge Barry Zimmerman. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)

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Alpharetta to launch its own investigation into outgoing judge
Cell Phones For Soldiers uses proceeds from donated cell phones to purchase international calling cards so troops can call home and to provide emergency funding to veterans. (Courtesy Cell Phones For Soldiers)

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Alpharetta nonprofit uses old cell phones for good
The goal of Alpharetta's study is to develop a plan to improve the South Main Street area including pedestrian, bicycle and transportation options, as well as public spaces. (Courtesy City of Alpharetta)

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Alpharetta seeks subgrant extension for South Main study
Taste Around Town Alpharetta takes place takes place in three sessions July 22-23 at Union Hill Park. (Courtesy Taste of Atlanta.)

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Tickets going fast for Taste Around Town Alpharetta
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Local police departments are getting creative by employing measures to retain officers
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Fulton County Schools is holding a job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs. (Courtesy Fulton County Public Schools)

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Fulton County Schools holding job fair June 25
Metro Atlanta police department first in the country to use police smart cards
Judge resigns as governing body accuses him of misconduct
Alpharetta hires janitorial services for parks and rec
Adding a rain barrel to your home’s exterior can be good for your plants, the planet and your wallet. (Dreamstime)

Alpharetta plans free rain barrel workshop
Former historically Black school in Alpharetta to be sold for $6M
Alpharetta testing police smart card technology
Armed employee storms Alpharetta HomeGoods store, prompts standoff, evacuations
Gunman taken into custody after barricading himself inside Alpharetta HomeGoods store

Gunman taken into custody after barricading himself inside Alpharetta HomeGoods store
Man barricaded inside store in busy Alpharetta shopping center, police say
Fulton commissioners to consider reopening Alpharetta jail
Juneteenth to show Sandy Springs’ growing diversity, organizers say
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Dunwoody High students dine with Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch (right in blue) and the city council as part of a school club that connects students with local government.

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Dunwoody students connect to city
The DeKalb County School District is still trying to fill about 400 teacher vacancies.

DeKalb cuts more than 500 teaching positions but without layoffs
Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

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The Georgia Public Service Commission is pictured in its hearing room. From left: Commissioners Fitz Johnson, Tim Echols, Tricia Pridemore, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald and Jason Shaw.

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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
In this photo of May 11, 2022, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) walks out of the Senate Chambers during a series of votes in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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Warnock focuses Senate hearing on curbing drug prices
June 7, 2022 Buford - Sam’s Club in Buford near Mall of Georgia was busy with motorists seeking for cheaper gas price on Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Georgia gas prices hit new heights on Tuesday, according to AAA, with an average statewide cost of $4.33 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That’s still well below the national average of $4.92 per gallon.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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The Jolt: Gas tax battle heats up as Stacey Abrams targets voters at the pump
House members throw up paper at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House Chamber on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Branden Camp/ For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
Abortion rights activists protest outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade shifted the abortion fight to state legislatures, where gerrymandering has given Republicans an advantage. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

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Video from January 6 is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool via AP)

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Crime
Multiple people were injured at a Paulding County gas station after a driver crashed through its parking lot before attempting to take his own life, according to the sheriff's office. (Photo: Paulding County Sheriff's Office)

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Multiple people injured after man crashes through Paulding gas station parking lot
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A 48-year-old man at Lanier Lanier was the first drowning victim of the Fourth of July weekend, according to state authorities.

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48-year-old man at Lanier first drowning victim of Fourth of July weekend
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Cobb County police are asking the public for help in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that killed a man while crossing Austell Road on Sunday morning.

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Jada Statum, 24, was critically wounded in a June 26 shooting at a Subway sandwich shop in Atlanta. She is still in ICU, but doctors say she's now stable, according to family members.

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Woman wounded in Subway shooting over extra mayo showing signs of improvement
A motorcycle rider was killed after slamming into a patrol vehicle Friday afternoon in Tyrone. Georgia State Patrol troopers investigated the crash.

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Motorcyclist dies after crash with police cruiser in Fayette, GSP says
An unidentified man was shot and killed in Atlanta late Friday night.

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Man dies after being shot on King Street in Atlanta
A 19-year-old man was shot and killed at a townhouse complex in Decatur late Friday night.

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Police investigate shooting death at DeKalb townhouse complex
Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
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