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Mass killings a grisly chapter in Georgia history
PHOTOS: Here's a look back at Georgia’s more notorious mass and spree killings from the 1940s to now.
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03/17/2021 — Atlanta Police Department interim Chief Rodney Bryant (left) and Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds speak about the arrest of Robert Aaron Long (far right photo) during a press conference. Eight people were killed March 16, 2021, in metro Atlanta’s worst mass shooting spree since Mark Barton’s 1999 Buckhead rampage. Long, suspected of the shootings at three separate spas, is in custody. ALYSSA POINTER / AJC
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Photos: Sprayberry hosts Lee County in the first round of the playoffs
Sprayberry hosted Lee County in the first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs.
Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz
Photos: Mill Creek hosts Colquitt County in first round of the playoffs
Mill Creek hosted Colquitt County in first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs on Nov. 14, 2025.
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Photos: Need to ‘grieve out loud’? Atlanta’s wind phones will take your call.
Woodruff Park's latest public art display — “The Space Within” — is designed to inspire reflection and inner peace.
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'No body' homicide cases in Georgia
A look at some of the Georgia homicide cases that have gone to trial despite investigators not finding a body.
