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Nicholas Crews and his wife, Alyssa, are shown in this undated family photograph. Nic Crews died after a shooting last week while working at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Jasper. (Courtesy of the family)

Social worker killed at VA clinic remembered as ‘devoted’ father, servant

Nicholas “Nic” Crews, a Veterans Affairs social worker, was fatally shot at a Jasper clinic. A close friend remembered him as a mentor.

Metro Atlanta lands health care tech HQ with 500 jobs

Glytec, a software firm focused on insulin management technologies, will leave its corporate home in Boston for Cobb County, adding 500 jobs in metro Atlanta.

Bar crawl, cooking class and more food events this week in metro Atlanta

This week in metro Atlanta, go on a bar crawl, check out an Oscars watch party or take a vegan cooking class at La Semilla.

How should cities use AI? This Atlanta suburb may hold the answer.

When Google and the U.S. Council of Mayors evaluated cities to find which ones were using AI effectively, they selected one of Georgia’s youngest cities as a standout.

Security guard’s fatal shooting marks Acworth’s first homicide of the year

A 25-year-old Douglasville man is jailed on murder charge after police say he shot a security guard after the guard broke up a fight behind the Saddle Bar on Cowan Road.

County commission, school board races on tap this year in metro Atlanta

Dozens qualify to run for office in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties.

Bill would limit future transit referendums in Cobb, Gwinnett counties

Metro Atlanta counties would have to wait 8 years to put transit on the ballot after a failed vote.

In this photo from 2024, Robert Wilson (left) and his wife, Beate Stagnet, launched their kayaks from Azalea Park, one of Roswell's riverfront parks that are part of the RiverLands. (John Spink/AJC 2024)

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Even Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich agreed on protecting the Chattahoochee

Investing in public lands is a goal Democrats and Republicans can agree upon, including Jimmy Carter and Newt Gingrich, and metro Atlanta is better off for it.

2 children, 1 adult killed in Cobb apartment complex fire that displaced dozens

Firefighters were called around 10 p.m. Sunday to the Concord Crossing Apartments on Woodsong Way just outside Smyrna.

A bill could affect Georgia’s craft beer industry, and more Atlanta dining news

Get details on what Senate Bill 456 could mean for Georgia’s craft breweries; Creature Comforts expands into North Carolina; and more from the metro area dining scene.

Marietta police department signs ICE partnership, will help arrest immigrants

Marietta is the biggest local law enforcement agency in metro Atlanta to sign up to date, expanding the program’s reach into the state’s most immigrant-heavy region.