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Cambridge's Christian Isibor (6) runs the ball during a GHSA high school football game between Cambridge High School and Johns Creek High School in Johns Creek, Ga. on Friday, October 15, 2021. (Photo/Jenn Finch)
HS football scoreboard: Cambridge edges Johns Creek in OT thriller
040316 ROSWELL, GA: Names and dates line the voluminous records at the Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center, where people come to research their family's genealogy. Family History Center at 500 Norcross Street in Roswell. For Helen Cauley feature on Geneaology - Family Trees. (Parker C. Smith/Special)
Speaker to outline help available for genealogists
August 12, 2021 Marietta - A protester (right) demanding mask-mandate confronts a counter-protester as they rally at the parking lot of Cobb County School District on Thursday, August 12, 2021. Cobb County schools began the 2021-22 school year with a rule that made mask wearing optional for students and staff. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Judge denies Cobb families’ request for school mask mandate order
A Maryland man accused of robbing an Acworth credit union last month has been arrested, police said Friday. Authorities say he's been linked to two other Georgia bank robberies.
Cops: Acworth robbery suspect arrested, tied to 2 other heists
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Fewer homes are listed for sale, but those are sold quickly. Even so, the end of summer brought a little softening of the metro Atlanta market. (Courtesy of Matt Wier)
Metro Atlanta’s home prices dipped in August
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WHO advises fully vaccinated people to continue wearing face masks
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Pat Sims votes at the Buckhead Library located at 269 Buckhead Avenue NE in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 as early voting locations opened across Georgia on Tuesday, kicking off a three-week sprint before election day on Nov. 2. The primary election for the next Georgia schools superintendent is set for May. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Georgia school superintendent may face reelection challengers
August 12, 2021 Marietta - A protester (right) demanding mask-mandate confronts a counter-protester as they rally at the parking lot of Cobb County School District on Thursday, August 12, 2021. Cobb County schools began the 2021-22 school year with a rule that made mask wearing optional for students and staff. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Judge denies Cobb families’ request for school mask mandate order
Mary Frances Early, the first Black person to graduate from the University of Georgia, recently wrote an autobiography that discusses how she was ostracized as a student there and in recent years embraced. (University of Georgia)
UGA’s first Black grad tells her trailblazing story with autobiography
Shawn Kuhn, a University of Georgia senior, died Monday from complications from COVID-19. A family member said he was fully vaccinated for COVID-19. PHOTO CREDIT: Watson & Hunt Funeral Home.
Report: Vaccinated UGA student a rare breakthrough death from COVID
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A man was found dead inside a car on Niskey Lake Road Saturday night.
Man shot, found dead inside car at SW Atlanta home
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A man was transported to the hospital in “serious condition” from gunshot wounds after Atlanta police were sent to Magnolia Way on Friday night.
Police: Man shot on Magnolia Way in ‘serious condition’
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Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are charged with murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Jury selection in the high-profile trial is set to begin Monday.
Glynn County braces for protests, potential unrest ahead of Ahmaud Arbery trial
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Alpharetta police seek man who punched woman in road rage incident
Demetrius Leshawn Baker (left) and Jacquez LaJuan Freeman were arrested this week and charged with murder in separate DeKalb County fatal shootings.
2 teens arrested in separate Decatur fatal shootings
The apartment building is located in the Lindbergh neighborhood where a Taco Mac location recently closed, citing safety concerns as a reason for shuttering.
Man found fatally shot at Buckhead apartment complex
Investigators said the Chicago couple were in town for a wedding when they were struck by a car Thursday evening.
Woman killed, husband injured after being hit by car near Cherokee hotel
Police believe a man in his early 60s was involved in a fight before he was shot.
Fight in DeKalb parking lot leads to fatal shooting, officials say
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