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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the church on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The event was invitation-only and virtual amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo: King Center livestream)
Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service
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Now postponed to Feb. 5 due to weather, among the city of Dunwoody's service projects for MLK Day will be picnic table restorations. (Courtesy of Dunwoody)
Dunwoody postpones MLK Day of Service to Feb. 5
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(L-R) Rob Price, Catherine Lautenbacher and Tom Lambert took their oaths of office recently as the newest members of the Dunwoody City Council. (Courtesy of Dunwoody)
Dunwoody welcomes new council members
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Registration is going on now for this summer's Camp Flashback by the Dunwoody Preservation Trust. (Courtesy of Dunwoody Preservation Trust)
DeKalb events include Camp Flashback registration
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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)
DNA for Native American Genealogy book published
A final vote is expected in March by the Brookhaven City Council on whether to approve the City Centre Vision 2021. CONTRIBUTED
Brookhaven hosts online City Centre meeting on Jan. 26
MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker speaks during a press conference last May. He died Friday night. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker, 56, has died
A MARTA rail rain rolls on a line in the center of Georgia 400 near Sandy Springs. (AJC file)
MARTA: Things to know about the Atlanta transit agency
Ayesha Coker (left) has been named Vice President, Marketing of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. She is the second new appointment to the nine-member PCNA executive leadership team in recent months after Margareta Mahlstedt joined as Vice President, Customer Experience.
Porsche starts new year with two new executives
Torrence Hall, 20, is wanted by Decatur police on multiple counts related to the December kidnapping of a woman who was forced to make multiple ATM withdrawals, then shot in the leg.
Police ID man accused of kidnapping woman, forcing ATM withdrawals in Decatur
Discount Nutrition in Atlanta sells a type of cannabidiol made from hemp that contains trace amounts of THC. Across Georgia, stores are selling cannabis oil to the public, while registered medical marijuana patients can’t legally buy the product with higher amounts of THC. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
DeKalb city sets limits on medical marijuana dispensaries
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Discount Nutrition in Atlanta sells a type of cannabidiol made from hemp that contains trace amounts of THC. Across Georgia, stores are selling cannabis oil to the public, while registered medical marijuana patients can’t legally buy the product with higher amounts of THC. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
DeKalb city sets limits on medical marijuana dispensaries
New DeKalb County elections director appointed
COVID tracker: What the data reveals about metro Atlanta schools
PDK airport board calls anti-growth petition ‘misinformation’
An early look at possible winter weather approaching this upcoming weekend
THURSDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Chilly, dry as Atlanta prepares for weekend snow threat
Omicron complicates trash, recycling collections across metro Atlanta
Dunwoody bans party houses, joining other metro Atlanta cities
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Party houses banned in Dunwoody residential areas
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MARTA unveils new rail car designs
Rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits are ready to be distributed by the GreenRoots environmental protection organization and Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Dec. 17, 2021. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
DeKalb city to spend $100K to give at-home COVID-19 tests to residents
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DeKalb commission revives I-20 rail discussion
Stonecrest prepares for future without mayor after guilty fraud plea
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These two steam locomotives are being overhauled at the Pegram Shops in Atlanta in this photo from the 1940s. The photo is par of the railroad archive at the Atlanta History Center. Photo Kenneth Rogers
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Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's "Scream 4," one in a series of popular teen horror movies. (Courtesy of MCT)
Opinion: Scary times for Georgia schools as politics stalk classroom
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Students with mild disabilities in Georgia Tech's EXCEL program prepare for careers through special courses and internships.
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A faculty leader criticizes discussion among the Georgia Board of Regents about assuming a more active role in managing the state's 26 public colleges and universities. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Opinion: Squelch efforts by Board of Regents to micromanage campuses
The entrance to Emory University in Atlanta. Several dozen Emory University graduates, faculty members and students are pressuring the school to change the names of buildings and professorships named after four men they call “leading figures of racism, slavery, antisemitism and eugenics.” (Samantha New/Dreamstime/TNS)
Group urges Emory to remove names honoring ‘leading figures of racism’
Politics
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service at the church on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. The event was invitation-only and virtual amid the ongoing pandemic. (Photo: King Center livestream)
Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service 3h ago
Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Why David Perdue is violating the GOP’s ‘11th Commandment’
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Country music star Jason Aldean will be performing at a fundraising event Feb. 19 in Athens for state Sen. Burt Jones's campaign for lieutenant governor.
LG candidate’s session fundraiser won’t violate law, ethics officials say
According to Channel 2 Action News, parts of North Georgia north of Atlanta are at high risk of winter mix this weekend. The city has a medium risk of frozen precipitation, while areas to the south will likely just see rain.
Kemp urges Georgians to be ‘winter weather aware’ as storm approaches
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, right, welcome Gov. Brian Kemp for his annual State of the State address to the Georgia Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. During his speech, Kemp said he would work with lawmakers this year to keep "divisive ideologies like critical race theory" out of schools. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Metro Atlanta school board members oppose critical race theory bill
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp arrives before he speaks during the State of the State on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
OPINION: With a final session before election, Kemp says, ‘It’s a damn good record’
Crime
No injuries were reported when a truck carrying propane tanks ignited Monday afternoon.
Propane truck ignites, causes 60 tanks to explode in Cobb County
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Gwinnett County SWAT officers were attempting to negotiate with a barricaded gunman Monday afternoon at a Norcross-area apartment complex.
Barricaded gunman in SWAT standoff at Gwinnett apartment complex
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One person was found dead following a southwest Atlanta house fire, according to investigators.
One killed in southwest Atlanta house fire
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Human remains found in woods behind Kroger in Holly Springs
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Tyler Keith Henderson was taken into custody Sunday after several days of being on the run.
Manhunt ends for suspect accused of shooting 2 Georgia deputies
David Ngugi is charged with felony hit-and-run in the death of a 7-year-old girl with autism in Cobb County, police said.
Man charged in Acworth fatal hit-and-run of 7-year-old girl with autism
A 15-year old and two men are dead after separate shootings in Atlanta on Saturday.
15-year-old boy among 3 dead in separate Atlanta shootings Saturday
Marietta police are looking for a suspect who they say have shot into a home in the Manning Road area on three separate occasions.
Cops: Man sought after shooting into Marietta home multiple times
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