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051622 Peachtree Corners: Fruit-bearing plants grow at Gwinnett County’s Holcomb Bridge Park on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Early last year, Gwinnett County opted to spend Cares Act money to plant fruit-bearing plants and pollinator-friendly plants across 19 local Gwinnett County parks, including Holcomb Bridge Park. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Fruit trees to grain alcohol: Local governments get creative in spending COVID relief...
Colleen Harrington, 39, was shot to death in the area of Memorial and Mountain drives in DeKalb County on May 13.

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‘It’s just unbelievable’: Family seeking answers after mother shot in DeKalb
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)

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Learn all about court records at Georgia Archives seminar
A rendering of the restaurant for the planned location of Battle and Brew at Battery Atlanta.

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Battle and Brew to open at Battery Atlanta and more restaurant news from the week
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The DeKalb County School District is reprinting nearly 6,000 diplomas to remove the signature of former superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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DeKalb ditches nearly 6,000 diplomas with fired superintendent’s name
People cut a ribbon during the dedication for the new commercial and residential development at the King Memorial Station on Friday, May 19, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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King Memorial latest MARTA station to get new development
Graduates celebrate after receiving their diplomas. High school commencement ceremonies are taking place across metro Atlanta this month. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Atlanta, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett valedictorians share pandemic tales
A screenshot of Austin Handle's TikTok page.

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Dunwoody whistleblower wins appeal to keep police certification
Rebekah Cohen Morris

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Doraville mayor pro tem resigns due to move, other activist work
Students have been pushing the DeKalb County Board of Education to modernize Druid Hills High, but the board has repeatedly opted not to. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Georgia Dept. of Education appoints adviser to help fix DeKalb schools
Police released video footage from a southwest Atlanta strip mall showing the suspect who shot 51-year-old security guard Anthony Frazier in the back of the head. (Photo: Atlanta police)

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9 security guards shot, 4 fatally, in metro Atlanta in 13 months
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Students have been pushing the DeKalb County Board of Education to modernize Druid Hills High, but the board has repeatedly opted not to. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Georgia Dept. of Education appoints adviser to help fix DeKalb schools
9 security guards shot, 4 fatally, in metro Atlanta in 13 months
‘A new trajectory’: DeKalb, EPA tout $284M loan for water projects
‘Cheers’: Chamblee updates code to allow taprooms downtown
Milan Capoor, Meron Ayecheh and Rahul Gudapati are 2022 valedictorians.

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Class of 2022: Graduates move past pandemic with life lessons
THURSDAY’S WEATHER: Code Orange alert issued for hottest day so far this year
DeKalb County pools will indeed open on Memorial Day weekend
DeKalb student newspaper exposes data leak in district’s online network
Student data is widely available in the DeKalb County School District's shared network, a student newspaper reported. (File photo)

DeKalb student newspaper exposes data leak in district’s online network
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DeKalb’s next big food giveaway is this weekend
Six people were shot and three of them died at Brannon Hill Condominiums in DeKalb County on May 8.

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2nd suspect sought in triple homicide at blighted DeKalb condo
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Detroit-style pizzeria taking over former Avellino’s space in Decatur
Metro Atlanta valedictorians share pandemic memories, words of wisdom
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Education
This is a rendering of the planned Calvin Smyre Education Center on the Morehouse School of Medicine campus. The building will contain conference and education space, group workspace for students and office space. It's scheduled to be completed in 2024. Image credit: Morehouse School of Medicine.

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Morehouse medical school names $45 million building after Calvin Smyre
Lyrika Holmes (left) of Artz for the Harp leads Ezra Durden through his first lesson at the South Cobb Regional Library.

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Classes teach harp basics
The DeKalb County School District is reprinting nearly 6,000 diplomas to remove the signature of former superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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DeKalb ditches nearly 6,000 diplomas with fired superintendent’s name
Lee Allen at his home on Thursday, May 12, 2022. During the pandemic, Allen set up an office in his dining area to teach virtual classes to his students. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Gwinnett’s teacher of the year is quitting the school district
Politics
November 4, 2018 Macon - GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp and President Donald J. Trump shake hands during President Donald J. Trump's Make America Great Again Rally to support Brian Kemp at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in MaconSunday, November 4, 2018. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Kemp poised for a big win Tuesday, but Trump’s shadow looms large17h ago
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsements of Georgia Republican congressmen: U.S. Reps. Barry Loudermilk (from left), Buddy Carter and Rick Allen. (AJC file photos)

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Trump endorses trio of safe Georgia Republicans ahead of primary
The dirt road leading to the Bryan County mega-site in Georgia where Hyundai plans to build a massive electric vehicle factory. (July 2021 file photo) (Greg Bluestein)

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‘Boom’: After long Georgia history, Hyundai’s EV plant deal clinched quickly
People gather under a tent on Friday, May 20, 2022 for an announcement at the site where South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor Group will build an electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Ga. It is the second major electric vehicle factory announcement in Georgia since December as state economic development officials try to turn the Peach State into an important manufacturing hub for battery-powered automobiles. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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How the new Hyundai Motor factory stacks up to other big Georgia deals
Governor Brian P. Kemp, center right, makes the announcement that South Korean automotive giant Hyundai Motor Group is building an electric vehicle plant in Ellabell, Ga. Hyundai plans to build a multi-billion-dollar electric vehicle assembly and battery plant outside of Savannah that eventually could employ about 8,100 workers. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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Hyundai electric vehicle factory to be built near Savannah
A federal grand jury has indicted former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine on charges of health care fraud and money laundering. John Spink jspink@ajc.com

Ex-Ga. insurance commissioner indicted on health care fraud charges
Crime
DeKalb County Police are asking for the public's help in solving a homicide.

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Police: Do you know who killed this man in Decatur?
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A man was shot at twice after following a man to his home. The accused shooter has been arrested and charged. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News)

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Police: Man follows alleged road rage shooter home, gets shot at again
Police are investigating a deadly shooting in northwest Atlanta after a body was discovered early Saturday morning.

Man shot dead, found lying in street in NW Atlanta
Lamarion Sharod Banks, 35, was arrested Friday on murder charges stemming from a shooting in Griffin, according to police.

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Police: Suspect arrested after man killed in Griffin shooting
A jury found a gang leader guilty of RICO conspiracy charges in a federal trial.

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Gang leader tied to multiple metro Atlanta shootings convicted of RICO conspiracy
Jennifer Deramus, 53, who was found guilty in November, was sentenced to five years in prison.

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Alabama officer sentenced for smuggling meth to fiance in Atlanta federal prison
Jamal Adams' sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 19.

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Marietta man found guilty of raping 6-year-old girl gets life in prison
Derrol Allen Grant was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences after he was found guilty of aggravated child molestation Thursday.

Man sentenced in ‘worst child molestation case’ Coweta judge has seen
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