DeKalb County

At least 25 shots were fired and one man was injured Thursday at Southlake Mall.

Lenox the site of latest shooting at metro Atlanta shopping centers

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The Revivalists will headline the Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Summer Block Party in late July. This photo is from their performance at the Shaky Knees Music Festival in 2014. Melissa Ruggieri/mruggieri@ajc.com

Brookhaven announces line-up for large, summer block party

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DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond is defending his handling of an internal audit of the watershed department

DeKalb reopens rental assistance program, accepts another $9.9M grant

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Authorities on the scene of a water main break on DeKalb Avenue in 2014. Advocates have pushed for improvements to the busy road for years.

Long known for its potholes, DeKalb Avenue is finally getting repairs

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Jason Scott crosses Peachtree Street near Auburn Avenue in the rain Tuesday morning.

TUESDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Rain pounding metro Atlanta for morning drive

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Friends and family gathered Monday afternoon to remember Laquitta Willis, who was killed last week.

‘She will be truly missed’: Funeral held for slain DeKalb cashier

April 20, 2021 Stone Mountain - Park goers walk around the Memorial Lawn at Stone Mountain Park on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Activists blast slow-moving changes at Stone Mountain Park

A 30-foot obelisk Confederate moment, which has stood for 112 years, was taken down in the downtown Decatur square late Thursday night. The monument was erected in 1908 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Photos by Amanda Coyne / AJC

Confederate group sues over removal of Decatur monument

Authorities shut down the northbound lanes of Buford Highway in Doraville while they investigated a hit-and-run that killed a construction worker.

Driver charged after construction worker killed in Doraville hit-and-run

World Refugee Day celebration in Clarkston.

DeKalb city to celebrate refugees this weekend at annual event

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SeaQuest plans to open its 10th location at the Mall at Stonecrest.

Stonecrest finalizes sale of former Sears building for aquarium development

DeKalb to close most of its COVID-19 testing, vaccination sites

Brookhaven explores safety upgrades to greenway after pregnant woman’s stabbing

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4 Georgia officers killed in the line of duty in 2021

Car show to honor former GM plant before transformation into film production hub

Deputy shot while defending slain DeKalb cashier attends vigil in her memory

DeKalb schools approve resolution to continue education sales tax

On May 29, Carmen Cai Yi Lee was shot to death on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, just south of Tilly Mill Road, according to Doraville police.

Police: Deadly road shooting in Doraville could be linked to Gwinnett crime

Hugs, tears at supermarket where cashier was fatally shot after mask dispute

Stonecrest Housing Authority never did business with company mayor gave $100K check

WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Lower humidity contributes to comfortable start

DeKalb County Police Chief Mirtha Ramos, at podium, leads a press conference Thursday, March 18, 2021 announcing the reunion of 1-year-old Royalty Grisby with her mother after the child was taken by a 14-year-old in a stolen car 12 hours earlier. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

DeKalb police hosting first-ever youth academy

DeKalb cashier shot to death after mask dispute, authorities say

TUESDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Another hot one, but muggy air on its way out

Brookhaven stabbing suspect was out on bond in felony theft case before attack

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Education

President Joe Biden speaks with Opal Lee, the retired teacher, counselor and activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Cobb County School District will renovate the third floor at Cobb Horizon High School to house Cobb Online Learning Academy staff members. Credit: CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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A new review of 76 studies on the impact of COVID on early education in America found young children's learning and development suffered setbacks. (Rebecca Wright for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney will be among district leaders to go through a literacy training program. (ALYSSA POINTER/AJC FILE PHOTO)

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Politics

Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms have had a rocky relationship lately.

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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., joins the Democratic leadership to speak with reporters before a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The bill is a top priority for Democrats seeking to ensure access to the polls and mail in ballots, but it is opposed by Republicans as a federal overreach. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference on vaccines for COVID-19 at Emory Health Care in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Former President Donald Trump has paid attorneys' fees to two metro Atlanta counties in a lawsuit that sought to overturn the presidential election in Georgia. (File photo by Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Cobb, DeKalb recover legal costs in Trump election lawsuit

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06/21/2021 — McDonough, Georgia — Superior Court Judge Brian Amero resided over the hearing on the motion to dismiss the case of the review of Fulton County elections ballots at the Henry County Courthouse in McDonough, Monday, June 21, 2021.(Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Judge deciding whether to dismiss case alleging Fulton election fraud

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Crime

The GBI is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Covington.

BREAKING: GBI investigating deputy-involved shooting in Covington

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The shooting occurred in the 400 block of Central Park Place.

UPDATE: 1 dead after double shooting in NE Atlanta

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At least 25 shots were fired and one man was injured Thursday at Southlake Mall.

Lenox the site of latest shooting at metro Atlanta shopping centers

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The suspect is accused of pulling a knife and biting off a chunk of the victim's ear.

Man arrested in connection with ear-biting incident in SW Atlanta park

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Douglasville police released photos of a man suspected of robbing the Ice Jewelry store at Arbor Place Mall at gunpoint.

Police: Man robbed Arbor Place mall jewelry store at gunpoint

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Gwinnett County police are searching for three men accused of robbing someone at gunpoint at a Buford Highway gas station.

3 sought in armed robbery at Buford Highway gas station

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A Marietta man was sentenced to 35 years for robbing a woman at gunpoint in the Cracker Barrel parking lot.

Felon gets 35 years for robbing woman at gunpoint outside Cracker Barrel in Marietta

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Brittany Wicklein, 31, was last seen Thursday in northwest Atlanta. Her body was found burning in South Fulton on Friday morning.

Police: Woman got into odd car hours before body found burning in South Fulton

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