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For helping Dunwoody restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, (L-R) Dunwoody Communications Manager Kathy Florence and Dunwoody Communications Director Jennifer Boettcher pose with the Savvy Award at a painted picnic table in the Dunwoody Village. (Courtesy of Dunwoody)

Dunwoody receives national award for helping restaurants during pandemic

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Landon Andrews, 14, died after being shot at Cherokee County house party.

Kids, teens across metro Atlanta among 2021 shooting deaths

Halloween-themed drinks from Hampton + Hudson / Courtesy of Hampton + Hudson

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Truck or Treat will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 28 at Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody. (Courtesy of Dunwoody Homeowners Association)

Dunwoody hosts Truck or Treat on Oct. 28

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Ashanti Booker, a registered nurse with the DeKalb County Board of Health, gives a Covid-19 vaccination to Raya High, 13, at a mobile clinic at Decatur High School on July 19, 2021. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine may soon be authorized for emergency use with children as young as 5. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Fulton County Schools will lift its mask rules in nearly three dozen schools starting Wednesday. ALYSSA POINTER/AJC FILE PHOTO

Mask mandate lifted in 35 Fulton County schools

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Many schools avoid Halloween events because of concerns the holiday runs contrary to the religious beliefs of some families

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Clayton County Schools celebrating Atlanta Braves on Monday with "paraphernalia day. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Eddie Rosario (right) gets high-fives from Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman during Game 6 of the NLCS. The World Series begins Tuesday night in Houston.

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Officers were called to investigate reports of a body lying in a residential driveway, where they found a man who appeared to have been fatally injured in a hit-and-run crash.

Gwinnett police seek hit-and-run suspect after pedestrian found dead

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Griffin police have released a photo of a man suspected in a carjacking who is wanted on charges of felony theft and aggravated assault.

Griffin police seek suspect in carjacking, victim sent to Atlanta hospital

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Keyondre Preston, now 20, was convicted of murder.

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Jamarion Robinson, 26, was shot and killed in July 2016 at an apartment complex in East Point.

U.S. marshal, Clayton officer indicted in death of man shot 76 times

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Family longs for closure after woman’s killing at southwest Atlanta park

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Jonathan Fernandez (left) and Justin Allende were being held without bond late Tuesday at the Cobb County jail.

2 Cobb teens charged with murder after fight ends in gunfire

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October 26, 2021 Atlanta: The GBI and Atlanta police worked the scene on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 after a Molena police officer working an off-duty job in parking enforcement was shot Monday night as he was sitting in his vehicle in downtown Atlanta, officials said. The officer was working for ATL Plus when he was approached by the alleged gunman on Luckie Street shortly before 10 p.m., according to the GBI. The state agency said the officer took a bullet to the neck and returned fire, fatally wounding the man. The officer’s injuries were not considered life-threatening, GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said in a news release. “Agents on scene found the man who died in possession of a firearm,” she said. The names of the two men were not released. A third gunshot victim, a woman, was also found at the scene, according to Atlanta police. She was taken to a hospital with what police believed to be a graze wound. “The preliminary investigation indicates there may have been some type of altercation between the two males that escalated to gunfire,” an Atlanta police spokesman said in a statement. According to Channel 2 Action News, the officer argued with the man about a parking ticket before shots were fired. Officials have not confirmed the motive. Molena is a town of fewer than 500 in southwest Pike County, more than 60 miles south of downtown Atlanta. The injured officer serves in a reserve capacity, according to the GBI. The GBI is investigating the incident as an officer-involved shooting, the 80th such shooting this year. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don’t involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the GBI’s tally. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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