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Sugar Hill City Council rezoned about 42.5 acres on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on Monday, which will allow a developer to construct more than 300 flats and townhomes. (Courtesy City of Sugar Hill)
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U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Suwanee) and Lewis Cooksey, director of the Gwinnett County Department of Transportation, discuss the federal funds that could add a new public transit line in the county. (Courtesy of Tracy Moore)
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Gwinnett County police are requesting help from the public to determine the circumstances around a domestic dispute that led to a double shooting at a Snellville home.
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Gwinnett police seek witnesses after 2 shot during domestic dispute
February 10, 2021 Atlanta: A double shooting in the southbound lanes of I-85 in Midtown left one man dead and wreaked havoc on Wednesday morning’s commute on Feb, 10, 2021. The fatal shooting brought traffic to a standstill about 5:15 a.m. just north of the Brookwood interchange. All lanes were shut down for about four hours as police investigated, leading to massive delays in Midtown, Buckhead and all through the northern suburbs, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. Drivers stuck behind the closure did not move for more than two hours before authorities began turning cars around. Backups stretched all the way to the Ga. 400 merge. An off-duty Jonesboro police officer discovered a dark-colored sedan near the entrance to I-75 North about 5:15 a.m. and found two men with gunshot wounds inside, Atlanta police Capt. Jason Smith said from the scene. One man was pronounced dead. The other was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and survived his injuries. The officer initially thought he had come across a wreck, but quickly called for backup and tried to help the victims, Smith said. It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday morning where the shots were fired from. Detectives are still working to piece together what prompted the fatal shooting and identify a suspect. Smith said detectives are trying to interview the surviving victim to find out exactly what happened. “This does not appear to be a random act,” Smith said. “It appears to be a dispute that had escalated.” All lanes reopened about 9:15 a.m. when police finally cleared the crime scene. “We always hate when we have to do that,” Smith said when asked about shutting down the interstate. “Unfortunately, we have to make sure that we process the crime scene appropriately, and it does take time.” (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
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John Upchurch, Gwinnett Building Babies' Brains advocate rode 1,049 miles from Anacortes, Washington to San Francisco, California May 22 to June 13 to raise money to provide parents of newborns born at Gwinnett hospitals with a “brain at work” onesie along with information about free resources to help them be their child’s first and best teacher. (Courtesy Gwinnett Building Babies' Brains)
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Braselton Broadway, LLC is requesting zoning to allow for the construction of three homes on just over one acre on Henry Street. (Courtesy Town of Braselton)
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Braselton zoning request seeks converting two lots into three
Delays are building in both directions of I-85 in Gwinnett as police investigate a motorcycle crash.
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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)
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Braselton Broadway, LLC is requesting zoning to allow for the construction of three homes on just over one acre on Henry Street. (Courtesy Town of Braselton)
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Braselton zoning request seeks converting two lots into three
Delays are building in both directions of I-85 in Gwinnett as police investigate a motorcycle crash.
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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)
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Scores of audience members refused to wear masks or leave the Gwinnett County Board of Education meeting Thursday, May 20, 2021.
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06/11/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Alex Banister prepares samples of The After Bar, a CBD recovery protein bar, at the companies booth during the USA-CBD Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Terry Hall uses a cloth to wipe paint from an underpass as he works on Grant Street SE on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Painters filled in lines left after the design was placed on the walls yesterday. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
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Incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms' May 7 announcement that she wouldn't seek a second term as Atlanta mayor opened the field for candidates looking to succeed her in the city's top office. Here's a look at who's running. Photo: John Spink / AJC
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May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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When it opened in June 1949, Atlanta's Starlight Drive-In had a 900-car capacity and was hailed as the city's premier new outdoor theater. LANE BROS. PHOTOGRAPHS / GSU
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05/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, center, receives a tour of an underground tunnel for the expansion of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport plane train tunnel at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Honor to retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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May 21, 2021 Atlanta: Firefighters continues to pour water on a stubborn warehouse fire throughout Friday morning, May 21, 2021. A massive overnight fire at a northwest Atlanta warehouse at one point grew so intense that it threatened the firefighters battling it from several stories in the air. The crews had to evacuate their ladder trucks when flames got too close, Atlanta fire spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford told Channel 2 Action News. The blaze was under control Friday morning, but crews were still dousing hot spots at the storage warehouse in the 400 block of Bishop Street. Huge flames, a series of loud explosions and heavy plumes of smoke could be seen and heard in the area west of Atlantic Station for several hours overnight. The fire spread to adjacent warehouses in the business strip and threatened a nearby apartment complex before it was contained. “Flames were above the rooftops,” witness Matthew Payne told Channel 2. “It was one of the craziest things I’ve seen in a while.” The fire was reported about 11:25 p.m. Thursday. It took 75 firefighters and multiple apparatus to bring it under control, Stafford told the news station. The first arriving crews were unable to get inside to check for injuries until they knocked down the flames. “There was all the explosions happening from inside the building,” Stafford said from the scene. “Unknown what those were, perhaps propane tanks.” Stafford said they had to pull their ladder trucks back as the fire intensified. “Because that fire moved so fast up under their ladder, and we had fire coming up under them, so they had to evacuate the ladder pretty quickly and move the apparatus because it was about to catch on fire,” he said. During the height of the blaze, firefighting efforts were further hampered by an impatient driver trying to access the Radiant West Midtown apartments, the fire department said on Twitter. Crews were “in the crucial phase” of preventing fire from spreading to the co
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PHOTOS: Massive warehouse fire triggers explosions, evacuations near Atlantic Station
The headwaters of the 344-mile Flint River, Georgia’s second longest, are first visible in a seven-acre tract off Willingham Drive near College Park’s border with East Point in South Fulton County. The historic site is now dominated by colorful brush of pinks and purples, a mish-mash of tree varieties and chirping frogs.. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Spelman College holds commencement for the class of 2020 at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Students begin to head to the stage for the formal ceremony. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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The veranda of Martha and Jean-Francois Morizur’s home looks out over their backyard and pool area. A sofa, chair and coffee table from Wayfair provide seating around the outdoor fireplace, and the fleur-de-lis wood and iron art above the fireplace from Hobby Lobby ties the outdoor decor into the French style of the interior of the home. Text by Shannon Dominy. Photo by Reynolds Rogers.
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The Cobb County School Board will hold another budget hearing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday after technical difficulties prevented the district from live-streaming or recording last week's meeting. Credit: CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Cognia's special review of the Cobb County School District will be held Aug. 15-18. Credit: CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy will offer the Atlanta school district's first Japanese language program. VANESSA McCRAY/AJC FILE PHOTO
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A Juneteenth Parade makes its way down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. Juneteenth Day -- June 19 -- commemorates the end of slavery. (Photo by Phil Skinner)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 12, 2021, file photo, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Greene apologized Monday, June 14, 2021, for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of safety masks in the House to the horrors of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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The Georgia General Assembly will meet at the state Capitol later this year to draw new maps for legislative and congressional districts as part of the redistricting process. AJC/Bob Andres.
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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, offered an apology Monday for comments she made comparing coronavirus restrictions to the Holocaust. "There is no comparison to the Holocaust," Greene said. "And there are words that I have said — remarks that I have made — that I know that are offensive, and for that I want to apologize." Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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In a Sept. 15, 1963 file photo, investigators work outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., following an explosion that killed four young girls. Three Ku Klux Klansmen were convicted in the bombing years later. (AP Photo/File)
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The Justice Department’s top national security official is resigning from his position after revelations that the department under President Donald Trump secretly seized records from Democrats and members of the media. John Demers, a Trump appointee, will leave by the end of next week, a Justice Department official told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)
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Four women were shot to death early Tuesday and four others were wounded after an argument inside a house on Chicago’s South Side erupted into gunfire, police said.
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Isaiah Nichols was arrested on murder and aggravated assault charges in the shooting death of Claudly Jean-Pierre Jr.
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Atlanta police were called to the residence on Henry Aaron Avenue about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday to investigate the shooting.
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The retired deputy tried to intervene after a man pulled out a gun and began shooting at a woman inside the store, authorities said.
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