City of Roswell news and updates

During water line construction Spring Drive in Roswell will be closed daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between King Street and Marietta Highway/Ga. 120. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Water line construction on Spring Drive in Roswell delayed

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Local businesses interested in opportunities to provide services in Roswell can join the city’s Purchasing Division at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 for a live, virtual webinar. (Courtesy Pixabay)

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Roswell offers webinar to help vendors navigate city opportunities

Rising housing costs and inflation continue to put a financial strain on seniors, single parents and working families in North Fulton. NFCC is helping GA residents navigate the eligibility and application process for government services. (Courtesy North Fulton Community Charities)

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New NFCC program helps low-income families apply for government benefits

Roswell Restaurant Weeks hopes to boost local businesses still struggling through the...

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The North Fulton Master Gardeners in partnership with the UGA’s Fulton County Extension are continuing horticultural education through a series of six free virtual gardening lectures. The series begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6 with ‘Composting at Home.’ (Courtesy North Fulton Master Gardeners)

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North Fulton Master Gardeners announce Spring 2022 Gardening Lecture Series

Roswell has been recognized by the ARC with the Platinum level Green Communities Award. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Roswell recognized with highest level Green Communities Award

Winter storm brings down huge tree at Roswell Cultural Arts Center

Massive tree falls outside Roswell cultural arts center

Tree falls on structure outside Roswell arts center, city hall

Roswell modifies their policy to allow private security cameras in city right-of-way. (Courtesy Pixabay)

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Roswell modifies policy to allow private security cameras in city right-of-way

Georgia nursing homes see staggering increase in COVID-19 cases among residents, staff

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Roswell's mayor and city council join members of the Environmental/Public Works Department and Brian Skeens from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals to accept the Distribution System Excellence Gold Award. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Roswell public works/water systems recognized for excellence

New mayors and city council members take office in Roswell, Johns Creek

Spruill Center summer camp registration opens Jan. 24

Roswell Recreation Committee approves preferred vendor program

The Roswell Recreation Committee has drafted a Trail Use Policy that will apply to all trails in Roswell including the Big Creek Mountain Bile Trail. (Courtesy Big Creek Mountain Bike Park and Joel Vigneaux via Facebook)

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Roswell Recreation Committee approves trail use policy

Roswell’s new mayor apologizes for angry email

At-home COVID-19 tests still nearly impossible to find in metro Atlanta

Roswell reminding residents to recycle holiday cardboard boxes and plastic foam

Tree companies are busy cleaning up damage from earlier storms this week

Holiday giving has ended, but the need for food and shelter continues

Roswell to conduct an audit of fire department

Spring registration opens for Roswell classes and programs

The coffin of Roswell High School football player Robbie Roper is moved into the church before the start of his funeral service at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Roswell quarterback Robbie Roper remembered as humble leader

Community gathers to remember star Roswell quarterback Robbie Roper

$10M project to retool, rename stretch of Roswell Road in Sandy Springs

Victims of quadruple shooting that left mother dead want justice

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Education

Clarkdale Elementary School wait at a social distance as they prepare to board their school buses after school in Austell in 2020. Coronavirus cases in metro Atlanta school districts remain high even as overall counts across Georgia are down from the record numbers posted in early January. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows

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Students arrive at Norcross Elementary School on Jan. 10, 2022. Masks are required in Gwinnett County Public Schools. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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COVID and masks: Some metro Atlanta school districts are relaxing rules

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Fayette County Schools lifted its mask mandate in buildings on Tuesday, but maintained the face coverings requirement on buses.

Fayette County making masks optional in schools, mandatory on buses

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The long-standing pencil and paper SAT college admissions exam will shift online in 2024 when students will take both the SAT and PSAT on computers or tablets. (File photo)

High school students soon won’t need pencils any longer for the SAT

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Politics

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has supported a change in rules that has allowed U.S. representatives to vote remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sued to end the practice, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Legislation filed Monday in the Georgia Senate would require pregnant women to see a doctor in person before being able to obtain the abortion pill mifepristone.

GOP senator files bill that would ban mailing of abortion pill

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A panel of Fulton County judges on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue speaks via video monitor during a rally ahead of a Senate runoff in Dalton, Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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David Perdue in quarantine after testing positive for COVID

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Former DeKalb Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton walks toward DeKalb County Courthouse for a hearing by Judge Asha Jackson in February 2017. Sutton has filed a lawsuit alleging that the DeKalb Board of Ethics is unconstitutional because some of its members are appointed by community organizations instead of by elected officials. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Ex-DeKalb commissioner’s criminal trial rescheduled again

Georgia Senate Pro Tem Butch Miller proposed a constitution amendment that would have prevented noncitizens from voting in the state. The measure did not receive the two-thirds majority vote in the state Senate that it would need to be placed on a ballot. State law already prevents noncitizens from voting, and it rarely happens. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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Constitutional ban on noncitizen voting falls short in Georgia Senate

Crime

Anyone with information about the light-colored SUV or its occupants is asked to contact police.

BREAKING: Police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy

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Multiple vehicles were damaged by bullets Sunday night when gunfire rang out in the parking lot of Loca Luna on Amsterdam Avenue. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Owners terminate Loca Luna’s lease after latest gunfire incident

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A Vienna mother has been charged with murder after the discovery of human remains in Cordele, according to the GBI. Keara Cotton, 27, also was charged with concealing the death of another and cruelty to children in the second degree, the GBI said in a news release. Jayceon Mathis, her son, reportedly has been missing for months. (GBI)

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Georgia mom charged with murder after human remains found; son missing

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Atlanta police found multiple spent shell casings near a popular downtown restaurant and hookah lounge Tuesday morning. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Police investigating shooting near downtown Atlanta lounge

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Police said the child was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in northwest Atlanta. He was identified by his family as Grayson Matthew Fleming-Gray of Cumming. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)

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‘This one hurts’: Mayor, chief frustrated after 6-month-old shot dead in NW Atlanta

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Fingerprint technician William Boyd inspects fingerprints and potential fingerprint matches at the Georgia Crime Information Center, a division of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, in Decatur Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The system is usually automated, but it will flag certain prints with anomalies so they can be looked at with a human eye. More employers, both private and public, are using background checks to screen potential job candidates.

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Key information missing from Georgia’s criminal records database

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The man was killed on a busy section of Washington Road, flanked on one side by a gas station and Piggly Wiggly, and on the other side by an apartment complex.

Man shot, killed in front of East Point grocery store

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Tevin McDonald, 29, of Smyrna, was taken into custody Friday on multiple counts of aggravated assault and weapons charges related to a series of shootings targeting a townhome in Marietta. (Credit: Marietta Police Department)

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Alleged Marietta townhome shooter was charged in 2016 psychiatric facility incident

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