South Fulton County news

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International travel rebound fueling growth of Delta flights overseas
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines plans this year to operate its largest trans-Atlantic flight schedule on record, with...

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George Krasle, scuba teacher, inventor, married underwater, dies at 93
George Krasle’s friends describe him as an adventurer. While some of that breed scale Mount Everest or parachute from...

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Kennesaw State fans cheer on Owls from afar in March Madness debut
Kennesaw State University’s Convocation Center started to rock as March Madness descended for the first time in school...

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens forms advisory committee to uplift local artists
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is appointing 22 of the city’s artists and philanthropists to a committee tasked with...
Education

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Clayton County Schools hopes SPLOST will help bring respect
When Anthony Smith pitched a $350 million SPLOST for Clayton County Schools during a town hall meeting earlier this...

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New book: If we don’t fight for teachers, we will lose them
After interviewing teachers across the country, shadowing three of them for 12 months and taking a job as a long-term...

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S.A.F.E. space supports students
While working in Orlando public schools, Scott Hanson became familiar with Student and Family Engagement Centers. “I...

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Kennesaw State fans cheer on Owls from afar in March Madness debut
Kennesaw State University’s Convocation Center started to rock as March Madness descended for the first time in school...
Crime

MONDAY’S WEATHER: Frigid start to the first day of spring
Spring is just hours away, but it doesn’t really feel like it in North Georgia. With Monday morning temperatures in the...

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3 people found shot to death in Rockdale home
Three people were fatally shot in a Rockdale County neighborhood just after midnight Monday, according to officials.

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 27: Inside the Special Grand Jury
The latest episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast recaps exclusive interviews with five of the...

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1 dead after car rolls over Buford Spring Connector onto expressway below
One person is dead after a car fell off of the Buford Spring Connector onto I-75 early Sunday morning, according to...

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UGA senior improving back in U.S. after brain bleed on spring break
After a week in two hospitals in different countries, a University of Georgia student who suffered a brain hemorrhage...

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GBI: Man accused of killing wife exchanges gunfire with deputies at Augusta home
A man was injured in a shootout with deputies Wednesday night at a home in Augusta after allegedly killing his wife...

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Women’s History Month: First Latina State Court judge wants more representation
Ana Maria Martinez wants to make her community and little girls proud. As the first and only Latina trial judge in...

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Fugitive on run for 4 months arrested, accused in SW Atlanta fatal shooting
A fugitive accused of killing a man found shot inside a vehicle in southwest Atlanta four months ago has been arrested...