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LaRayia's Bodega is opening at Ponce City Market. / Courtesy of LaRayia's Bodega
Vegan bodega opens at Ponce City Market and more dining news from the week
Recruiting Atlanta police officers is easier said than done
Man found shot in Ansley Mall area
Thomaston resident Janet Pitts walks her dog Annie in the sunshine Friday at the Marshalling Yard at the Georgia World Congress Center.
WEATHER UPDATE: Atlanta enjoys record high temperature
Fact vs. fiction: Official sources for coronavirus news
Map: Coronavirus deaths and cases in Georgia (updated Dec. 3)
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Drinks from Best End Brewing's Mingle and Jingle Holiday Bar. / Courtesy of Best End Brewing
The Atlanta pop-up holiday, Christmas bars to check out this season
Pizza from the menu of Pielands. / Photo by Ash Wilson
Pielands opens for pizza, subs and cocktails next week in Virginia-Highland
Children's replaces parade with Season on the Square
Children’s replaces Christmas parade with full day of family fun
JCT Sunday Supper spread with biscuits, deviled eggs, Farm Stand salad, fried chicken, hushpuppies and fish, oxtail and white cheddar grits, macaroni and cheese, and collard greens. You choose an entree and your table agrees on a few sides to be shared. CONTRIBUTED BY MIA YAKEL
Ford Fry’s JCT Kitchen closing after nearly 15 years in West Midtown
Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens gives a victory speech on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at the Gathering Spot in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com
How Andre Dickens became Atlanta’s next mayor in a landslide
Atlanta Public Schools is relaunching its facilities master planning work. BOB ANDRES /AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta Public Schools restarts work on facilities master plan
The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the search for the child had ended Thursday morning, canceling the Amber Alert.
Bartow man accused of kidnapping 2-year-old remains at large
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Travelers line up at check-in counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Nov. 17, 2021. Credit: John Spink / AJC
Transportation officials weigh new rules on airline refunds
Norfolk Southern will promote marketing executive to CEO
Former mayors Kasim Reed, Andrew Young congratulate Mayor-elect Andre Dickens
Longtime Atlanta City Council members ousted in runoffs
Among the offerings at Bomb Biscuits are (from left) a vegan Florentine biscuit, a Kentucky hot brown biscuit and the Atomic biscuit. Chris Hunt for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
REVIEW: Bomb Biscuits on the rise in Inman Park
THURSDAY’S WEATHER-TRAFFIC: Highs in the 70s could set new records this week
Atlanta Mayor-Elect Andre Dickens begins fight to prevent Buckhead cityhood
Airport conducts analysis of response to gun discharge in terminal
November 19, 2021 Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport: Travelers were abound on Friday, Nov.19,2021 at the domestic side of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the Airport is preparing for an expected 2.22 million passengers for the Thanksgiving travel period starting this Saturday and running through the Monday after the holiday, a rebound from last year when passenger counts were down 40% during the period. The holiday rush will be one of the biggest tests for airlines, which have struggled with staffing shortages and occasional operational meltdowns this year. ÒWe expect it to be very busy and even a bit frenetic at times,Ó said Priceline CEO Brett Keller during a Washington Post Live event this week. With hotels and airlines trying to re-staff after pandemic cutbacks, ÒitÕs going to be a bit crazy this year.Ó Wednesday before the holiday and the Sunday afterward are expected to be the busiest days of the Thanksgiving period, according to travel experts. AAA predicts 1.6 million people in Georgia will travel for Thanksgiving, including more than 108,000 taking flights. That will bring total traveler counts to a level just 3% shy of 2019 levels, with airline passenger counts within 13% of 2019 levels. Domestic leisure air travel has almost completely recovered to 2019 levels, according to AAA and travel experts. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines expects to handle as many as 5.6 million passengers from this Friday through the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, nearly three times the 2.2 million it saw during the holiday period last year but still short of the 6.3 million for Thanksgiving 2019. ( John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Atlanta City Council votes on raising concessions price caps
This stuffed sandwich is worth a visit to Atlanta’s Westview area
Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta’s 61st mayor
Deja News: 1970s Atlanta porn maven tried to save Fox Theatre
Memphis chocolatier Phillip Ashley Rix will hold events Dec. 10 and 11 in Atlanta.
10 food and drink events happening in metro Atlanta this month
An oyster bar from the team behind White Bull is coming to Midtown
AJC explains: What does the Atlanta mayor, City Council do?
Maxwell playoff projections heading into Semifinals
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Education
The new sensory calming room at Mountain View High School provides a safe space for students to destress and refocus.
School’s sensory space calms and restores
Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice announced this week that students will receive $6,300 to help with education-related expenses. The financial gifts are from federal COVID-19 relief funds. BOB ANDRES / ROBERT.ANDRES@AJC.COM
Morehouse School of Medicine students each get $6,300 through COVID-19 relief bill
08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
The exterior of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Friday, August 21, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Eight people charged in alleged Georgia College fraternity hazing incident
Politics
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue announced that he will challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary. (Photo: Nathan Posner for The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution)
David Perdue plans to run for governor in 20223h ago
08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
Stacey Abrams speaks Saturday, July 17, 2021, at the celebration of life and dedication of the Jordan Family Life Center in Vernon Jordan's honor at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, where he was a lifelong member. The Atlanta native, who became a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, died March 1 at age 85. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Politically Georgia: Stacey Abrams joins the race for governor
Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different
Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.
Capitol Recap: Stacey Abrams launches bid for Georgia governor
A photo at Atlanta's City Hall on March 23, 2018 JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
The Jolt: New progressive party makes major gains in Georgia
Crime
The GBI has been asked to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Clayton County on Sunday.
Cops: Man shot, killed by officers in Clayton County after fight between neighbors
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At least four people were injured in two separate Saturday shootings in Atlanta.
Man charged in triple shooting outside downtown Atlanta lounge
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Alhaji Sow was shot and killed by police on his Florida college campus Saturday, police said. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
Cops: Metro Atlanta teen killed by police in Florida campus incident
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A Mississippi driver died on a Monroe County roadway Saturday afternoon. (Credit: Monroe County Emergency Services)
Mississippi driver dies in I-75 hit-and-run in Monroe County
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Recruiting Atlanta police officers is easier said than done
Man found shot in Ansley Mall area
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Fayetteville suspect shares details on fatal shooting at Macon hotel, police say
Ronald Vincent Loehrke, 30 of Gainesville, was arrested Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, for charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Credit: U.S. Department of Justice
Gainesville man arrested in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Traffic delays are expected throughout the weekend on I-75 South in Cartersville after a bridge was damaged in a crash involving a piece of heavy equipment.
TRAFFIC ALERT: I-75 South in Bartow closed for emergency bridge repair
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