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Readers sound off on the Cobb Veterans Memorial Park and express alarm at the Trump administration’s foreign policy.

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Ex-DeKalb superintendent arrested after physical dispute with wife, police say

Devon Horton, who resigned as superintendent following an indictment on federal charges in Illinois, was arrested Saturday on aggravated assault and child cruelty charges.

Atlantans, visitors remember legacy of MLK by visiting historic sites

The sites that make up the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park & Preservation District serve as a reminder of the slain civil rights leader’s powerful messages.

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Gridlock Guy: Crank that song? How some music impacts the way we drive.

The State of the District address

Former DeKalb superintendent faces child cruelty, assault charges after arrest

Freezing weather in Atlanta

‘Heavy’ snow could impact parts of central Georgia, metro Atlanta mostly spared

Timothy Shane search

Failure to re-shackle Rockdale inmate ‘contributed’ to escape, sheriff says

Immigration detention

Mexican national dies while in ICE custody in Clayton County

Norfolk Southern: Major Atlanta corporate citizen, for now

‘Incomplete.’ What regulators’ rejection of Norfolk Southern deal means.

Doris Sims Johnson leads a news conference on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, asking the city of Decatur to grant a historic designation to the vacant land on Electric Avenue where the school district is proposing to build an early learning center. The open area was part of the historically Black neighborhood of Beacon Hill. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Activists request historic status for Decatur land to stop new school

Protestor rally for unhoused man killed as Atlanta crews cleared encampment

Family wants answers a year after man died during Atlanta camp clearing

Man arrested after little brother is shot to death, police say

Man arrested after teen brother finds his gun, is shot to death, police say