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    Mattie Jackson at a 2015 rally related to their fight over the city's plans to raze several homes in the Peoplestown area. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
    Intown Atlanta
    Mattie Jackson, 98, fought Atlanta City Hall and won
    Roswell Mayor Lori Henry
    North Fulton County
    Roswell to award nonprofits COVID-19 relief funds
    The city of Brookhaven will show these movies and more during August.
    DeKalb County
    Brookhaven showing series of free outdoor movies this month
    More local news
    051820 Marietta: Voters wear masks and cast their ballots at least six feet apart the first day of early voting at the Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration on Monday afternoon, May 18, 2020, in Marietta.
    Cobb County
    $7.5M purchase will allow Cobb elections office to move into larger...
    Atlanta Public Schools will resume food distribution to Atlanta children in August. STEVE SCHAEFER / AJC FILE PHOTO
    Local News
    Atlanta Public Schools to resume food distribution next week
    Georgia's John Lewis lies in state at the state capitol in Atlanta. The Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke about the civil rights icon who died July 17.
    News
    Atlanta mayor Bottoms’ decisions in crisis lead to differing perceptions
    A parent-led, grassroots organization has demanded that Gwinnett County Public Schools do away with its police force. The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline sent a letter to the superintendent and the board of education in mid-June outlining the reasons why the officers were detrimental to learning and student health. AJC file photo
    Cobb County
    Campus cops or counselors? Marietta considers new job duties for...
    Michelle Russell, left, and Stacey Dickinson, center, hold signs supporting special needs children during a demonstration at the Gwinnett Instructional Support Center in Suwanee on July 27. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Local News
    Parents worry pandemic will leave students with special needs behind
    This entry in the MyAJC.com Flashback Fotos series takes a look at Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood during a generation of change and growth from 1970-1990 as seen through the lenses of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's photographers and others archived in the Georgia State University Digital Collections Department. In this September 1968 photo, a group of hippies hang out in front of a Midtown Atlanta building. Other MyAJC.com Flashback galleries: Auburn Ave. | Ponce de Leon Ave. | Cabbagetown
    Local News
    AJC Deja News: Atlanta police raid Midtown ‘hippie colony,’ face near...
    Gwinnett County Public Schools officials said that there have been about 260 cases of coronovirus reported in the last three says at schools throughout the district. AJC file photo
    Coronavirus Schools & Business Updates
    COVID cases, exposure have 260 Gwinnett school employees not working
    Lawrenceville will allocate $1,505,650 for construction of a new amphitheater and expanded parking at the Lawrenceville Lawn. (Courtesy City of Lawrenceville)
    Local News
    Lawrenceville, Norcross cancel several events due to coronavirus
    Heather Hadden, holding her 5-year-old daughter and rising first-grader, speaks during a rally to call on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb County school board to offer in-person classes alongside virtual learning when the school year starts this month. The protest was held outside Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta on Saturday, August 1, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Cobb County
    Cobb parents turn out to demand in-person classes for students
    Stephen Russell, a customer at a Home Depot in Lilburn, said he likes the idea of local retailers now requiring customers to wear masks in stores during the coronavirus pandemic. He questioned, though, why they don't try harder to enforce their new rules. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
    Local News
    Metro Atlanta stores apply soft touch on mask mandates, with success
    Camp outbreak shows spread of coronavirus among kids
    Coronavirus
    Georgia camp outbreak shows rapid virus spread among children
    Gwinnett County Public School teachers protest in-person school on July 20. Before their rally began school leaders announced that classes will be online. Later they added that all teachers must report to school buildings to work. WSBTV
    Local News
    Gwinnett staff test positive for COVID-19 ahead of school openings
    Local News
    Schools in bucolic North Georgia town opened Friday, masks optional
    Local News
    DeKalb high school athletes tests positive for COVID-19
    DeKalb County
    Brookhaven residents to vote on removing mayor’s term limit
    Local News
    Four more Atlanta schoolyards picked for public parks renovation
    DeKalb County
    Hologram of George Floyd to temporarily replace Confederate monument...
    North Fulton County
    Update on COVID-19 testing site coming to Sandy Springs
    Vehicles donated by Charity Cars to clients of Family Promise North Fulton/DeKalb who are experiencing homelessness. Photo Courtesy of Todd DeFeo
    North Fulton County
    Homeless mother working for Lyft gets free car
    The line stretched down the street at the recent food drive at the Summertown Food Pantry. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    News
    Across rural Georgia, pandemic magnifies challenges of hunger, food
    Marietta City Schools will purchase 100 Wi-Fi hot spots for students who need internet connectivity.
    Cobb County
    Marietta schools to buy 100 Wi-Fi hot spots for students
    Diamond Parks, a paraprofessional at Harper-Archer Elementary School assigns a computer to a student who came to the school with his stepfather on March 24, 2020. The school was issuing devices to students so they could continue studying during the coronavirus pandemic. Ben@BenGray.com for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Local News
    Atlanta superintendent urges families to fill out technology survey
    In a single day in mid-July, the state’s public report on the Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center shot up from zero cases among residents, to 63 residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six deaths. And the numbers kept climbing. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    News
    Deadly outbreak at Dunwoody Health nursing home raises questions about...
    Lawrenceville is working on an ordinance intended to cut down on the number of false alarms from security systems the police department has to respond to.
    Gwinnett County
    Lawrenceville working to cut down on police response to security false...
    Photos and videos
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    Atlanta Police clear Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed
    News
    PHOTOS: Gun violence spikes in Atlanta over holiday weekend
    News
    Protests come to rural Georgia
    Flashback Photos
    AJC Flashback Photos: July in Atlanta and Georgia
    News
    Photos: Service for Rayshard Brooks at Ebenezer
    Local News
    PHOTOS: Demonstrators gather in Atlanta to call for change
    News
    Photos: Rayshard Brooks’ family pleads for justice, change
    News
    PHOTOS: Solidarity march outside of Roswell City Hall
    News
    PHOTOS: Protesters gather in Atlanta over Friday’s police shooting
    Flashback Photos
    AJC Flashback Photos: June in Atlanta and Georgia
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