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    The Marietta City School Board unanimously authorized Superintendent Dr. Grant Rivera to begin a phased reopening of some classrooms as early as Sept. 8.
    Cobb County| 3h ago
    Marietta approves plan to reopen some classrooms after Labor Day
    Joe Jordan, 82, owner of Cato Shoe Repair, answers a phone call from a customer inside his store in Atlanta. He and his wife, Hattie, have been repairing shoes since the 1960s. In addition to shoes, they work on belts, purses, luggage and more. Atlanta has just opened applications for a program that would give grants to small businesses struggling with coronavirus-related costs. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM) AJC FILE PHOTO
    Local News
    Atlanta opens applications for small businesses grants
    Fast facts about Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
    Local News
    Keisha Lance Bottoms not picked for Biden’s VP
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    Johns Creek places police chief under investigation
    North Fulton County
    Johns Creek police chief resigns with settlement agreement
    Doraville City Hall.
    DeKalb County
    DeKalb city bolsters penalties for hate crimes charged in city court
    Organizers have canceled the 88th annual North Georgia State Fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Cobb County
    Organizers cancel 2020 North Georgia State Fair
    William T. Johnson was appointed as the new fire chief for Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.
    Cobb County
    Cobb appoints new fire chief
    CEO Michael Thurmond talks with the Manager of Brown's The Barber Lounge John Phillips as Thurmond hands out masks and No Mask, No Service signs to businesses on Wesley Chapel Rd in Decatur, Saturday 25, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Local News
    DeKalb approves $15M small business loan program
    Nina Wilson drops off her absentee ballot while dozens of other voters line up to cast their votes in person on the first day of early voting at the Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration on May 18, in Marietta. (CURTIS COMPTON / CURTIS.COMPTON@AJC.COM)
    Cobb County
    Cobb doesn’t consider request to mail absentee ballot applications
    Forrest Hill Academy in southwest Atlanta is shown in this AJC file photo from 2010. Bita Honarvar/AJC FILE PHOTO
    Local News
    Atlanta school board panel to review academy name honoring KKK leader
    Centennial Olympic Park: Created as an Olympics-worthy gathering spot in 1996, the 21-acre greenspace has taken off as a development destination, especially since the Georgia Aquarium opened there in 2005. It’s also drawn the relocated World of Coca-Cola, the College Football Hall of Fame and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. Now the Georgia World Congress Center Authority is negotiating to buy the adjacent Metro Atlanta Chamber building to boost park acreage.
    North Fulton County
    Downtown residents petitioning for Centennial Olympic Park to reopen
    The Lidl bakery.
    DeKalb County
    New Lidl grocery store opening in Dunwoody this month
    August 11, 2020 Atlanta: Stickers await voters on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. A heated race for Fulton County district attorney saw a light turnout at the polls on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Incumbent Paul Howard faces his former chief deputy, Fani Willis, in a closely watched contest to become the countyÕs top prosecutor. Election officials said they learned lessons from the June 9 primary to avoid the kind of extreme lines that some voters encountered last time. Poll workers have been retrained. Technicians were on hand at every voting location in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Voting machines were delivered well in advance of election day. Still, some voters experienced problems and long waits at the polls. Nearly 377,000 Georgians already voted in advance of election day, most of them casting absentee ballots. About 60% of early votes were absentee; the rest were cast in person during three weeks of early voting. With so many voters using absentee ballots, election results might be slow to come in Tuesday night. Absentee ballots will be counted if theyÕre received by county election officials before 7 p.m., but each ballot has to be fed through a scanner to be counted, a process that can take days. Election officials say itÕs normal for absentee vote-counting to take some time. But that means close races might not be settled on election night. The winners of TuesdayÕs runoffs will advance to the general election in November, when turnout is expected to break records and exceed 5 million voters. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
    Local News| 2h ago
    Results for local runoff elections in metro Atlanta
    <p>DeKalb County School Bus</p>
    Local News
    DeKalb Schools: 80 students, employees recently test positive for...
    State Rep. Michele Henson, D-Stone Mountain, is flanked by other legislators from DeKalb County during a Monday morning press conference calling out Georgia labor commissioner Mark Butler over unpaid unemployment claims.
    Local News
    Lawmakers target Georgia labor commissioner over unemployment backlog
    Local News
    Pitts: Fulton is ready for runoff election following June debacle
    Cobb County
    Marietta schools could reopen some classrooms after Labor Day
    North Fulton County
    Alarm companies continue to dispute Sandy Springs law on false alarms
    Dunwoody
    Dunwoody mayor, new DeKalb schools chief to discuss back-to-school plans
    Cobb County
    Cobb parents calling for in-person classes to host rally in Marietta
    DeKalb County
    DeKalb reopens signature public golf course following $2.2M renovation
    Clayton County students can pick up breakfast and lunch at bus stops this week.
    Local News
    Clayton County Schools set up meal delivery at bus stops
    Atlanta Public Schools could borrow up to $75 million to plug cash-flow problems if there's a delay in sending out Fulton County tax bills. BOB ANDRES / AJC FILE PHOTO
    Local News
    Atlanta Public Schools could borrow up to $75M if tax bills delayed
    Peachtree Corners holds its first concert of the 2020 Town Green Concert Series with Electric Avenue performing live on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Groups of 6 and 4 people pods enjoyed food and drinks without masks during the show and were spaces 6 feet apart. Masks were required when moving to vendors, between bathrooms and to cars; dancing was allowed within your designated space. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
    Local News
    Aiming for normalcy, cities hold concerts and events despite pandemic
    08/05/2020 - Marietta, Georgia - Marietta High School media specialist Laura Gary-Michel (left) helps Henry Watson connect to his virtual learning class at the Emily Lembeck Learning Center in Marietta, Wednesday, August 5, 2020. The learning center is part of the Marietta City Schools district. The Marietta City School System is offering childcare for staff while the district is operating on a virtual-only option. Each class will be staffed by MCS staff members, and no more than five children will be in each class to allow for social distancing. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Cobb County
    Marietta schools offer childcare for teachers during remote learning
    Volunteers hand out free backpacks and other schools supplies at Kemp Elementary Saturday morning in Hampton, Georgia, on August 8, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Local News
    Back-to-school: Clayton, Gwinnett students to begin online classes
    The World of Prom show, held at AmericasMart Friday, Aug 7, 2020, features this year's new trends. Designer Johnathan Kayne, left, points out details on a dress worn by model Bailey Towle, right, in his showroom for potential buyers despite low attendance. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
    Georgia News
    Prom shop owners gather in Atlanta, face gamble on pandemic’s future
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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
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    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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