News for Metro Atlanta and Region

This 100-year-old Atlanta woman hasn’t given up her Mustang or her zest for life
Barbara Haig reflects on decades of world travel, her white Ford Mustang convertible and driving in Atlanta as a centenarian.

Up to 5 inches of rain recorded in parts of North Ga. in last 24 hours, NWS says
Areas of North Georgia, including parts of Fulton County, got 3 to 5 inches of rain between Friday and Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

2 new measles cases tied to metro Atlanta daycare outbreak, officials say
An unidentified metro Atlanta daycare at the center of a measles outbreak is now up to 10 confirmed cases, the Georgia Department of Public Health said late Friday.

MARTA CEO joins transit leaders asking feds for more safety dollars
MARTA CEO Jonathan Hunt joined the leaders of the nation's largest transit agencies to push for more federal funding to address safety and security.
‘I failed’: Atlanta lawyer quits state job after judges reject subpar work
A metro Atlanta attorney, saying she is embarrassed and apologetic, has resigned from the Georgia Public Defender Council after Georgia's top judges criticized her work.

Georgianomics: Office tower obstacles
The woes of a see-through tower in Midtown. Record-high diesel prices. A new milestone for Atlanta's airport. All that and more in Georgianomics.

2 dead after Amazon truck crashes into work vehicle on Georgia interstate
Two workers were killed Monday on I-95 in southeast Georgia in a crash involving an Amazon delivery truck, officials said.

Judge halts Georgia man’s execution hours before he was set to die for 2003 killings
Stacey Ian Humphreys’ attorneys argue the death row prisoner should not be executed because years of childhood physical and sexual abuse led to him killing two people in 2003.
‘I failed’: Atlanta lawyer quits state job after judges reject subpar work
A metro Atlanta attorney, saying she is embarrassed and apologetic, has resigned from the Georgia Public Defender Council after Georgia's top judges criticized her work.
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Members of the Conyers band Cartel reflects on legacy of “Chroma” album, getting a nod from the Jonas Brothers and touring this fall.

Death row inmate seeks to avoid execution under new law for abuse survivors
Attorneys for Stacey Humphreys, a convicted murderer next in line on Death Row, are making a last-ditch effort to halt his execution in the final days before it is scheduled.

Coca-Cola, bottling partners have $10B of U.S. projects in the works
Coca-Cola and its bottling partners announced Tuesday some $10 billion in U.S. infrastructure investments they are collectively planning through 2030.
Clayton inmate’s death ruled homicide tied to ‘medical neglect,’ examiner says
Scott Clyde Worthy, 57, died last year from complications of a bacterial infection and experienced ‘significant’ deterioration in jail, the medical examiner’s office said.

More than $1.4 million given to programs for Atlanta women and girls
Across the U.S., only 2% of charitable giving supports organizations dedicated to women and girls, according to the Atlanta Women’s Foundation.

A.M. ATL: Powering up
Morning, y'all! Your Sept. 15 update: Georgia Power studies nuclear energy, an unmet World Cup expectation and other headlines.

A new discount airline is launching flights to Atlanta
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines already flies the Atlanta-Guadalajara route, meaning the carriers will compete.
Downtown Atlanta civic group taps prominent nonprofit CEO as next leader
A well-known nonprofit chief executive will become the next leader of downtown Atlanta’s main civic organization, a group that influences the shape and feel of the city center

A.M. ATL: Big jobs
Morning, y’all! Your Sept. 14 update: Data centers are creating labor pressures, measles outbreak at Atlanta daycare and more headlines.

Blight tax talk on Midtown’s skeletal tower threatens project, Dewberry says
In a June 25 letter, developer John Dewberry said press generated by a “politically motivated” decision to call for the blight tax has put the project in “critical condition."



