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Freemanville Road Bridge replacement

Milton drivers face 5 months of detours for bridge construction, GDOT says

A bridge that opened more than 60 years ago on Freemanville Road in Milton will be closed for at least the next five months because of a $2.9 million project to replace it.

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Wedding night helicopter crash near Dawsonville leaves 2 dead, 1 alive

The crash near Dawsonville left two men dead and one woman who survived. Their identities have not been released.

MARTA Series

Woman fatally stabbed on MARTA train identified; man arrested.

A 66-year-old Atlanta woman was fatally stabbed on a MARTA train in what officials called a “senseless” incident. A 25-year-old was arrested.

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Northlake Mall sale

Northlake Mall retailers told to vacate. Is a sale and redevelopment next?

It was an abrupt decision, one that led one shop owner to call the general manager. The reason given: the mall had been sold.

A winding road, a bottle of wine and a crash that keeps punishing Oak Grove

Ananya Rao of Lakeside High School was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend was killed in Atlanta. But her parents might go to prison in an unusual legal case.

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He’s 104 and landed on a Normandy beach after D-Day. He has stories to tell.

Georgia's Avery Low is among the last of the best generation, an Army officer who came ashore after D-Day to help defeat the Nazis. At age 104, those memories remain sharp.

Crime & Public Safety

A winding road, a bottle of wine and a crash that keeps punishing Oak Grove

Ananya Rao of Lakeside High School was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend was killed in Atlanta. But her parents might go to prison in an unusual legal case.

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Georgia high court clears path for COVID-delayed prisoner executions

Part of an agreement halting the executions of nine Georgia inmates on death row doesn’t protect them anymore, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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Former Atlanta Housing official sentenced for Section 8 and pandemic fraud

Tracy Denise Jones, who oversaw one of the nation’s largest Section 8 housing assistance programs at Atlanta Housing, was sentenced to nine months in prison for fraud.

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The Georgia World Congress Center Authority spent $612,000 on tickets to World Cup matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which the agency owns. With prices starting at $596,000, the agency debated if it cost too much to book a suite in its own facility, before deciding to split the cost. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Even Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s owner had World Cup ticket sticker shock

Atlanta Beltline acquires Eastside Trail office building

Beltline buys office building for $16.5M to preserve affordable space

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Peabo Bryson, Atlanta R&B singer, dies after a stroke

Gas prices in Atlanta and Cobb

As Georgia’s gas tax pause ends, here’s what motorists can expect to pay

Rep. Williams hosts small business summit in Atlanta

World Cup could be a sales boon. Atlanta entrepreneurs are learning how.

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Coca-Cola is exploring IPO for largest Indian bottler

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Cobb County Police’s service contract with Mableton expires amid dispute

A new sphere, screening tech and parking: How the Atlanta airport has prepared for FIFA

Sphere, parking and security upgrades ready at Atlanta airport for World Cup

Former Bowen Homes public housing site becomes new mixed use housing

How is affordable housing changing in Atlanta? Just look at Bowen Homes.

MARTA station broken fare gates

MARTA switching to thicker glass after faregate panels shatter