Board choses new name for Cobb school

Cobb County's school board is expected to change the name of Austell Intermediate School to Hendricks Elementary School at its next board meeting. Elizabeth Hendricks, a former teacher at Powder Springs and Milford Elementary schools was involved in the civil rights movement and named Teacher of the Year in 1980. Elizabeth Hendricks and her husband George, also an educator, owned cotton fields in the area where Austell Intermediate is located today.

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Donor leaves WABE $3 million, largest individual gift in station’s history

An Atlanta resident has bequeathed WABE a $3 million donation, the largest one-time individual donation in the nonprofit media operation’s 76-year history.

Usher sues business partners over failed Buckhead restaurant plan

Atlanta singer Usher wants his money back after loaning $1.7 million to music producer Bryan-Michael Cox and others to buy a Buckhead restaurant property for $6.3 million.

Braves’ original ‘Freeze’ is retired. But you probably still can’t catch him.

As the Atlanta Braves prepare to find their next sprinting mascot, Nigel Talton is enjoying his new career coaching high school athletes at McEachern High.