Christmas business lights return to Austell

Austell city officials and downtown building owners have reached an agreement on lighting downtown businesses with city Christmas lights.

The downtown building owners did not want city employees using their electricity or climbing on their roofs.

Instead the city used extension cords to use the city’s electricity and a bucket truck.

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DeKalb votes to move forward with $77 million ambulance contract

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Girl stabbed to death by mother found positioned in a recliner, warrants say

Crash involving tractor-trailers caused delays on I-75 South in Clayton County

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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.