Marietta accepting choice applications

Marietta City Schools is accepting applications through Jan. 23 for elementary school students interested in the Choice Academy Program. Students can apply to transfer from their zoned school to a school of their choice. The district’s eight elementary schools focus on different areas of learning. Students can choose a school that fits their interests, including communications, arts, science and math, literacy and leadership.

Information: www.marietta-city.org.

About the Author

Tucker McQueen

DeKalb votes to move forward with $77 million ambulance contract

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

Featured

Credit: Ben Gray

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.