Morrow made history over the holidays. The first Asian and first black male council members were sworn into office. Additionally, Hang Tran, a 27-year-old chemist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the first Vietnamese to be elected to public office in Georgia, according to the Vietnamese Community of Georgia. One in five Morrow residents is Vietnamese. Chris Mills, 29 and a employee with Sodexo USA, is the first black man to serve on Morrow’s city council

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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