1. Could capping Downtown Connector rejuvenate Downtown Atlanta?  An ambitious concept unveiled this week would cap a portion of the Downtown Connector and reestablish links between Midtown and Downtown. It would also open up acres for new parks and high-rise development. [Read more]

2.  Feds will sue Georgia over 'psychoeducational' schools.  The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to sue Georgia over its segregated "psychoeducational" schools for disabled children. [Read more]

3. Dansby Era begins tonight in Atlanta. The Braves' latest Golden Child arrives tonight, and a recently title-starved baseball town turns its anticipation and hopes to Dansby Swanson. [Read more]

4. Police ID suspects in Johns Creek home invasion. Police have identified two men who allegedly pistol-whipped a Johns Creek woman and her housekeeper during a violent home invasion. [Read more]

5.  Political Insider: Donald Trump decides he'll finish the campaign his way.  "You know, I am who I am," Trump told a local Wisconsin television station Tuesday. "It's me. I don't want to change. Everyone talks about, 'Oh, well you're going to pivot, you're going to.' I don't want to pivot. I mean, you have to be you. If you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people."  [Read here]

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Peggy Harris (foreground) stocks the shelves at Sandy's IGA, which is the only grocery store in town, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in Sparta. Hancock County has one of the highest rates of childhood food insecurity in the country. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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