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Fulton County Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the University of Georgia Extension, are hosting the Fulton Fresh Mobile Market from May 6 through May 22.

After years of planning and plenty of rush-hour grumbling, the South Barrett Reliever quietly opened last Thursday, giving Cobb County drivers in the Town Center area a fresh east-west route over I-75 that skips the famously jammed Barrett Parkway interchange. Local officials are betting the new connection will smooth daily commutes around the Town Center shopping and office hub and take...

She built a dream home in Georgia that she couldn't sell. Now, she rents it out by the hour and pays off her mortgage while doing it.

Saturday started with gunfire in southwest Atlanta, where a man was found shot to death just after midnight on White Street SW, according to police. Officers were called around 12:50 a.m. to a report of a person shot outside 822 White St. SW. When they arrived, they found a male victim with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

CHAMBLEE, Ga. - A man has been arrested for setting a fire inside the Chamblee Walmart, according to officials. A spokesperson for the City of Chamblee said police were notified that a man was setting a fire in the bathroom aisle at the store located in the 1800 block of Chamblee Tucker Road. Multiple bathroom mats and towels were set on fire, city officials said...

MARTA customers can now add Breeze cards to Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet, giving riders a new way to pay fares, load value and view trip history from Android devices. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority announced the mobile wallet expansion for MARTA riders and customers of regional transit partners ATL Xpress, CobbLinc, Connect Douglas and Ride Gwinnett. Breeze cards for iPhone and Apple...

Don’t forget your rain jackets as morning showers are moving through the area Saturday, before skies gradually clear later in the day.

[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023. In the original version of the article we stated we had not found the outcome of the case. Since then we discovered a followup article published in the December 25, 1879 issue of the Columbus Daily Times. We’ve reprinted the text of that article...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police in DeKalb County are investigating a shooting that left a woman injured on the early morning hours of Saturday. Officers received the call about the shooting at a home located on the 2000 block of Castlegate Terrace. When they arrived, they found a woman with a minor injury.

Spirit Airlines is out of business, cancelling all flights, and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The bargain carrier announced today. It’s shutting down operations effective immediately.