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If you’re searching for the best Mother’s Day brunch in Atlanta that goes beyond the usual flowers-and-mimosas routine, I found a hidden gem that completely surprised us in the best way possible: Your 3rd Spot, tucked inside the vibrant Chattahoochee Food Works area. This is not your typical...

DeKalb County police are searching for a missing 72-year-old man who was last seen in Decatur earlier today. What’s Happening: A Mattie’s Call has been issued for 72-year-old Jerald Bailey. He was last seen before 10:30 a.m. today leaving the 2800 block of Monticello Place in Decatur. What’s...

Atlanta Firefighters battled two apartment building fires at the Azalea Gardens complex, late Saturday night.

A woman says she was attacked, robbed and sexually violated in broad daylight while sitting in Piedmont Park last weekend, one of Atlanta’s most popular public spaces.

The rain stopped early Saturday morning and the sun came out for the 20th Taste of East Cobb. The weather couldn’t have been more ideal, as attendees enjoyed tasty bites provided by local restaurants, listened to music from local school jazz bands and took in a picture-perfect spring weekend day at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.

The Georgia Department of Transportation released the following updated schedule of lane closures for I-285 and I-20 for the estimated $1.2 billion I-285/I-20 West Interchange project. This week’s updated schedule begins Monday, May 4, and continues through Saturday, May 9:. Weather permitting, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT)...

CHAMBLEE, Ga. — A suspect is in jail after starting a fire inside a Walmart in Chamblee, police in DeKalb say. The incident took place at the store located at 1871 Chamblee Tucker Road. Officers received a call that a man was in an aisle near the bathroom items,...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police are investigating a shooting that took place Saturday morning in Decatur. The shooting took place in the 2000 block of Castlegate Terrace, officials said. When officers arrived, they found a woman suffering from a minor injury. She told investigators that someone fired...

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...