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Metro Atlanta city to buy property for new park for $1.5 million after receiving...

The Brookhaven City Council announced Friday that it had approved a $1.5 million purchase for just under an acre of land on Goodwin Road.
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Reenactors bring Battle of Kennesaw Mountain to life for 162nd anniversary

KENNESAW — Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park was transported 162 years into the past this weekend to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. According to the battlefield’s website, the battle took place on June 27, 1864, during the American Civil War as General William Tecumseh Sherman
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Atlanta businesses oppose liquor license pause after violence on Edgewood

Edgewood Avenue business owners back public safety improvements after recent violence, but some say pausing new liquor licenses won't solve crime's root causes.
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The story behind Outkast’s ‘West Savannah’

Outkast are a quintessentially Atlanta group, forming in Georgia’s capital city in 1992. Its 16-year-old members, boys who would later come to be known as Big Boi and André 3000, met in a shopping mall there. Both Big Boi and Dré went to high school in Atlanta, but...
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Woman injured in shooting at DeKalb County apartment complex; 1 person in custody, police...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police said they’ve taken a person into custody after a woman was injured in a shooting at an apartment complex Sunday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., officers responded to a shooting on Wood Terrace Circle, inside the Wood Terrace Apartments...
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Black bear spotted in metro Atlanta neighborhoods: ‘simply a bear doing the bare necessities’

The Senoia Police Department says there have been a couple of black bear sightings nearby.
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Cobb County Adds 57 New Businesses Across Multiple Industries

Cobb County issued 57 new business licenses during the June 21–28, 2026 reporting period. This week’s filings show a broad mix of professional services, healthcare providers, contractors, beauty businesses, real estate companies, and specialty retail operations. Several new medical and wellness-related businesses joine
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The Famous Handmade Pies At This Homey Bakery Are Worth The Drive From Anywhere...

A truly good homemade pie is becoming a small lost art. The flaky crust nobody has the patience for anymore, the filling made from scratch instead of scooped from a can. So it means something when a shop builds its whole reason for being around getting that exactly right. A little pie shop in downtown Woodstock has bee
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Would you work here? Georgia’s top office has been revealed

A new survey suggests that if Georgia workers could choose any office in the state to work from, many would pick Chick-fil-A's headquarters in Atlanta. The survey from Resume.io asked more than 3,000 workers nationwide to identify the workplaces they would most like to work from if location were not a factor. Participa
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Driver in deadly pedestrian accident in downtown Atlanta charged with DUI, vehicular homicide

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police said the driver accused in a deadly pedestrian accident in downtown Atlanta early Sunday morning is facing charges of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. Shortly before 3 a.m., Atlanta police said they responded to the accident on Courtland Street NE...

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