07 February

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Driver indicted in vehicular homicide death of Atlanta police officer

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A 22-year-old Stone Mountain woman was formally charged Tuesday in the crash that killed an Atlanta police officer last month, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office announced....

06 February

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Fulton tax chief may face pay cut

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in Atlanta News

Because of a loophole in a state law -- and by personally collecting fees for billing taxes in three cities -- Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand has become the state's highest-paid elected official.Taking in $347,000 last year, Ferdinand'...

04 February

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Cops: Mom left child at bus stop

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An Atlanta woman was arrested Saturday after police said she abandoned her 3-year-old daughter at a bus stop on Bouldercrest Drive....

04 February

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Judge orders Midtown homeless shelter handed over to United Way

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in Atlanta News

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall on Friday ordered the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless to hand over control of its controversial Midtown shelter to the United Way this month....

02 February

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Thieves target Atlanta booze trucks

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in Atlanta News

Thieves with a taste for alcoholic beverages have targeted trucks making deliveries in east Atlanta in recent weeks, according to police....

01 February

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Atlanta kicks off streetcar construction

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in Atlanta News

A new Atlanta streetcar running from Centennial Olympic Park to the King Center will bring jobs, tourism and new businesses to Atlanta's civil rights corridor, Atlanta and federal officials said Wednesday at an event to kick off the start of construction....

01 February

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Fulton tax chief defends selling to collection agencies

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in Atlanta News

Fulton County Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand says his system of selling property tax liens to collections firms doesn't unfairly target the Southside’s poor, but he refuses to hand over the records to prove it....

31 January

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600 attend first meeting on new school maps

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in Atlanta News

More than 600 parents and community members spilled into the auditorium aisles of Jackson High School Monday to learn about a massive redistricting planned for Atlanta Public Schools....

30 January

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City engineer dies following wreck

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in Atlanta News

A veteran City of Atlanta engineer died Thursday from injuries following a three-vehicle wreck. Gholamreza Bavani, 64, was driving a city vehicle on Marietta Street at Andrew Young International Boulevard when he hit from behind Wednesday morning, acc...

30 January

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