February 16th, 2010
CUTLINE: Once the gathering spot for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights activists, Paschal’s now sits boarded up and deteriorating. During the ’40s and ’50s, John Wesley Dobbs was known as the “mayor of Sweet Auburn,” the …
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February 16th, 2010
Raheem Anderson, 22, was taken into custody without incident by fugitive squads from Atlanta police and the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. Officers found a handgun and a small amount of drugs on Anderson, police said. Police say Anderson shot and …
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February 16th, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Kellogg Co. (NYSE:K) was informed by the Food and Drug Administration that an Atlanta plant making Eggo waffles was contaminated by the bacteria Listeria, according to a warning letter posted on the FDA Web site Tuesday …
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February 16th, 2010
ATLANTA — “It’s about a journalist during World War II..” Kathryn Stockett is sitting in her Atlanta living room, surrounded by members of her book club. In her hand she is holding a copy of the just released book, ‘The Postmistress.’ It’s not …
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February 16th, 2010
It’s been a long, cold, dreary winter, but we’ll get a taste of spring in metro Atlanta later this week.
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February 16th, 2010
A DeKalb County judge on Tuesday found probable cause to hold a Doraville man on charges that he killed his wife.
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February 16th, 2010
Police from multiple jurisdictions continued hunting Tuesday for whomever shot and killed a Chattahoochee Hills policeman Monday.
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February 16th, 2010
Forbes magazine says Atlanta has the third-worst commute among the nation’s 60 largest metro areas.
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February 16th, 2010
The 2010 ACC Basketball Legends class is a group of 12 former standout players – one from each ACC school – who will be honored during the 2010 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament. TheACC.com will feature two members of the ACC Legends Class each week …
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February 16th, 2010
The great “where was Jamie McMurray’s dad at the end of Sunday’s Daytona 500″ mystery was solved on Monday morning with a simple explanation. “I stay up in Palm Coast, which is about 30 miles north of here, and I’ve been riding my motorcycle back and …
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February 16th, 2010
(CNN) — Living just miles from Florida’s Daytona Beach, Ernie Peterson had never seen a hockey game in his life when he volunteered for his first Winter Olympics. By his third games, now under way in Vancouver, British Columbia, skating rinks and …
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February 16th, 2010
Atlanta Progressive News has parted ways with long-serving senior staff writer Jonathan Springston. Apparently, Springston’s affinity for fact-based reporting clashed with Cardinale’s vision. And, no, that’s not sarcasm. In an e-mail statement …
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February 16th, 2010
Dominique Tiara Noble, 21, was last seen Monday between 7 and 9 a.m. near her home in the 600 block of Waynes Court in Atlanta. Police say the woman has the mental capacity of a 10 year old. Noble was last seen wearing a red jacket with a green …
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February 16th, 2010
ATLANTA — The Buford girls basketball team closed out its regular season with a 46-38 loss against Lovett in a make-up game in Atlanta. The No. 1 ranked Lady Lions (22-3, 11-2 Region 6-AA) finished as the No. 2 seed in 6-AA, behind Greater Atlanta …
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February 16th, 2010
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 16, 2010 – Two of the world’s foremost cutlery brands, RAT Cutlery and Japan’s Hitachi Yamahide, are now featured and on sale at AtlantaKnives.com. Low-prices are available on most models and knife sets, available …
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