SHEFFIELD – A Sheffield City Council member will get her wish for a new crosswalk on South Atlanta Avenue in the hopes it will help make it safer for school children crossing the busy street. Councilwoman Mary Stevens said she’s been trying to get a …

NEW ORLEANS — Warren Buffett leads a troop of officials, reporters and a guy with a boom mike into the just-finished new apartment. Five years ago, after the levees failed, this area was 10 feet underwater. Now, on this bitterly cold morning early …

The woman whose body was found Sunday in a parked car at the Camden Dunwoody Apartments has been identified as 40-year-old Trina Brown.

Metro Atlanta saw the warmest day Monday in five months, WSB meteorologist David Chandley said. But clear, blue skies won’t be around long, he said.

The Atlanta school board voted Monday to affirm “a transparent and independent investigation” of more than two-thirds of the city’s public elementary and middle schools for possible cheating on state tests.

A revised gun bill would end a ban on guns within 1,000 feet of any campus — and Georgia college officials remain opposed.

Vazquez, who was traded from Atlanta during the offseason, threw fastballs on about 85 percent of his pitches, according to Jorge Posada, which is standard for an early-spring outing. Both the catcher and Vazquez mentioned, however, that one of the …

Carl Edwards (left) could be suspended or might just lose points for wrecking Brad Keselowski (right) last weekend. The frightening crash sent Keselowski’s car flying toward the stands. ATLANTA — Carl Edwards posted a multiple-choice quiz on his …

Iverson had been mostly absent from the 76ers for a month, returning to Atlanta to be with his family as they deal with an undisclosed illness of his 4-year-old daughter, Messiah. Iverson and the Sixers decided last Tuesday he would not return for …

LAKELAND, Fla. — Jason Heyward homered during a five-run first inning today, and the Atlanta Braves went on to a 12-4 exhibition victory over the Detroit Tigers. The 20-year-old outfielder, considered one of the top prospects in baseball, blasted a …

Perseverance by the Shell-Pennzoil Team Nets a Ninth-Place Finish in Atlanta HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing’s No. 29 team persevered and made the most of an ill-handling chassis to score a ninth-place finish in the Kobalt …

David Ross drove in four runs and prospect Jason Heyward added a two-run homer, as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Detroit Tigers, 12-4, in Grapefruit League action. Eric Hinske went 3-for-4 and scored two runs for Atlanta, while Brooks Conrad had …

DOWN ON EDGEWOOD: Harlem Bar is among the diverse mix of nightlife outposts in a once-forgotten historic pocket. Fifteen years ago, fresh out of New York film school and in search of a place to live in Atlanta, Karl Injex moved with his girlfriend …

Nearly 500 Fulton County teachers could lose their jobs as part of a budget tightening plan to shave nearly $140 million from the districts’ 2011 budget.

A U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer was shot and killed in middle Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook the ranger for a coyote.