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Byline: Edward Mitchell A former Atlanta Public Schools principal is waiting to learn whether the district will proceed with its plan to fire her for allegedly encouraging or covering up [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A lawyer overseeing the tribunal of an Atlanta Public Schools educator accused of cheating delivered a blow to the school district Thursday. Tribunal hearing officer Hugh Dorsey [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A teacher who says he became an educator to improve the lives of African-American children might never teach again after a tribunal Tuesday backed his firing for [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell One by one, Clayton County parents approached the microphone, glanced up at Superintendent Edmond Heatley and tore into his plan to release students from school early once [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell, Tucker McQueen, Jeremiah McWilliams, Sheila M. Poole, Nancy Badertscher, Jill Howard Church GWINNETT Public schools honored for science, technology Gwinnett County schools is a finalist in the [...]

Byline: Mark Woolsey, Sheila M. Poole, Edward Mitchell, John Thompson, Nancy Badertscher, Tucker McQueen CHEROKEE Hospital to expand into Woodstock Northside Hospital-Cherokee is expanding into Woodstock. Hospital officials recently announced [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Rarely do a civil rights legend, an ex-Major League Baseball player and a rapper for the former Death Row Records label share the same stage. But U.S. [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell, John Thompson A 61-year-old Riverdale man missing since Monday was located Thursday, police said. Bennie Johnson, 61, who is believed to have Alzheimer's disease, was last seen [...]

Byline: Monroe Roark, John Thompson, Edward Mitchell, Jill Howard Church, Marcus K. Garner Stockbridge City Council formally censures mayor The Stockbridge City Council voted Monday night to formally censure Mayor [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Atlanta school Superintendent Erroll Davis said Tuesday that he expects the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to move APS from 'accredited on-advisement to full accreditation' this [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A testing coordinator at an Atlanta school marked by widespread cheating should be fired, a tribunal ruled Monday. During a nine-hour hearing, attorneys for Atlanta Public Schools [...]

Byline: Jill Howard Church, Johnny Edwards, Edward Mitchell, Monroe Roark Former MARTA cop faces child molestation charge A former MARTA police officer is facing child molestation charges in Clayton County. [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A tribunal ruled in favor of an Atlanta Public Schools administrator accused of seating low-performing students alongside high-performing students to facilitate cheating. Nearly a dozen supporters of [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell The Clayton County school board voted Monday to delay Superintendent Edmond Heatley's plan to release students from school early every Wednesday. The plan, designed to make time [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A plan to give Clayton County teachers more planning time by releasing students early once a week may be delayed amid concerns that parents haven't been given [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Clayton County Public Schools is considering a proposal to release students early on Wednesdays to provide teachers additional time for staff training and development. The school board [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell The DeKalb school board voted Monday to fill three newly consolidated central office positions, but temporarily blocked a plan to increase the pay for those executive-level jobs. [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A good alternative to alternative school --- that's what Clayton County says it's found in an online program for students with severe behavior problems. Instead of attending [...]

Byline: Chris Seward, Misty Williams, Johnny Edwards, Edward Mitchell, Kenneth Musisi, Monroe Roark SOUTHSIDE Body found in burned-out car A call about a southwest Atlanta house fire early Saturday led [...]

Byline: Karen Huppertz, Edward Mitchell Law enforcement officers across North Georgia have organized a 70-mile memorial ride around Lake Lanier on Aug. 11 to raise money for a fund established [...]

Byline: Mark Woolsey, Patrick Fox, Edward Mitchell, Michael Alpert Canton working on downtown green space Plans for additional green space in downtown Canton are moving ahead. City officials want to [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Betty Zakas never married or had children. But the Atlanta woman known popularly as 'Aunt Betty' was a mother figure to everyone she knew --- family, friends [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Andre Castro still remembers the days when teen pregnancy seemed an unsolvable problem. Young people were having unprotected sex at increasingly early ages. Pregnancy rates were rising [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Georgian by birth and Greek by descent, Simena 'Mimi' Skandalakis embraced both identities throughout her life. She grew up in Marietta, spoke with a Southern accent and [...]

Byline: Nancy Badertscher, Edward Mitchell Two years, three months and a few hurdles later, Fulton County Schools today officially becomes the state's largest charter school district. Parents say they are [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Atlanta Public Schools laid out its case Friday for firing former F.L. Stanton Elementary School teacher Teresa Bell, who the district accused of participating in test cheating. [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Thomas Dixon Brown began his life as a Georgia farm boy, and ended it as a widely respected pioneer of Georgia's agriculture industry. Mr. Brown --- known [...]

Byline: Mark Woolsey, Patrick Fox, Michael Alpert, Edward Mitchell Construction is under way on environmental company Advanced Disposal Services' first compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, being built in Ball [...]

Byline: Angel K. Brooks, Edward Mitchell, April Hunt Residents say rats invading complex Residents told Channel 2 Action News that large rats are invading their DeKalb County apartment complex. The [...]

Byline: Rhonda Cook, Jaime Sarrio, Edward Mitchell, H.M. Cauley APD hiring former military personnel The Atlanta Police Department is getting a $1.8 million federal grant to hire 15 former military [...]

Byline: Kristina Torres, Michael Alpert, Nancy Badertscher, Mark Woolsey, Edward Mitchell, Patrick Fox The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper has won a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expand its [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell, Johnny Edwards, Kenneth Musisi Library film festival ends with 'Africa Unite' 'Africa Unite,' the final film in the Atlanta-Fulton Central Library's fifth annual Caribbean Film Festival, will [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Hezekiah Louis dreams of being employed, owning a house and raising a family. But first, the rising seventh-grader has to get through middle and high school. Louis, [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Clayton County's school board voted 63 to approve $11 million in spending cuts Monday night, balancing the district's budget at the price of displeasing some community members. [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Athletics for middle school students and fine arts programs would be spared under a budget plan the Clayton County School Board will consider today. The proposal, which [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell, Johnny Edwards, Patrick Fox, Nancy Badertscher, Mark Woolsey Cherokee, Forsyth firefighters win honors Firefighters from three different counties claimed top prizes in the Toughest Firefighter Competition, which [...]

Byline: Patrick Fox, Bill Banks, Edward Mitchell, Sheila M. Poole, April Hunt 'Slip lane' to Lake Hearn drive to open The new 'slip lane' onto Lake Hearn Drive from the [...]

Byline: Michael Alpert, Patrick Fox, Mark Woolsey, Edward Mitchell Forsyth commission takes up budget June 26 The Forsyth County Commission is scheduled to discuss its roughly $90 million preliminary fiscal [...]

Byline: Johnny Edwards, Mark Woolsey, Michael Alpert, Edward Mitchell, Kenneth Musisi Fulton County will spend $536,730 on a workforce study, which one commissioner says is $144,000 too high. Atlanta-based Buck [...]

Byline: Johnny Edwards, Christopher Seward, Marcus K. Garner, Nancy Badertscher, Edward Mitchell Fulton County is looking for a new animal control services provider. Current contractor Barking Hound Village Foundation has [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell A south Fulton academy for young men received disappointing news at a school board meeting Tuesday night when the county's school board turned down its bid for [...]

Byline: Bill Banks, Edward Mitchell, April Hunt, Laurie Hoffman, Kenneth Musisi Decatur prepares to adopt 2013 budget Decatur city manager Peggy Merriss discussed several details of the 2013 budget, which [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Selena Dukes-Walton, former Slater Elementary School principal, should be fired for failing to prevent test cheating, an Atlanta Public Schools tribunal ruled Monday. APS attorneys argued Dukes-Walton, [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell John Medlin, who helped oversee the transformation of a regional North Carolina bank into the national powerhouse Wachovia, died Thursday of a heart attack in North Carolina. [...]

Byline: Janel Davis, Daarel Burnette, Jeffry Scott, David Ibata, Tucker McQueen, Edward Mitchell Second challenge filed in race for clerk of court A second challenge was filed Friday against another [...]

Byline: Edward Mitchell Two simple words --- 'Listen again' --- led a tribunal Thursday to back the firing of another Atlanta public school teacher. During the tribunal hearing for former [...]

Byline: Johnny Edwards, Edward Mitchell, Kenneth Musisi, Mark Woolsey, Michael Alpert Homeowners can get instruction on taxes North Fulton County homeowners can talk to staffers from the county tax assessors [...]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including “Ballou Students Get Tips on Manhood, Success" by D.R. Barnes in the June 11, 2015 issue, and the 2015 Homeownership Supplement inside the June 11, 2015 edition.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including "The Trigger-Happy Generation" in the May 23, 2015 issue, "Justice Kennedy's Race Do-Over" in the May 21, 2015 issue and "Why Chicago's Bonds Are Junk" in the May 14, 2015 issue.