An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in a shooting outside an auto repair store last Friday, Johns Creek police said.Jason Culmer, 46, who police believe is armed and dangerous, is wanted for aggravated assault and cruelty to children, autho... »
The best schoolteachers use real-world events and experiences as performance-enhancing learning tools. That practice can benefit states, cities and towns, too, as Georgians absorb the eye-opening implications of a newly adjusted high school graduation ... »
Should Georgia continue on the collision course of balancing the state budget with cuts to education?Yes, if we are satisfied that only 67 percent of Georgia students will earn a high school diploma. Yes, if we don’t care about investing in a workforce... »
A powerful metro Atlanta judge announced this week he will retire after a state agency investigated how he cut a deal for a convicted sex offender.Without informing prosecutors or the victim, Chief Superior Court Judge William F. Lee Jr. threw out a s... »
A couple of months ago, the AJC wrote a compelling story about Greg Ock, a Carroll County man who had a celebratory homecoming after a harrowing ordeal overseas. It was one of those good news stories made even more special because it turned out so much... »
COBBGang member’s conviction upheldThe Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the Cobb County murder conviction against a member of “Get Money Click” street gang who fired randomly into a crowd and killed a South Cobb High School student.On April 16, 2008, R... »
The female motorist charged with backing over a child in a stroller in a park near Snellville last September, fatally injuring a 13-month-old girl, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.Tekila My... »
Two Chamblee City Council members mingled quietly in the overflow crowd at a recent DeKalb County meeting, listening as most residents pledged to fight the county’s proposal to rezone 15 acres just south of DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.County officials say... »
A Fulton County judge denied bond Friday for a youth softball coach arrested and charged with sending sexually suggestive text messages to an underage former player, Channel 2 Action News reported.Robert Keith Payne is accused of sending several text m... »
Incentives used to lure a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and its 1,500 promised jobs to a site 40 miles east of Atlanta could exceed $210 million.When Gov. Nathan Deal announced last week that Georgia had landed the high-tech Baxter Internation... »
More customers are using rent-to-own furniture store Aaron's to get the beds, couches and televisions they can't afford to buy outright, executives at the Atlanta company said Friday.The number of Aaron's customers rose 14 percent for the first three m... »
Margaret Sechler had a extraordinary desire to show care and compassion for people in need, and she dedicated her life to doing so.During her presidency in the Order of the Eastern Star, Mrs. Sechler’s mission was to develop programs to nurture and giv... »
With Josh Smith, you take the good with the bad.It’s a package deal.Eight years into his career as a Hawk and the basketball player leaves us dropping our jaws in amazement and scratching our heads in frustration. At times, the opposite ends of the spe... »
Metro Atlanta commuters might have a new reason to consider carpooling or alternative forms of transportation.A new survey from AAA finds that the average cost of driving climbed 1.9 percent in the past year, to nearly 60 cents a mile.In metro Atlanta,... »
Jefferson police and animal control officers continued their search Friday afternoon for a pack of wild dogs that slaughtered seven goats, including one newborn kid, outside a local elementary school.The goats were kept in a fenced-in area behind Jeffe... »
