A major medical company is expected to announce Thursday that it plans a production center east of Atlanta that will employ more than 1,000 people, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.It would be one of the biggest economic development boo... »
Harry Smith was a man of many nicknames, but his loving spirit and calm demeanor never changed. Even as his health declined, he remained upbeat and refused to let anyone feel sorry for him, friends and family said.“I’d ask him how he was doing, and he’... »
COBBChamber honors small businesses of the yearThe Cobb Chamber of Commerce has named its 25 small businesses of the year for 2012, and will select an overall winner from the group in June. This year’s 25 businesses include Puckett Emergency Medical Se... »
Radio personality Michael Baisden, the eponymous host of a nationally syndicated radio show, will share his thoughts on creating wealth in the black community when he speaks to Clark Atlanta University's CEO Academy at 11 a.m. Thursday.The CEO Academy ... »
Clark Atlanta University will host the Sankofa African-American History Museum on Wheels exhibit Thursday and Friday in the Exhibition Hall of the Thomas W. Cole Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology, 223 James P. Brawley Drive.Sankofa, is a G... »
It’s tassel-turning time once again. Thousands of metro Atlanta college students are expected to receive their degrees in the coming weeks. Next stop: the job market, graduate school or a spot in their parents' basement. Oh, the places they will go! He... »
It’s tassel-turning time once again. Thousands of metro Atlanta college students are expected to receive their degrees in the coming weeks. Next stop: the job market or graduate school. Oh, the places they will go! Here’s the 411 on metro area commence... »
Making one of his few public appearances since a DUI arrest cost him his job as Georgia’s athletic director in 2010, Damon Evans on Friday described his post-UGA life as a mixture of sadness about what he lost and gratitude about what he found.What he ... »
Parent Shelbia Blackwell can't speak for other parents in her East Atlanta neighborhood, but the prospect of having her daughter's school close has inspired her to become more involved in her child's education."I just want to do a little bit more for h... »
COBBTax digest estimate shows 3.9 percent declineEarly estimates for Cobb County’s 2012 tax digest show a 3.9 percent decline compared to last year, according to the county’s tax assessor. The tax digest, made up primarily of the value of homes and com... »
COBBWarrant issued for hit-and-run fatalityAn arrest warrant for vehicular homicide has been issued for a northwest Georgia motorist who allegedly struck and killed a man standing in the emergency lane of I-75 in Cobb County.Thomas Franklyn Truitt, of ... »
The 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity will be April 9-12 on the Morehouse College campus.Speakers will include author Michelle Alexander; the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedoms,... »
COBBFire lane ordinance eased for school pick-upThe Cobb County Fire Lane Ordinance was amended last month to include a provision for student pick-up at schools. The ordinance allows vehicles to be in a fire lane for 30 minutes before and 30 minutes af... »
The Decatur-DeKalb Regional Land Bank, designed to take over foreclosed properties and prime them for development, is slowly shape nearly six months after it was set up.Government officials launched the bank late last year with federal money, with the ... »
Atlanta City Councilwoman Joyce M. Sheperd joined Hammond Park Neighborhood Association volunteers in a community-wide cleanup on Saturday, March 31. Volunteers gathered at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and picked up trash, cleaned curbs and mowed r... »
