The Walking Dead Awards: Mercy prevails
Rick launches a massive battle against Negan and the Saviors, and Gabriel learns why you should never be nice to anyone, ever.
The Shelf: Pat Conroy and The Confederate General Rides North
Pat Conroy
Fourteen years after the unwieldy B
Beacon Atlanta will transform Grant Park warehouses into office and retail
By early 2018, the southern fringes of Grant Park can expect restaurants, bars, artist studios, a chiropractor, dentist, fitness studio, childcare facility, and plenty of offices—all of which will be punctuated by a 65-foot decorative metal tower.
Update: Open records bill moved forward
Contractors building the Atlanta Braves’ new Cobb County stadium would be protected from public disclosure of payroll and personnel records under a bill endorsed today by a state House subcommittee.
The Thiokol factory explosion is a largely forgotten tragedy. Survivors want to change that.
Jannie Everette stood up from her desk in Camden County High School and felt the earth shake. Miles away, a fire at the Thiokol munitions factory just outside of Woodbine triggered a chain reaction of blazes, culminating with an explosion that filled the sky with flames. In those first terrifying moments on February 3, 1971, Jannie had no idea if her mother, who worked at Thiokol, was alive or dead.
Happy Chipper Jones day! Plus, a park reopens in his honor
This morning, media were out en masse to capture Chipper Jones cutting a big, red ribbon to mark the reopening of West Manor Park ball field. What was a little more surprising was the signed resolution from Atlanta City Council declaring June 27, 2013 “Larry Wayne ‘Chipper’ Jones, Jr. Day.” If you needed one, there’s an excuse to raise a glass tonight.
Bernie Sanders’s march through the South
In his first Atlanta visit, Sen. Bernie Sanders captured the minds leftist Georgians as he presented an alternative to the business-backed status quo of modern-day America.
Becky Katz wants to make Atlanta more bicycle-friendly. She’s in for an uphill climb.
As Atlanta’s first-ever “chief bicycle officer,” her job is a mix of public relations (spreading the gospel of bicycling in a city of agnostics), politics (cutting through red tape to boost ridership), and planning (expanding the city’s anemic network of bike lanes).
The Braves asked for an awful lot-and Cobb is evidently prepared to give it
You can dig into the twenty-page acronym-loaded MOU - or "Memo of Understanding" - between the Braves and Cobb County at your leisure (here's the pdf) but here’s the main takeaway: the Braves asked for lots of control and they’ve been promised it in a sweetheart of a deal that would run through the 2046 baseball season.
Meet the Atlanta Police officer whose job is to end animal cruelty
After a 6-year-old boy was killed and a 5-year-old girl mauled by loose dogs earlier this year, the Atlanta Police Department decided to create a new sworn position, Animal Cruelty Liaison Officer, to tackle animal cruelty cases and educate the community about the relationship between animal cruelty and crime. Meet Amy Soeldner, the first person to hold the position.
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