This year has had no shortage of cultural events from Pulse to Stopover to the Music Festival and the Urban Arts Festival, as well as the Book Festival, BandWagon and […]
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Too much of a good thing?
— An officer requested assistance after stopping a subject on Montgomery Street. When backup arrived, they saw a woman standing on the side of the road yelling, “thank you Jesus, […]
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Bombs away!
Several police units, a member of the bomb squad, members of the County Sheriff’s Department, the Fire Department and EMS were all dispatched to the scene of a bomb threat […]
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Newsbriefs
Dog Days A group of dog lovers is circulating a petition requesting that the City consider converting the Nathaniel Greene Park on Bull Street between 56th St. and Columbus Avenue […]
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Waste management
The Georgia General Assembly’s legislative session for 2011 came to a close on Friday, wrapping up a year when politicians who were elected on platforms of job creation managed to […]
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Earth Day is here
A lot has changed since the first Earth Day, which was inaugurated on April 22, 1971. From hybrid cars to curbside recycling, the push to conserve natural resources has become […]
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Just one of those days
Police were called about an injured person. It was reported that a man had been struck in the face with a pair of pliers and was bleeding. When they arrived […]
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Write field
As the Sand Gnats kick off their first series of home games this weekend with a roster of young players who may represent the future of professional baseball, Brian Lee […]
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Review: Maceo Parker at the Morris Center
It was a bittersweet goodbye at the final performance of the 2011 Music Festival, a later-than-usual 10:30 p.m. performance by funk legend Maceo Parker. There might have been more time […]
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Burden of proof
Officers were called to a Southside apartment complex after reports of a gun shot. When the officers arrived on the scene, they spoke with a woman who said that she […]
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Gail Collins: Call feminism ‘Fred’
Author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins knows quite a lot about the achievements of women, and in her last several books she’s created a social history for several […]
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Drug abuse
Capital punishment in Georgia is facing a serious problem — not necessarily on moral grounds, but on practical ones. The state no longer has access to the drugs it needs […]