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Skyline Park at Ponce City Market reopened with an 18‑hole mini‑golf course and a returning roller rink, plus new flexible tickets and weekday discounts. The overhaul aims to make the roof a repeat‑visit destination.
Japan’s Wonder Festival will make its U.S. debut inside MomoCon May 21–24 as the Atlanta show expands past one million square feet of exhibits and gaming.
Sweet Auburn Springfest returns for its 40th year on Mother’s Day weekend with free live music, food vendors, markets and family programming along John Wesley Dobbs Avenue.
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MARTA police ran full-scale emergency drills at West End with EMS and fire partners, testing suspicious-package, active-shooter and decontamination responses. The training included staged bus and drone scenarios.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
A Rossville couple faces animal‑cruelty and disposal charges after a dog was found dead on a back porch; a necropsy found cloth‑like material in the animal’s stomach.
A 29-year-old is in critical but stable condition after an early-morning shooting near Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. Police are investigating at 663 Boulevard NE.
A worker at Conyers Nissan was stabbed after a dispute with a co‑worker Friday. Police used license‑plate readers to locate and arrest a suspect; the probe is active.
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run Friday night near Sidney Marcus Boulevard and the Buford Highway Connector in Atlanta. Police have not released the victim’s identity.
A Carrollton man was extradited to Franklin County, Ala., on 75 counts including production and dissemination of child pornography. Investigators say the case began with an earlier arrest and remains active.
A Woodstock man faces multiple counts after deputies say he struck two cyclists on Sugar Pike Road. A bystander's video and a tag number helped identify the vehicle quickly.
A federal judge handed Monica Dominguez Torres 20 years for running metro Atlanta meth conversion labs and laundering millions; agents seized nearly $3.6M and luxury assets.
Crews are replacing and reinforcing aging pipes near Mercedes‑Benz Stadium as Atlanta spends millions to avoid water outages during the FIFA World Cup.
Real Estate & Development in ...
An interactive map using Zillow data reveals a widening K-shaped market in Atlanta: some intown neighborhoods keep gaining while others have lost equity.
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