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Joupe Jeht is moving from pop-ups and markets into a planned Main Street storefront in Kennesaw, bringing Cambodian homestyle dishes to Jiles Plaza. Construction is visible but no opening date has been announced.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
A stop‑sign pull in southwest Atlanta ended with a loaded Glock, packaged marijuana and dozens of oxycodone pills; two people were arrested and later released on bond.
A Waco man was arrested in Carroll County after a hidden phone was found recording a woman in a private bathroom; investigators say he has a prior 2016 indictment.
South Fulton police say a 'heart' nailed to a cemetery tree at Forest Lawn was a pig heart, not human. Officers say there's no public threat.
Retail & Industry in ...
A Jumbo Bucks Extravaganza scratch-off sold in Nahunta won $5 million; the winner claimed it on Feb. 23 and chose the annuity option.
Coweta deputies stopped an elderly man from sending another $27,000 to a scammer posing as federal agents. Officials warn crypto-based impostor schemes targeting seniors are on the rise.
Community & Society in ...
A copycat fundraising site showed $16,000 for 13-year-old Mason Towler’s funeral but the family says it never saw the money; a local funeral director covered the service.
Politics & Govt in ...
Chief Justice Nels Peterson warned that decades of Georgia decisions have left post‑conviction rules "a mess," and he asked the General Assembly to rewrite how ineffective‑counsel claims are handled.
House Bill 947 would speed SNAP verifications, add automated data‑matching with federal databases and ban some made‑to‑order purchases with EBT. The measure advanced out of committee this month.
A person was shot in the abdomen at Midtown's Arts Center MARTA station; a suspect is in custody and MARTA activated MARTAConnect while investigators worked.
Atlanta Public Schools says Carver STEAM Academy will close after the 2026–27 school year; the campus will shift to a new arts/early-college model and the district has posted transfer options.
A man was taken to Grady and later died after setting himself on fire at a gas station on Collier Road NW; police are reviewing security footage and working with arson investigators.
Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole filed Chapter 11 and listed roughly $1M owed to the SBA as the chain navigates closures and a restructure.
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