Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Atlanta Police launch degree pathway for officers

Buckhead Reporter 12/20 4:36A Rough Draft

Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) and the Atlanta Police Department (APD) have launched a new pathway that allows APD officers to earn college credit towards their associate degrees in criminal justice through police academy training. The...

Atlanta Technical College breaks ground on Center for Transportation and Logistics

Buckhead Reporter 12/20 3:30A Rough Draft

Atlanta Technical College (ATC) has officially broken ground on its Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). The CTL will be located on 25 acres at the corner of Cascade Palmetto Highway and Cochran Road, donated by the Fulton County Board...

19-year-old dies in fall while exploring building where ‘Stranger Things’ was filmed

Buckhead Reporter 12/19 6:09A WSBTV.com News Staff

The former Georgia Mental Health Institute was used as a filming location for Stranger Things. (File) A young woman has died after she fell from an abandoned building that is owned by Emory...

Priah Ferguson talks growing up on ‘Stranger Things’

Buckhead Reporter 12/19 1:00A Sammie Purcell

Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair in Stranger Things: Season 5. (Photo courtesy of Netflix) Priah Ferguson might be starring in one of the biggest shows in the world, but she still tries to stay as...

‘The Housemaid’ is deliciously trashy

Buckhead Reporter 12/18 11:00P Sammie Purcell

(L-R) Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in The Housemaid. (Photo by Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate) There is something to be said for a good, old fashioned trashy movie. I’m not talking “guilty pleasures”...

This week at the Farmers Market

Brookhaven Reporter 12/18 3:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh, along with a...

Theatre Review: ‘Elf the Musical’ is a heartwarming holiday spectacle

Buckhead Reporter 12/18 1:51A Stephanie Toone

Jack Ducat (Buddy) and Andrew Hendrick (Santa) in Elf the Musical, which runs from Dec. 16-Dec. 21, 2025, at Fox Theatre. (Photo by Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade) If there’s two things that Buddy the...

Fulton County DA Fani Willis defends 2020 election case in fiery testimony before Senate panel

Buckhead Reporter 12/17 10:08A Ross Williams | Georgia Recorder

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her attorney, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, at Senate Committee tasked with investigating Willis. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A defiant Fulton...

State Farm Arena ranked top five venue in the country by Billboard

Buckhead Reporter 12/17 8:13A Rough Draft

State Farm Arena was ranked number five domestically and number seven in the world in Billboard s The Year in Touring 2025 Report. (Courtesy graphic.) State Farm Arena has been ranked a Top 10 venue,...

Downtown development Forge Atlanta moves forward as Webstar closes on 10-acre site

Buckhead Reporter 12/17 7:58A Collin Kelley

A rendering of Forge Atlanta. (Courtesy Webstar) Webstar Technology Group, Inc . and its development subsidiary, Forge Atlanta Asset Management, have closed on a 10‑acre parcel at Ted Turner Drive SW...

Six Atlanta artists to earn trauma-informed education certificate through Paint Love

Buckhead Reporter 12/17 3:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Paint Love s 2026 Artist Cohort marks the first time participants will earn a professional certificate in trauma-informed arts programs after completing the yearlong program. (Courtesy of Paint Love)...

Atlanta Beltline Art opens call for 2026 season

Buckhead Reporter 12/17 3:00A Sherri Daye Scott

A bold, color-saturated mural transforms an underpass along the Eastside Trail, extending the Beltline’s role as an outdoor gallery. (Courtesy Atlanta Beltline) Atlanta Beltline Art , the public art...

Perspectives in Architecture: Historic building makes news with renovation

Buckhead Reporter 12/16 3:50A Melody Harclerode

A rendering of the renovated Atlanta Constitution Building. (Courtesy Gensler) The Atlanta Constitution Building opened in 1947 as the most innovatively designed newspaper headquarters in the country....

City Springs Theatre Company puts a whole lot of heart on the stage with ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Buckhead Reporter 12/15 5:35A Sammie Purcell

The Wizard of Oz at the City Springs Theatre (Photo by Ben Rose Photography). The 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” is nothing if not a tough act to follow. Starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young Kansas...

Ring in 2026 at these Atlanta restaurants on New Year’s Eve

Buckhead Reporter 12/15 3:20A Beth McKibben and Eloisa Bloom

We’ve rounded up a slew of special New Year s Eve dinners at restaurants around Atlanta to help you ring in 2026. Reservations and tickets are disappearing fast, so make your move today. Check back...