Brookhaven residents can adopt pets at no charge

Brookhaven Reporter 8/15 5:15A Sammie Purcell

Brookhaven residents can now adopt pets for free through LifeLine Animal Project. At an Aug. 9 meeting, the Brookhaven City Council approved an agreement with LifeLine, who manages the DeKalb County...

Commentary: ‘Why I support placing the Anne Frank Exhibit in Sandy Springs’

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/15 3:49A Rusty Paul | Sandy Springs Mayor

Four years ago, the Georgia General Assembly instructed a state agency, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust (GCH), to raise funds and build a state memorial to victims of the Holocaust. The...

North Decatur cityhood initiative goes ‘dormant’ due to lack of legislative support

Brookhaven Reporter 8/15 3:46A Collin Kelley

A map showing the boundaries and proposed city council districts for the now dormant City of North Decatur plan. The North Decatur cityhood movement in DeKalb County has gone dormant due to the lack...

Weekend of gun violence claims another life in Atlanta, leaves nine wounded

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 2:18P Collin Kelley

Odyssey Lounge was the scene of a deadly shooting on Aug. 13. Atlanta reached a deadly milestone last week as the city officially recorded its 100th homicide of 2022 , and the gun violence continued...

Entertainer Robert Ray marks 50 years in show business

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/14 6:15A Manning Harris

Robert Ray performs at Theatrical Outfit. (Photo by Manning Harris) If you missed entertainment legend Robert Ray last week at his sold out Theatrical Outfit concert, you re still in luck. Mr. Ray,...

Dragon Con 2022 lineup announced: William Shatner, Walter Koenig, Morena Baccarin, Tom Cavanagh

Brookhaven Reporter 8/14 4:22A Rodney Ho | The Atlanta Journal-

Dragon Con 2022 guests include Walter Koenig, William Shatner and Morena Baccarin (Courtesy Dragon Con/ABC) Two of the three remaining living cast members from the original “Star Trek” series will be...

An insurance policy for coastal Georgia’s salt marshes? Conservationists are considering it

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/13 10:25A Benjamin Payne | GPB

Cars. Pets. Homes. Health. There are many things in life that an insurance policy can cover (including life itself). But what about the environment — specifically, salt marshes? A view of southeast...

Theatre Review: A gripping ‘Desire Under the Elms’ at Actor’s Express

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/13 2:00A Manning Harris

Desire Under the Elms at Actor s Express. (Photos by Casey Gardner Ford) Actor s Express is offering a gripping night of theatre with a staging of Eugene O Neill s tragic drama “Desire Under the...

Kemp to invest additional $240 million in broadband

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/12 5:26P Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday he is investing $240 million in federal COVID relief funds in expanding Georgia’s high-speed internet infrastructure. “Whether you own a small business in rural...

Federal appellate court allows Public Service Commission elections to proceed

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/12 5:23P Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat

A three-judge bench of a federal appeals court said Friday Georgia could hold Public Service Commission (PSC) elections in November as originally planned. The appellate court’s 2-1 decision overturned...

U.S. House Democrats send sweeping climate, health and tax legislation to Biden

Brookhaven Reporter 8/12 5:21P Jennifer Shutt | States Newsroom

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Friday cleared Democrats’ long-sought climate, health care and tax package, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The roughly $750 billion measure is much...

Monkeypox cases are rising fast in Georgia — along with COVID-19

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/12 5:10P Leah Flemming | GPB and Ellen El

In June, Georgia saw its first-ever case of monkeypox. Now cases have skyrocketed to over 700. — — — Georgia, along with many parts of the country, is still seeing high levels of COVID-19...

Mental health advocates in Georgia say a lack of access to care is what leads to crises

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/12 5:05P Ellen Eldridge | GPB

The Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership is comprised of 14 organizations that represent a majority of Georgia s mental health and substance abuse peers, consumers, their families and their allies...

Mortgage costs soaked up nearly 50% of income in DeKalb County in June

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/12 9:49A Chris Fuhrmeister

DeKalb County's median home price nearly $409,000 in June, per the Affordability Monitor. Median annual income was about $64,000.

Jewish community center announces lead up events to book festival

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/12 9:30A Sammie Purcell

The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta has announced a slew of events in the lead up to its 31st annual book festival. The book festival will take place this Nov. 3-20, but in the meantime book...