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Tax commissioner Tiffany Porter, right, briefly attends the Gwinnett County Board of Commissions meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Judge says Gwinnett tax commissioner has to collect Grayson’s property taxes
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale defended his mask-optional policy at a board of education meeting on Sept. 23. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Cobb Schools superintendent defends mask-optional policy amid COVID
Fulton County Schools announced that second grade students at a Johns Creek elementary school will move to remote learning temporarily. AJC FILE PHOTO
Second graders at Fulton elementary school to learn remotely next week
Smyrna City Council this week okayed $1.5 million to purchase 267 new radios for the city's police officers and firefighters. AJC file photo
Smyrna to spend $1.2 million on street lights as part of ‘Windy Hill Boulevard’ project
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Education and school news
In a new book, David A. Joyner (left) and Charles Isbell (right), both Georgia Tech experts in online learning, envision a future in which education from kindergarten through graduate school need not be tethered to a single physical classroom. (Photo graphic courtesy of Georgia Tech)
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Serene Varghese adjusts her son Omar’s mask while walking to Burgess Elementary School in East Atlanta on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Serene Varghese’s daughter, Dahlia, got Covid-19 during the first week of school about a month ago. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
COVID fears loom large for metro Atlanta parents of young students
Dyslexia Specialist Stacy DeCuyper works with students at Brookwood Christian in Acworth.
Acworth school focuses on special needs
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale defended his mask-optional policy at a board of education meeting on Sept. 23. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Cobb Schools superintendent defends mask-optional policy amid COVID
City of Atlanta news
Delta Air Lines wants all air carriers to share no-fly lists with the FAA. Unruly passengers have become a problem for airlines during the pandemic. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Delta pushes airlines to share no-fly lists names
07/21/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia —Atlanta Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed speaks during the second Atlanta mayoral forum at The Works Upper Westside Atlanta in Atlanta’s Underwood Hills community, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
AJC Community Conversation: Atlanta’s top mayoral candidates to join Oct. 4 event
The Georgia Department of Education recently released mean SAT scores for the class of 2021. (AJC file photo)
Fulton County Schools post higher SAT scores but lower participation
A poll worker sorts through voting material at Park Tavern in Atlanta on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Atlanta mayor calls for 2022 ballot questions on $700M infrastructure package
Clayton County news
Georgia Golden Olympics swim meet coming to Clayton County on Friday. (File photo)
Swim meet for athletes 50 and older coming to Clayton County on Friday
Comcast says college students receiving Pell Grants will now qualify for its lower-cost Internet Essentials program. (Ken Wolter/Dreamstime/TNS)
Comcast expanding low-cost Internet to Pell Grant recipients
The shooting happened Wednesday morning at a home in the 400 block of Rosewood Circle in Jonesboro.
Man arrested, accused of shooting woman after fight at Jonesboro home
Frank Trammer has been named chief of Stockbridge's newly created police department.
Stockbridge names chief for new city police department
Cobb County news
Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale defended his mask-optional policy at a board of education meeting on Sept. 23. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
Cobb Schools superintendent defends mask-optional policy amid COVID
Smyrna City Council this week okayed $1.5 million to purchase 267 new radios for the city's police officers and firefighters. AJC file photo
Smyrna to spend $1.2 million on street lights as part of ‘Windy Hill Boulevard’ project
The Powder Springs City Hall is scheduled for demolition and replacement by a mixed-use development, including 221 apartments, by Novare Group that will receive $355,454 of waivers in development fees by the city. (Courtesy of Powder Springs)
Powder Springs Council splits on $355K in waivers
Cumberland CID Executive Director Kim Menefee on Thursday presents plans for the Cumberland Sweep, a three-mile multimodal path planned to be built around The Battery Atlanta. (Matt Bruce/AJC)
First phase of planned $44-million pathway would link Braves stadium, Cobb mall
DeKalb County news
A woman walks into the Dekalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office to vote in Decatur Saturday, May 30, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
DeKalb debuts new ‘voter kiosk’
Stonecrest City Hall
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The Georgia Department of Transportation is building a new I-285 eastbound ramp to Ashford Dunwoody Road. The new ramp will open Sunday. (File photo by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
New I-285 eastbound ramp to Ashford Dunwoody opens Sunday
A photo of Puttshack's first location in Atlanta.
Puttshack to open new location in Dunwoody as part of $2B development
Fulton County news
Fulton County Schools announced that second grade students at a Johns Creek elementary school will move to remote learning temporarily. AJC FILE PHOTO
Second graders at Fulton elementary school to learn remotely next week
Sandy has approved the construction of a new fire station at 7800 Mount Vernon Road in the city’s Panhandle district. (Courtesy City of Sandy Springs)
Sandy Springs moves ahead to build new fire station on Mount Vernon Road
This past weekend five box turtles were stolen out of their enclosure at the Autry Mill Nature Preserve. Anyone with information can contact the nature preserve at 678-366-3511 or Johns Creek Police Investigator R. Bucki at 678-474-1579 or rbucki@johnscreekga.gov. (Courtesy Autry Mill Nature Preserve)
Box turtles stolen from Autry Mill Nature Preserve in Johns Creek
Johns Creek mayoral candidates John Bradberry and Brian Weaver sparred over their vision for the city during a Thursday debate. (Courtesy City of Johns Creek)
Johns Creek mayoral candidates have contentious debate
Gwinnett County news
Tax commissioner Tiffany Porter, right, briefly attends the Gwinnett County Board of Commissions meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Judge says Gwinnett tax commissioner has to collect Grayson’s property taxes
The Duluth Fall Festival will return for its 38th annual celebration on Sept. 25-26. (Courtesy of Duluth Fall Festival)
Duluth Fall Festival returns this weekend for 38th year
Georgia DOT maintenance crews have begun trimming overgrown vegetation along Ga. 211 in Barrow County. (File Photo)
GDOT trimming overgrown vegetation along Ga. 211 through Feb.
Volcanica Coffee, an online specialty coffee roaster is doubling the size of their warehouse to 12,447-square-feet, at 4110 Tench Rd. in Suwanee. (Courtesy Volcanica Coffee)
Online specialty coffee roaster bringing 10 new jobs with expansion in Suwanee
Crime & public safety news
Police said the man was killed moments after officers drove him to a south DeKalb gas station.
Cops: Man with gun shot, killed by police outside DeKalb gas station
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21 Savage performs at Music Midtown on Saturday, September 18, 2021, in Piedmont Park. (Photo: Ryan Fleisher for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rapper 21 Savage briefly jailed on drug, weapons charges in DeKalb
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Kelly Price has not been seen since she was discharged from the hospital where she was being treated for COVID-19. (AJC file photo / Dwayne Boyd)
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The toddler was found unharmed at The Peach Shopping Center along Peachtree Road.
Father charged, 1-year-old safe after car stolen in Buckhead with child inside
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