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If and when state and federal officials decide to move ahead with the long talked about Chattanooga to Atlanta high-speed railroad, Dalton officials will be ready.

A 79-year-old Alzheimer's patient who ran from Grady Memorial Hospital Sunday evening eluding a police dragnet turned up at a friend's house after nightfall.

Park Atlanta is in control of parking enforcement in Atlanta. Over the past couple of months, CBS Atlanta News has reported a number of issues and complaints about how things are run.

Jim Richards of Huntsville wonders if state officials have dollar signs in their eyes by setting the speed limit on Interstate 20 between Anniston and the Georgia state line at 55 mph.

Posted By - Jennifer Leslie Last Updated On: 8/22/2010 9:39:05 AM ATLANTA -- After 45 years in business, Sunday is the last day for the Varsity Jr.

A branch of Atlanta's famous Varsity fast-food empire is closing after more than four decades of slinging chili dogs and onion rings.

Law enforcement officials in Genesee County are expected to bring an Israeli citizen back to Michigan from Georgia this week to face at least one count of murder in connection with a multistate stabbing spree.

A collection of Northeast Georgia agencies will come together with the community Saturday with hopes of sending some gifted students to college.

Dwayne Myles serves as the president/CEO of United Way of Southwest Georgia. "On the Job with ... " is a weekly Sunday Inc.

Tonya M. Williams and Joe Washington Are Just Two of the Exciting Speakers Appearing at the Fall Atlanta Home Show ATLANTA The 27th Annual Fall Atlanta Home Show will bring ideas, innovations and experts in the home improvement and remodeling industries to Atlanta's Cobb Galleria Center Sept.

A man convicted of running a sophisticated drug trafficking scheme was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Near the end of a fiercely hot summer, Atlanta and nearby cities celebrated "Shen Yun Performing Arts Day" on August 21.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING on the Cobb Board of Commissioners and new Chair Tim Lee, who must decide in just more than a month whether to call a roads SPLOST special referendum for next March.

Five years the unfinished building has stood near the corner of South Marietta Parkway and I-75. Five summers, five winters.

Firefighters spent Saturday morning putting out hot spots at the vacant Maple Creek Apartments.

From the Annals of 1910 A lovely affair was the Domino party given by Mrs. Hilton Tyus at her home on Poplar Street.

South Rome residents Matthew Peer , Rodney Chastain, Jonathon Popphan, Karen Moore, Alvin Jackson and Donald Wood got a first hand look at apartments in The Villages at East Lake, a model for the proposed revitalization of East Rome.

It was a time to celebrate and clap your hands. Albany State University Student Activities Director Gwinetta Trice made sure most of the about 250-plus people attending the school's dual groundbreaking ceremonies for two residence halls and student center expansion did just that Friday morning.

Not even graffiti artists are immune from graffiti. Kristi Swartz, kswartz@ajc.com New York artist Gaia painted the black and white portion of this building on DeKalb Avenue.

Puttering around the streets of Midtown and downtown Atlanta in a stretch golf cart, Stephen Chester is selling Atlanta to half a dozen visitors at a time.