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Seven people were sent to the hospital after a deck collapsed at a home in southwest Atlanta Sunday evening.

David Pendered wrote an article this past Thursday reporting that the State authority overseeing the Fort McPherson project will plan to ask for larger amounts to be handed over at a time than previously scheduled.A Such a move would give the authority more control over the pacing of the redevelopment of most of the 488-acre fort.

Backyard Association attendees can dream of where to fit all the hydrangeas from dwarf pee-gee "Little Lime" to the massive flowered H. arborescens "Incrediball" shown here.

The grant is part of the Let's Play initiative introduced in November of 2010 - a $15 million, three-year commitment from Dr Pepper Snapple Group to KaBOOM!, the national non-profit that's saving play by ensuring there is a great place to play within walking distance of every child.

Happy Memorial Day weekend everybody. The holiday is the unofficial kickoff to the summer and with schools out this week, that seems about right.

This weekend marks 41 years since one of the deadliest days ever for the Atlanta Fire Department.

ARTS Atlanta's No. 2 in arts businesses It struck some as odd when the news broke in April that Atlanta has the highest number of arts-related businesses per capita among the 100 largest cities in the United States.

An alleged church burglar was caught red-handed early Saturday after an alert witness tipped police off to the break-in. "Early this morning, a citizen observed a male breaking into the Bible Christian Ministry Church on Ormewood Terrace," Atlanta police spokesman John Chafee said Saturday.

The Georgia coast is under a tropical storm warning this Memorial Day weekend, as a cluster of thunderstorms that forecasters expect will become Tropical Storm Beryl strengthens in the Atlantic.

Fire crews are on the scene of three fires in Stone Mountain on Chatfield Drive at Colony of Stone Mountain Apartments.

For firefighters on a mission of search and rescue, a 30-pound backpack with a 45-minute supply of oxygen can mean the difference between life and death.

Teacher Indicted on 22 Counts in Sex Case - Tucker Patch Tucker Middle School teacher Almarcus Dewayne Thomas has been indicted on 22 counts in connection with accusations of the statutory rape of a 15-year-old student.

Crews responded to a three-alarm fire at a vacant apartment complex in Stone Mountain on Friday.

Atlanta History Center : Free admission Memorial Day through Labor Day for those with military ID.

Police and residents in the northeast Georgia town of Statham say an alligator has been living in a local pond, making for an unusual situation so far north of where the reptiles typically roam.

The Atlanta airport's new international terminal has been open a week, and while it's eased travel for some passengers, others are steamed about long waits to catch overwhelmed shuttle buses back to their parked cars or MARTA.

An actor portraying Archie Byrd and an actress playing one of the prostitutes he took in run past cameraman Gregg Therieau during the filming of a reenactment for the television show "America's Most Wanted" in Athens, Ga., Thursday, May 24, 2012.

The Atlanta Regional Commission announced today that it will be assuming "the role of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition , to promote the Atlanta region as a premier center for the arts and culture." Over the phone, the ARC's Grace Trimble explained "MAACC is going away; it is dissolving and we will take their assets and begin ... (more)

SOAP OPERA : A dramatic bandit stuffed three bottles of Dove body wash into his clothes and tried to leave a grocery store without paying.

We all know there's a latitude of factors that go into the decision making, including school systems, food and dining, access to public transportation, and job stability.