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Police said a person was shot on a MARTA bus on Tuesday afternoon. The incident took place on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW around 5 p.m. According to authorities, the victim was hit in the leg and was said to be alert and breathing.

Police say a man who was shot while riding a bus in Atlanta has been hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

It is an economic success story on the southwest side of Atlanta. Anchored by the Camp Creek Marketplace, this ambitious area west of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has quietly thrived over the last decade.

The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a pair of men depicted running in the surveillance video that accompanies this article.

When the ballpark named after Ted Turner is demolished in four years, the media mogul hopes the city of Atlanta will convert the vacant area into green space.

Atlanta Fire Rescue officials say firefighters were called to the Lawton Avenue home around 12:10 a.m. They found the male homeowner unconscious, in a rear bedroom.

YOU'D BETTER WORK: Participants in artist Aubrey Longley-Cook's RuPaul Cross-Stitch Animation Workshop worked countless hours to create 35 individual cross-stitch portraits of RuPaul to form a brief animation.

A local attorney who has been in private practice for more than 30 years and a longtime State Court judge were appointed Superior Court judges Monday by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.

The Holiday Spirit will fill the Atlanta History Center, Swan House and the Smith Famiy Farm with special events scheduled Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. http://news.cision.com/atlanta-history-center/r/atlanta-history-center-s-family-program--holiday-spirit--highlights-sights--sounds--and-smells-of-se,c9501690 Explore holidays past at ... (more)

Since long before it was trendy, Atlanta artist Kathleen Plate has been upcycling, or repurposing old stuff into something new.

A spokesman for Mayor Kasim Reed said Monday that Louis Miller is planning to retire on Jan. 3. Miller has worked as general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport since Sept.

Firefighters said there was heavy smoke and fire at the apartments, which is located at 4216 Pleasant Lake Village Lane.

Nearly 100 people rallied in front of Grady Memorial Hospital last Friday afternoon to demand that Gov. Nathan Deal change his stance toward Medicaid Expansion.

The World Affairs Council of Atlanta and Morehouse College will be holding a memorial service for Former South African President Mandela.

The 2013 Christmas season is in full swing, so it's the perfect time to load up the family and head out to some of Atlanta's best light displays.

Bill Bozarth, a longtime citizen activist and former executive director of government watchdog Common Cause Georgia, is running to represent a large chunk of North Atlanta in the state House of Representatives.

The operator of an SUV says she thought her vehicle was in reverse when she hit the gas.

It is the newest tourist attraction in Atlanta and it is reaching out to the community this holiday season.

As folks rolled into Buckhead Friday night filling the bars and clogging up the roads, the music was just getting started at the Buckhead Theatre .

The Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus is relying on some beauty as a way to highlight its brains.