Atlanta News

Due to technical issues that screwed up our mobile Best of Atlanta voting this week, we're extending the deadline for Poets, Artists & Madmen to midnight Monday, July 28. Here's the original campaign call-out in case you still need motivation to hit the digital polls.

An Atlanta woman who said she was duped into renting a house from a fake homeowner has been evicted along with her children.

Mercury Advisors is still working on the Martin at Meridian, planned for this site between East Twiggs and Madison streets along Meridian Avenue in Channelside.

The Ashby MARTA station is one to watch. Located in a historic part of Atlanta, the station is in walking distance to restaurants, apartments, Washington Park, Lionel Hampton Trail and the BeltLine Westside Trail.

That means lane closures! That means: Mon.-Wed., July 28-30, 6 a.m.-11:59 p.m., and 3-11:59 p.m. Full details .

Shutterbugs can share their photographs of Atlanta's rivers, lakes and streams through Aug. 8 for a chance to win up to $500.

Nancy Reed Morris holds her cell phone while touring the Battle of Atlanta mobile app on Friday, July 18, 2014, in Atlanta.

A young woman recently decided to show off her boobies on the dance floor at a local gay bar.

In one incident a man was shot in the head and left to die after getting into a fight at a party in Atlanta.

Sandy Springs police are investigating the murder of a man who was shot mulitple times in the parking lot of a student housing facilty.

The craze over the weekend was the posts that people were posting on Facebook titled, "I'm So Atlanta That."

"When you're on top of the quarry, you can see virtually all of Atlanta from north to south," Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond says.

The viral photo of a pit bull standing guard over his female companion in Atlanta, Georgia continues to arouse tons of sympathy and compassion for Herman, however the dog still remains at the Fulton County Animal Shelter and is in need of a home.

Schools and universities in Atlanta, which has one of the highest water costs in the country, will soon be making the grade in water efficiency and conservation thanks to WaterSignal.

Atlanta's house show scene has thrived over the last few years. Much of the music that drives the city's D.I.Y. show scene has roots in punk, indie rock, and various other strains of underground rock and electronic music.

In their first appearance at the Center, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia brings some of Eric Carl e's beloved stories to life through the magic of blacklight and fanciful puppets.

Mayor Kasim Reed announced the move Wednesday as the city commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta during the American Civil War, which is the subject of the giant oil painting.

Wednesday Wind Down is always a great time in Atlanta. WAOK hosts the free after work concert usually on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 5:30 pm to 8 pm.

As Atlanta Business Chronicle reported first three years ago , city leaders wanted to move the historic painting commemorating the Battle of Atlanta to a newer, higher profile venue to draw more visitors.

Staff / Samantha M. Shal / From left, Michael Willis, 19, who graduated from Westminster and will attend the University of Georgia in the fall, talks with volunteer Andrew Aiken, a member of Northside United Methodist Church, about the Metro Atlanta Project in which the group is building a wheelchair ramp at the home of a disabled military veteran.