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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.

Now that Georgia Republicans have settled on businessman David Perdue as their nominee for the state's open Senate seat, the real battle begins with a marquee match-up in the fall against Democrat Michelle Nunn that could help determine control of the chamber.

Three firefighters were injured Tuesday when the ladder on this truck malfunctioned and fell about 20 feet at the Hall County Fire Services training center on Allen Creek Road.

According to officials with MARTA, the visually impaired rider was waiting on a Northbound train.

"Those tires weren't here last time," says Shaheed DuBois, frowning down from a bridge at new refuse on a bank of Proctor Creek in northwest Atlanta.

A Marietta man who operated an East Point allergy lab pleaded guilty to a charge of healthcare fraud in federal court for allegedly falsifying patients' allergy tests results to save money.

The Aussie blew past Dominican Victor Estrella Burgos 6-0, 6-2 in a mere 43 minutes on the hardcourts at Atlantic Station.

The largest temporary public art exhibition in the southeast returns to Atlanta this fall in Art on the Atlanta Beltline, which will run from Sept.

A South Carolina man is searching for his dog in Atlanta. Pet Tazzie was in his car when it was stolen in Atlanta Car stolen with owner's dog inside A South Carolina man is searching for his dog in Atlanta.

Voters cast ballots Tuesday in Georgia's Republican Senate primary runoff, after weeks of the two candidates sharpening their attacks.

The Attorney of General of Georgia is asking that the judge hearing a controversial lawsuit hoping to overturn Georgia's same-sex marriage ban throw the case out.

This week there seems to be a heck of a lot more music going on than usual. So once again here are five of your best bets for this week.

The Atlanta City Council signed off Monday on the city's portion of funding for the Atlanta Streetcar project, but not without some trepidation over the open-ended nature of the commitment.

Clayton County isn't the only part of metro Atlanta that's considering an expansion of MARTA's footprint.

It's no secret that Atlanta's brimming over with arts and culture. Just a couple of months ago, USA Today cited Castleberry Hill among the 10 best art districts in the country.

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The big rig wrecked and slammed into the median wall on Interstate 85 northbound, just north of I-285, around 4 a.m. Monday.