Monday, February 29, 2016

Atlanta weather | More warm weather, rain on the way and other top stories.

  • Atlanta weather | More warm weather, rain on the way

    Atlanta weather | More warm weather, rain on the way
    Monday’s near 70-degree weather, which made last week’s freezing temps and sweeping wind gusts feel like things of the past, will last another day.But Tuesday may bring some stray showers. And a pending cold front could produce heavy rain, wind gusts upward of 50 mph and lower temperatures later in the week, according to Channel 2 Action News.“Your five-day forecast shows that rain chance early in the day [Tuesday] at 30 percent, climbing to 60 percent late,” Channel 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz sa..
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  • The Walking Dead Review: "Knots Untie"

    The Walking Dead Review:
    Shane Ryan and Josh Jackson review The Walking Dead each week in a series of letters. Josh, Man, the game is afoot. For the first time ever, I feel like The Walking Dead is actually starting to build a world. I don’t mean that as a criticism of the old episodes, because it’s hard to build a world when the world was literally just destroyed. But the truth is that we’ve been waiting for this kind of expansion—the sense that other communities exist, with people who are neither outright good or out..
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  • Georgia landfill leak bill passes House 163-0

    Georgia landfill leak bill passes House 163-0
    The House on Monday unanimously passed HB 1028 requiring the state to alert residents and local governments when a landfill leaks.The bill, introduced by Rep. Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), comes a few weeks after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a landfill near Jesup in southeast Georgia leached coal ash residue, including beryllium and other heavy metals, into the soil and groundwater.The leakage at the Broadhurst Environmental Landfill was first reported to the state Environmen..
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  • Stakes are high for Super Tuesday

    Stakes are high for Super Tuesday
    Rubio will return to Atlanta Monday to make a final pitch to Peach State voters, just two days after he and Cruz held near-simultaneous events in the city. Yet he'll ...
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  • What will Atlanta United get from Money?

    What will Atlanta United get from Money?
    Richard Money has played a role in helping develop talent, moving it from academies to first teams in at least one of the positions in which that was his role.MLS expansion club Atlanta United is on the verge of announcing Money as the director of its youth academy. It’s an important role, arguably second only to the coach, because the person is tasked with helping to identify, nurture and polish the teenage players who may one day move up to form the backbones of Atlanta’s future first teams.An..
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  • Review: with “Personal Politics” artists deliver rigorous visual ...

    Review: with “Personal Politics” artists deliver rigorous visual ...
    Jessica Scott-Felder, Ethnique Majestueux, 2015. Digital Collage. Even in our current digitally constructed and image-saturated world, traditional 2D and 3D media provide evocative vehicles for the investigation and expression of pressing concerns that are at once political and personal. So demonstrates the recent work of 11 artists selected by curator Jerushia Graham for Personal Politics: Artist as Witness, Memory Keeper & Social Conscience, at the Hudgens Center for the Arts through March 26..
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  • WINNER: Best MARTA stop in Atlanta

    WINNER: Best MARTA stop in Atlanta
    Many Atlantans have learned that you don't need a car to get around to some of the city's best destinations. Some stops have even become famous for what they have to offer within a close proximity of departing the train.This is definitely true for Decatur Station, the best MARTA stop winner. The MARTA drops you off in quite literally one of the best food destinations Atlanta has to offer. Within a few blocks you can dine at no. 246, drink all the brews at Brick Store Pub and savor a delicious de..
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  • Atlanta Mayor: MARTA bill may not be dead

    Atlanta Mayor: MARTA bill may not be dead
    Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed told a gathering of civic leaders Monday morning the MARTA referendum may not be dead after all. At a conference about the ...
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  • Local church “adopts” Atlanta elementary school

    Local church “adopts” Atlanta elementary school
    A Marietta-based church is partnering with Atlanta’s Adamsville Primary School to help students.In recent months, Greater Community Church of God In Christ has provided reading sessions and helped coordinate the school’s fall festival, according to a district press release. This month, the partnership became official as the church “adopted” Adamsville Primary and became the school’s official community partner.The school and the church came together through the work of Justin Trawick, a church me..
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  • Atlanta high school dropout to defend Jeopardy! win tonight

    Atlanta high school dropout to defend Jeopardy! win tonight
    David Bradley, an Atlanta carpenter and writer, and also a high school dropout, is the new “Jeopardy!” champion.Bradley beat an emergency room physician and a naval officer to win in Friday’s episode.Bradley returns tonight (7:30 p.m. WXIA-TV NBC) for another round of competition.David Bradley (right), an author from Atlanta, with “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek. CONTRIBUTEDCompeting on “Jeopardy!” was a lifelong dream for Bradley, who has taken an unlikely path to earn a coveted spot in the popular..
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Atlanta weather | Breezy and chilly before warmer weekend .Kids Practice Reading to Shy Shelter Dogs at Missouri Humane Society .
Metro Atlanta under wind advisory until 1 a.m. Thursday .The Latest: 6-year-old girl dies in house fire, shooting .

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