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Category: Transportation - Commuting | Tags: chamblee peachtree industrial peachtree boulevard centinenial
Chamblee has a gift for the region, as it celebrates its 100th birthday this month: another street named Peachtree. Oh. You shouldn't have. In a metro area with no fewer than 32 roads with variations of Peachtree in the name, Chamblee's decision to rename Peachtree Industrial Boulevard doesn't actually add a new Peachtree to the mix. The newly dubbed Peachtree Boulevard — Ga. 141 as it slic
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Category: Public Safety, Neighborhood Watch
One suspect was shot by police and a manhunt was under way for a second suspect early Tuesday after a fleeing vehicle rammed a DeKalb County police cruiser. DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said the incident began shortly before 4 a.m. when a man called 911 from the Blue Sky condominiums in the 3100 block of Memorial Drive, saying that two people had pulled a gun on him. When officers arriv
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Category: Education | Tags: charter schools education grants
Seven metro Atlanta groups each received $5,000 to put together charter school applications. In the past, groups have used the planning money to visit charter schools and consult with financial, legal and education experts. The State Board of Education approved the following grants last week:
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Category: Education | Tags: ndh dekalb school of the arts open campus dcss georgia power
Classes for both the DeKalb County School of the Arts and Open Campus High School have been moved for the day after the schools suffered a power outage this morning. The two schools share a campus on North Druid Hills Road just south of I-85. School officials said they did not know what caused the outage. Georgia Power crews decided to replace the main power line to the campus, which is undergrou
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Category: Public Safety, Neighborhood Watch | Tags: dkpd hit and run buford hwy sofia atarito-labra
DeKalb County police on Monday released a detailed description of a van involved in a weekend hit-and-run accident that left a 6-year-old girl dead. The child, Sofia Ataritio-Labra, was walking with her 22-year-old sister past the entrance to a parking lot on Buford Highway about 6:25 p.m. Saturday when the two were hit by a minivan leaving the lot, DeKalb police spokesman Officer Marcus Hodge sa
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Category: Health, Fitness, & Wellness | Tags: emory school of medicine leukemia nih
The Emory University School of Medicine has received an $8 million grant to protect adults with leukemia and premature babies from infections during blood cell transfusions. Those groups are especially vulnerable to infections and other complications from the procedure, according to a university statement. The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a regional clinic tria
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Category: Health, Fitness, & Wellness | Tags: sonny perdue georgia healthcare prescriptions rx

Perdue-8 Governor Sonny Perdue and Together Rx Access announced Thursday the launch of the Together Rx Access® FOR GEORGIA Card to help eligible
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