(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- At the Wednesday, December 14, 2011, meeting of the Transportation Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) took issue with...

The Atlanta Falcons today signed running back Dimitri Nance to a reserve/future contract. Nance, 5-10, 219 pounds, was signed by the Falcons as a college free agent on April 26, 2010. He was later...

The Atlanta Falcons today announced that Dirk Koetter has been hired as the team's offensive coordinator. Known for his expertise in the passing game, Koetter has 30 years of coaching...

The Atlanta Falcons will hold a season in review press conference today at the Arthur M. Blank Family Office and AtlantaFalcons.com will show it live beginning at noon. Owner & Chairman Arthur M....

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - He has two Super Bowl rings and a victory on Dancing with the Stars, but Hines Ward has a dream of returning to the University of Georgia to...

LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night. The former Massachusetts governor held a double-digit lead over his nearest pursuer. Newt...

A Georgia university plans to ban smoking on its Savannah campus later this year. Administrators at Armstrong Atlantic State University says smoking, chewing tobacco and all other tobacco use will...

This worker high atop a hydraulic lift makes some final checks to the lighting system at the North Stand at the Queen's Park Savannah in...

(APN) ATLANTA -- The US House of Representatives has voted to ban what appear to be a wide array of synethic cannabinoid strains, some which may have been used in herbal incense products in stores in...

(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Outwrite bookstore, Midtown Atlanta's iconic gay bookstore, will be leaving its10th and Piedmont location within the next few weeks, signaling a key milestone in...

During the APD response to Occupy Atlanta protesters, one officer literally rode his motorcycle into a group of protesters, causing outrage and a bit of a show-down, according to a video of the...

(APN) ATLANTA -- After three previous threats of evictions from the Mayor's office and a continued build-up of police present around Woodruff Park--unoffically renamed Troy Davis Park by Occupy...

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 26, 2011 (IPS) - "Innocence matters" is one of the slogans used by activists opposing the U.S. state of Georgia's execution of Troy Davis, up until the day the...

(END/2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has issued the following endorsements for the upcoming General Election on November 08, 2011. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD...

(APN) ATLANTA -- Activists from Georgia Women's Action for New Directions and other organizations have been lobbying US Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee,...

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 30 (IPS/IFEJ) - In the face of an economic system which seems to be premised on environmental harm and profit-driven growth, a handful of communities across the U.S. and the...

(APN) ATLANTA -- A three-judge federal panel ruled October 27, 2008, that Georgia should have sought approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before using Social Security and driver's...

(APN) ATLANTA -- Members of the Fulton/DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) exploratory committee and ad hoc advisory group met Tuesday, October 30, 2007, to discuss possible funding solutions to the...

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) - Civil liberties groups and many citizen activists are outraged over language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) that appears to lay the...

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 14, 2011 (IPS) - When Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman formerly known as Mr. Glenn Morrison, told her supervisors at the Georgia state legislature where she served as a...

And it authorizes the Mayor, once approved by Council, to go into a new agreement with another entity, with a new entity, at the expiration of their...

(END / 2011) (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo, a community activist who recently announced his intention to run in the November 2011 Special Election for a vacancy in the Atlanta Public Schools Board...

Atlanta Falcons Cheerleader Brandy K. is in Hawaii this week as she was chosen to be the Falcons’ representative on the Pro Bowl Cheerleading team. Before she left, we equipped Brandy with a...

The Atlanta Falcons are coming off the fourth straight winning season for the first time in franchise history, and 2011 was a year to remember for a lot of different reasons. AtlantaFalcons.com takes...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Fire officials are investigating a deadly house fire which happened on Flowery Branch Road near Pilgrim Road just north of Auburn on Saturday evening. Lt. Eric Eberly with...

Nikola Vucevic's career-high 15 points Saturday helped the Philadelphia 76ers resume their hot streak with a 98-87 win over Atlanta. Five other Sixers scored in double figures as Philadelphia...

Showers are on the way for late Saturday into early Sunday morning. Most of the rain will start to fall by 10 p.m. in Atlanta and last on and off through Sunday morning. Rain totals should remain...

ATLANTA - Dozens of protestors gathered in Downtown Atlanta to protest the United State's intervention in Iran. Saturday's protest was part of a national day of...

Former Atlanta Falcons defensive end Chris Doleman was announced today as a member of the 2012 enshrinement class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, marking the second year in a row a former Falcon...

The Atlanta Falcons today signed six players to reserve/future contracts, including: WR Drew Davis, TE Tommy Gallarda, S Matt Hansen, OL Kyle Jolly, S Suaesi Tuimaunei and TE Ryan Winterswyk. All...

Falcons head coach Mike Smith held his final Monday news conference of the season and announced that defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder had accepted a position as the defensive coordinator at...

The Tigers (13-10, 7-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) jumped out to a 23-8 lead with 7:09 elapsed and led 41-27 at halftime. The Bulldogs (4-18, 0-9) opened the second half on a 15-4 run, capped by...

Nancy Pension, 43, was reported missing Friday morning. Her family said she left for work in Kennesaw on Thursday, dropped off her child at daycare and did not come...

ATLANTA - A couple of dollars could lead to whopping $200 million in Saturday's Powerball drawing. No one matched all six numbers plus the Powerball on Wednesday. Wednesday's numbers 8 - 13...

The Athens Banner-Herald reports that 47-year-old Avery Christopher Bradford was sentenced Friday, two weeks after a Clarke County jury convicted him of rape, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy...

ATLANTA - Three military veterans who now serve in the Georgia Senate are proposing legislation aimed at helping soldiers make the transition back into civilian life after returning from the wars in...

ATLANTA - Georgia activists say they're glad to see House leaders pushing to restore some powers to the state ethics commission, but they would like to see additional improvements left out of...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The lives of the 11 people killed in last weekend's chain-reaction crashes on Interstate 75 in Florida were so diverse that the groups probably never would have encountered...

ATLANTA - Campaign fundraising reports show that Georgians are opening their wallets wider for Mitt Romney than they are for Newt Gingrich, who represented the state in Congress for more than two...

The Candler School of Theology is hosting a conference called "The Singing Church: Current Practices and Emerging Trends in Congregational Song" March 19 to 21. Organizers say the...

Last week's blog entry from yours truly is a classic example of the need to employ a second set of eyes before submitting your thoughts to the world wide web. There was nothing wrong with the...

The Atlanta Falcons are coming off the fourth straight winning season for the first time in franchise history, and 2011 was a year to remember for a lot of different reasons. AtlantaFalcons.com takes...

The Atlanta Falcons are coming off the fourth straight winning season for the first time in franchise history, and 2011 was a year to remember for a lot of different reasons. AtlantaFalcons.com takes...

Smyrna, GA -- A 9-year-old boy from Smyrna is safe at home after giving his family and police quite a scare overnight. Kevin Perez was first reported missing from the Carriage House Apartments on...

Smyrna, GA -- The outcomes were very different, but the search for a missing boy in Smyrna on Saturday was influenced by the abduction and murder of Jorelys Rivera, 7, in December. "That case...

The site has a listing that indicates whether the item for sale is new, in an opened box, or being sold as is. Discounts vary from 40 to 70...

Smyrna, GA -- The Smyrna Police Department's search for a little 9-year-old boy has ended. Kevin Perez, 9, was found at a neighbors home around 8:30 Saturday morning. Perez had been missing...

Dunwoody, GA -- On the third Friday of every month, the cafeteria at Dunwoody Elementary School fills with dozens of dads and their kids for a program called All Pro Dads, founded by former NFL...

Brooks County held a Primary election on July 20, 2010, for positions on the Board of Education. Linda Troutman, who is Black, defeated the White incumbent, Mayra Exum; and Elizabeth Thomas, who is...

Waites Runs for Vacant House Seat in Special Election (APN) ATLANTA -- Keisha Waites, who recently ran for the Fulton County Board of CommissionersDistrict 6 seat in 2010, is running for an empty...