Fire damaged one fourth-floor room of the old Butler Street YMCA building in downtown Atlanta early Thursday morning. The fire alarm to 22 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr. NE came in just before 1:30 a.m. On arrival, the first crews asked for a second alarm and reported flames showing from a fourth floor room. Firefighters immediately [...]
Atlanta City Council Approves New Stadium Funding Plan
March 19, 2013 | Posted by
The Atlanta City Council late Monday voted to approve a funding plan for a new downtown Atlanta Falcons stadium, pushing the project over its biggest political hurdle. The council voted 11-4 in favor of the use of city hotel-motel taxes to pay $200 million toward construction costs and potentially several times that toward costs of [...]
Kim Kardashian Attends Tyler Perry’s Atlanta Screening of ‘Temptation’
March 17, 2013 | Posted by
Atlanta’s most prolific entertainment mogul teamed up with reality television’s most ubiquitous star Saturday night. A galaxy of stars turned out to join Tyler Perry for the red-carpet screening of Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, most notably Kim Kardashian. Fans crowded the parking lot outside the AMC Parkway Pointe theater and cheered from the [...]
Atlanta Teens Arrested, Linked to String of Violent Carjackings
March 16, 2013 | Posted by
Three teens arrested after a high-speed chase through rush hour traffic have been linked to violent carjackings across the metro Atlanta area. Police said the chase began on Thursday after the suspects allegedly pointed a gun at a woman at a Fayetteville store. The car, with two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old inside, then led police [...]
Spanx Files Suit Against ‘Real Housewives of NY’ Star’s Yummie Tummie Line
March 15, 2013 | Posted by
There’s a battle shaping up in women’s undergarments. And lest you think that’s a punch line, at stake in this patent dispute is a billion-dollar industry aimed at fighting the muffin top. Spanx, a company that’s so successful it made founder Sara Blakely the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, filed suit March 5 against [...]
Tax Incentives Offered to Boost Auburn, Edgewood Areas
March 14, 2013 | Posted by
Atlanta city officials announced tax incentives Tuesday for businesses that move to or expand in the corridor where rail lines are being installed for the first phase of Atlanta’s streetcar system. The streetcars will connect Centennial Olympic Park (which has easy access to the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola, the Georgia World Congress Center [...]
Police Discover SW Atlanta Marijuana ‘Grow House’
March 12, 2013 | Posted by
Atlanta police discovered a marijuana grow operation with plants worth more than half a million dollars in southwest Atlanta on Monday. At least 250 plants were found in a home in the 3200 block of Telford Terrace, police said. Authorities, who had received several tips about the home recently, were in the area Sunday responding [...]
Atlanta, NCAA Will Have Big Music for ‘The Big Dance’
March 11, 2013 | Posted by
The NCAA, Capitol One and Turner Live Events has announced the star-studded, versatile lineup for the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series, a three-day free music festival at Centennial Olympic Park on April 5-7. Headlining the concert series on Friday, April 5, you can see Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket and Saints of Valory. [...]
Mayor Reed: Atlanta, Falcons Agree on New Stadium Funding Plan
March 8, 2013 | Posted by
The Atlanta Falcons committed another $65 million toward a proposed downtown stadium as the team and the city unveiled agreement on several key issues Thursday, moving the project closer to a final deal. The bulk of the money, $50 million, would go toward road, sidewalk, utility and other infrastructure work required for the new stadium, [...]
Mayor Kasim Reed Wants Facelift For M.L.King Jr. Drive
March 7, 2013 | Posted by
It is the street that flanks the north face of the state Capitol. It goes past the Georgia Dome, through the historic Atlanta University center. But much of the 12-plus miles of Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is forgettable at best. At worst, it has been the address for some of the city’s worst [...]
