The head of a commercial real estate investment firm has been sentenced to 87 months in prison and ordered to pay $45 million in restitution in a fraud scheme involving the Atlanta Financial Center in Buckhead.
Tenderfoot TV’s podcast The Raven reexamines the infamous 2000 Buckhead stabbing involving NFL star Ray Lewis, raising questions about celebrity, accountability, and justice.
The Atlanta City Council approved two measures that will designate $1.7 million in federal funding towards Path400, connecting Buckhead to Sandy Springs.
A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege and the Murder of Lita McClinton chronicles the long delay for justice. GPB's Peter Biello speaks with author Deb Miller Landau.
Fried chicken lovers can’t get enough of this Georgia chicken joint. So it’s no surprise that Rock’s Chicken & Fries in Atlanta was rated as serving the best fried chicken in the Peach State, according to Yelp.
With the 2024 presidential election just a little more than four months away, surrogates for both the Biden-Harris administration and for former United States President Donald J. Trump are hitting the campaign trails throughout Georgia.
QuikTrip is closing its Midtown store at Peachtree and 6th Streets on May 3 because of crime and declining sales, according to a statement from the company. The pilot store, which opened eight years ago, was the first QT location without a gas station. QT said it would continue to open new locations and is in the process of identifying a new Atlanta location for a full-service QT that “we hope to have online within the next 2-3 years.”
Collaboration between the city of Atlanta and the Georgia General Assembly played a key role in driving down crime rates across the city and especially in Buckhead during 2023, according to Mayor Andre Dickens and Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns.
More police officers are patrolling some of Buckhead’s busiest commercial thoroughfares thanks to a privately funded initiative to provide more security in the affluent north Atlanta neighborhood.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program — often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.
Thursday on Political Rewind: Bill White, the leader of the "Buckhead City" movement, announced he's headed for the North Georgia hills after blaming Gov. Brian Kemp for killing the effort. Meanwhile, Stacey Abrams accepted a chair position at Howard University, but she'll remain a resident of Georgia.
Monday on Political Rewind: It's Crossover Day under the Dome. Today, several high profile bills are on the line at the Legislature. Our panel breaks down the latest.
