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'The Raven' podcast reexamines the infamous 2000 Buckhead stabbing involving NFL star Ray Lewis, raising questions about celebrity, accountability, and justice.

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'The Raven' podcast revisits NFL champ Ray Lewis and the Atlanta Super Bowl murders

Tenderfoot TV’s podcast The Raven reexamines the infamous 2000 Buckhead stabbing involving NFL star Ray Lewis, raising questions about celebrity, accountability, and justice.

May 09, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The Peachtree Park Neighborhood entrance to PATH400

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Atlanta project to extend walking trails to Sandy Springs receives full funding

The Atlanta City Council approved two measures that will designate $1.7 million in federal funding towards Path400, connecting Buckhead to Sandy Springs.

March 05, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A sculpture honoring Lita McClinton at her family's plot at Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery.

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New book examines the role of race, power, and privilege in the murder of Lita McClinton

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.

August 28, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
A Georgia restaurant was rated one of the best places for fried chicken, according to Yelp. Rock's Chicken & Fries Bacon Cheddar sub Swiss sandwich. Rock's Chicken & Fries/X

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Best fried chicken in Georgia is at this restaurant, Yelp says. Why folks love it

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.

July 06, 2024
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  • Tanasia Kenney
Gina Palmer, owner of She Salon, is flanked by Senator Jon Ossoff (right) and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, spoke of having to watch many of her friends close their small businesses during the Trump administration. “I have seen my friends close their businesses because they were struggling to get by,” Palmer said. “Because of the Biden-Harris administration we are making a comeback.” Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice

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Biden and Trump surrogates set sights on the Black vote in Georgia

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. 

June 27, 2024
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  • Donnell Suggs
Midtown QuikTrip

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Business Briefs: QT closing in Midtown, Buckhead Landing’s new tenants

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.”

April 30, 2024
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  • Jacob Nguyen
3391 Tuxedo Road

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$19.8 million Buckhead home sale makes Atlanta real estate history

A Buckhead home has made Atlanta real estate history with its sale price of $19.8 million.

March 14, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
3490 Riverly Road

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Buckhead estate sells for almost $13 million, breaks three-year record

Dorsey Alston, Realtors agent Shanna Smith closed on the record-breaking sale of a 12-acre Buckhead estate listed for $12,900,000.

March 06, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (left) received a standing ovation after his speech at the Buckhead Coalition’s annual luncheon on Jan. 25. At the event, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (right) said at the luncheon that he believed city and state policies and partnerships resulted in a drop in crime in Atlanta and Buckhead during 2023.

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Atlanta Mayor Dickens, Georgia Speaker Burns praise partnerships in driving down Buckhead crime stats

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.

January 26, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
(Bartolotti Media for Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty)

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Elton John sells Peachtree Road condo, continues decades of charitable work in Atlanta

Last week, the "Rocket Man" singer sold his Buckhead apartment for $7.225 million, but his work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation will continue.

November 02, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Attending Monday’s press conference announcing the Buckhead Safety Alliance’s privately funded security patrols using off-duty Atlanta Police Department officers are, from left, Robin Loudermilk, CEO of Loudermilk Companies and chair of the Atlanta Police Foundation; former APD sergeant and chair of the Buckhead Public Safety Task Force Valerie Sellers; Atlanta City Councilmember Mary Norwood; State Rep. Betsy Holland; Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods President Debra Wathen; Chief Darin Schierbaum; Maj. Ai

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More off-duty Atlanta Police officers to patrol Buckhead commercial corridors

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.

May 23, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Many objects, like this bottle, have been unearthed in Elizabeth Burns’ lead-contaminated Atlanta yard.

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Lead contamination surfaces in affluent 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.

May 05, 2023
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  • Andy Miller
Yard signs supporting the initiative to incorporate Buckhead as a distinct city. Proponents of the effort have fielded thousands of requests for yard signs during the first three weeks of availability, pictured on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 in Atlanta.

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Political Rewind: Buckhead cityhood leader leaves Buckhead; Stacey Abrams heads to Howard University

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.

April 06, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Political Rewind: Last chance for major bills; Trump versus Willis; Buckhead City calls it quits

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.

March 06, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
A view of lawmakers inside the capitol.

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Political Rewind: Buckhead City, 'Don't Say Gay,' sports gambling bills all die in the Senate

Friday on Political Rewind: Sports gambling, Buckhead City, and Georgia's "Don't Say Gay" bills failed in the state Senate.

Meanwhile, the House passed an expanded mental health services bill.

 

March 03, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
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