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7 people standing behind a scarf that says " Decatur Watchfest" and they're all holding soccer balls and wearing matching scafs

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Decatur announces 2026 World Cup watch party experience

Decatur Watchfest will broadcast all 104 FIFA World Cup games over 34 days.

May 07, 2025
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decatur child at a unicef cfci event

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Decatur earns UNICEF's 'child-friendly city' status. It's one of only 3 in the U.S.

The city becomes the third city in the United States to earn this title after creating and following a youth-led local action plan.

March 25, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
Danae Antoine, who is an Atlanta-based artist, poses for a photo they designed and painted memorializing two Georgia women who died trying to have an abortion. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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New mural a memorial to Georgia women whose deaths advocates blame on state’s six-week abortion ban

A new mural memorializing two Georgia women who died after trying to have an abortion has been unveiled in Decatur, serving as a public reminder of what advocates say is the harm caused by abortion bans.

October 18, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Dignitaries pull the cover off the statue honoring the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis during its unveiling ceremony in Decatur, Ga., on Saturday, Aug 24, 2024.

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Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood

A bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis has been unveiled at a city park in Georgia. A crowd was on hand Saturday to witness the unveiling of the large bronze statue, which stands in the same spot at Decatur's historic square as a contentious Confederate monument that was removed four years ago.

August 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A woman raises her hands during church at Destiny Christian Center International.

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'It's a culture change.' Black churches aim to lead the way in dementia awareness

Older Black Americans are about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other dementias as older white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Yet, awareness and resources to address these diseases within the Black community have often lagged behind. That’s where Alter Dementia steps in.

August 21, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A child and adult dance together in the immersive light experience in the "Our Song" station of UNICEF's Heartstrings exhibition.

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In Atlanta, a UNICEF exhibition uses light and music to illuminate the power of children's voices

Heart Strings remixes light, touch and music to bring awareness to health care, education and protection of youth worldwide. The event is coming to cities across the U.S. and lands at Atlanta's Pullman Yards through May 5.

April 24, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Members of Johnny Isakson's family participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, March 25 as part of renaming the regional Veteran's Affairs office after  the late U.S. Senator.

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The Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs office is renamed for late U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson

The Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs office has a new name honoring a late U.S. senator and veteran from Georgia. The Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office in Decatur, Ga., was renamed Monday after a two-year process led by U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). 

March 26, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
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Downtown Decatur, Ga.

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Corporate donation eliminates $200K in lunch debt for students in Atlanta area school districts

The Arby's Foundation announced a gift Thursday after reports that about 700 students in Decatur City Schools soon would receive cheese sandwiches instead of regular meals at lunch.

January 29, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
A downed speed monitor lies along Abercorn Street in Savannah's Ardsley Park neighborhood.

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Why are roads becoming more dangerous? A Georgia reporter counts the ways

American roads are becoming more dangerous. Decatur resident Matthew Shaer wrote about why for The New York Times.

January 22, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Decatur, Ga., announcing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Georgia woman who died after she fell out of a moving patrol car in July 2022, following her arrest. Crump was joined in front of the old courthouse in Decatur, by Brianna Grier's sister Lottie Grier, left, and mother Mary Grier, right.

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Family of Georgia woman who died after falling from moving patrol car files wrongful death lawsuit

The family of a Georgia woman who died last year after she fell from a moving patrol car has filed a civil rights lawsuit. The lawsuit announced Wednesday says sheriff's deputies improperly arrested her and ultimately caused her death.

May 24, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Valerie Handy-Carey stands with family members and city leaders on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway on March 19, 2023, in Atlanta. Several months earlier, her daughter, Brittany Glover, was hit by a car and died while trying to cross the intersection. With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest in four decades, citizens across the nation are urging lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on car culture. Atlanta, she said, needs to do more to protect pedestrians and cyclists.

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Push for transit, walkable communities growing across U.S.

With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest point in four decades, advocates and urban residents across the nation are urging city councils and state lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on road improvements and car culture. From Salt Lake City to Atlanta to Charlotte, N.C., frustrated residents are pushing for increased funding for public transportation and improvements that make it safer to travel by bike or on foot.

May 19, 2023
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Anovion, maker of graphite for electric batteries, plans $800 million factory in southwest Georgia

A supplier of graphite for electric batteries says it will invest $800 million to build a factory in southwest Georgia, hiring 400 workers. Anovion Tecnologies, based in Chicago, said it would make synthetic graphite anode in Bainbridge.

May 15, 2023
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Students play on the playground at the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Decatur, Ga.

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Black parents seek schools affirming their history amid bans

Amid bans on teaching controversial topics related to race, Black families have embraced schools that affirm their African American heritage. Some parents in Georgia have found solace in Kilombo Academic & Cultural Institute, a private K-8 school in an Atlanta suburb.

April 26, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia state Rep. Todd Jones, R-Cumming, speaks about plans for mental health legislation, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Jones and other House members say the measure will build on a law passed in 2022.

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Georgia House leaders promise more action on mental health

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns says state lawmakers will make another push to improve mental health care this year. He said Tuesday that a forthcoming bill will include a series of changes, plus multiple studies aimed at setting the groundwork for more action in the years ahead.

February 22, 2023
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  • Associated Press
In this March 4, 2020 photo, Roslyn Pope poses with a framed copy of "An Appeal for Human Rights" in her home in Atlanta. Roslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement against systemic racism in 1960, has died. She was 84. Pope died on Jan. 18 in Arlington, Texas, where she moved from Atlanta to be with her daughters after her health began to fail in 2021, according to her family's obituary.

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Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84

Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights," laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960.

February 13, 2023
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