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News Articles: Decatur

Middle school student Elise Robinson receives a coronavirus vaccination on May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. A bill passed on Wednesday, Feb, 1 2023, by a Georgia Senate committee would ban public schools, local governments or state agencies from requiring people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before they could attend school or receive government services.

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Georgia lawmakers could bar COVID-19 vaccine rules for good

Some Georgia senators want to permanently block schools and most government agencies from requiring people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawmakers put a one-year ban into law in 2022, but it expires June 30 if they don't act.

February 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Let’s Ride Atlanta offers free electric shuttle services in partnership with local businesses. Their latest parentship with Decatur will drive downtown residents to the nearby Publix through April.

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Supermarket closure inspires local shuttle service program

Officials in metro Atlanta are launching a shuttle service helping residents reach the grocery store after one location, nicknamed the “Baby” Kroger, shut down after more than 20 years.

January 20, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
An officer stands inside Nordstrom at Mall of America after a shooting, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in Bloomington, Minn. A suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting at the mall in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.

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Police in Georgia arrest suspect in Mall of America shooting

A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday. Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges says the 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Decatur, Georgia, by federal and state law enforcement officials.

January 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Rose Horton sits at a desk and looks at a computer screen

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Ga. Nurse Joins National Task Force Pushing Against 'Dangerous' Black Maternal Health Inequity

A Georgia nurse has been named to a Biden administration panel looking at the issue of Black maternal mortality. 

June 11, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge

Opinion: It Is Time To Face Confederate Monument Mythology

*Editor's note: The following commentary is published as submitted and reflects the views of the author and not necessarily Georgia Public Broadcasting...

July 01, 2020
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  • State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver
Workers loosen the base of a Confederate monument Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Decatur, Ga. The 30-foot obelisk in Decatur Square, erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908, was ordered by a judge to be removed placed into storage.

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Political Rewind: Confederate Monuments Become Flash Points

Monday on Political Rewind , Confederate monuments across America have become a flash point during ongoing protests over police brutality and systemic...

June 29, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut
 In this Oct. 25, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leaves court after being given a four-month sentence in Decatur, Ga., for taking part in a lunch counter sit-in at Rich's department store.

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Georgia Today: Decatur Reconciles With Past As Confederate Monument Comes Down

The long fight to remove a Confederate monument in Decatur, Georgia, came to an end this month . The 30-foot-tall structure that stood in the city's...

June 26, 2020
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  • Sean Powers and
  • Steve Fennessy
The Confederate monument in downtown Decatur was removed late Thursday.

Confederate Monument In Decatur Removed After 112 years

The 30-foot-tall Confederate monument that stood in the Decatur square since 1908 was removed Thursday night to raucous cheers from hundreds of people...

June 19, 2020
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  • Wayne Drash
After the Stand With Charlottesville candlelight vigil on Aug. 13, 2017, in Decatur, Ga., attendees gather to discuss the controversial "Lost Cause" monument in Decatur Square.

'Enough Is Enough' Atlanta Suburb Protest Brings Large Crowd

Around 1,500 protesters gathered outside a Confederate monument in Decatur, Georgia, as demonstrations continued throughout the state against racism,...

June 04, 2020
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  • Associated Press
In this Oct. 25, 1960 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leaves court after being given a four-month sentence in Decatur, Ga., for taking part in a lunch counter sit-in at Rich's department store. Following the publication of "An Appeal for Human Righ

Martin Luther King's Traffic Ticket Changed History's Course

On this day 60 years ago, a black man driving a white woman was pulled over in a traffic stop that would change the course of American history.

May 04, 2020
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  • Associated Press
The MudFire community.

Virtually Learn About Ceramics From A Decatur Studio

A local ceramics and pottery studio is bringing glazes, kilns and pottery wheels to the virtual world starting April 17.

April 17, 2020
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  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Robert "Chip" Olsen, who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man, was found not guilty of murder Monday but was convicted of aggravated assault and other charges that could send him to prison for more than 30 years.

Officer Who Shot Naked Man Found Not Guilty Of Murder

A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man was found not guilty of murder Monday but was convicted of aggravated assault and...

October 14, 2019
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  • Associated Press
In this June 6, 2016 file photo, former DeKalb Police Officer Robert Olsen stands during his arraignment in Decatur.

Trial To Start For Georgia Cop Who Shot Naked, Unarmed Man

A police officer responding to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex arrived on the scene, exited his vehicle...

September 21, 2019
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  • Associated Press
Jim Anderson plays for tips and performance practice in Decatur

Street Performers Don't Always Play For Tips In Decatur

The centuries old art of busking — or performing in public places for tips — is currently encouraged in Decatur. The city is trying out a program that...

September 05, 2019
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  • Ellen Eldridge
On Second Thought with Viginia Prescott, May 22, 2019

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On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Georgia was once a leader in the oyster canning business, but the last cannery closed in the 1960s. In the past few years, however, a group of people...

May 22, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
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