Weekend Reads
St. Patrick’s highway checkpoint ruse: Fiery crash, ‘chill’ women, man afoot
Annual I-16 exit ramp ploy by Middle Georgia police snares scores of travelers, alleged lawbreakers and one pedestrian.
Fulton jail launches drone to stop contraband — from drugs to chicken sandwiches
Sheriff Patrick Labat ultimately wants 19 drones patrolling the county.
College students are cheating. Professors are struggling to stop them.
More students are using AI to complete assignments.
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15 family-friendly events in Atlanta this weekend
Highlights include the Atlanta Science Festival’s Exploration Expo and the Atlanta Braves Open House.
Your guide to festivals sprouting up across metro Atlanta this spring
Guide to spring festivals in Atlanta: Here are a dozen events where you can watch a quirky parade, enjoy some baklava, hear some music and get outside and enjoy the season.
Meet the Atlanta Harlem Globetrotter playing for the team’s 100-Year Tour
Atlanta native Rock ‘Wham’ Middleton returns to his hometown for the game.
Meet Georgia’s oldest candy company
For more than 100 years, Dillon Candy Company has made beloved pecan rolls, pralines, divinity and brittle.
How to make Psito’s Lemon Potatoes at home
This recipe for Greek roasted potatoes with lemon and roasted garlic vinaigrette was shared by Psito’s culinary team with tips for making it in your own kitchen.
Georgia Tech gives chef Jose Andres $100K prize; more from Atlanta’s food scene
Chef Jose Andres gets the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize; Krog Street Market gets a nomination; Southern Soul BBQ in St Simon's gets an award and mini‑golf is added at Painted Pickle.
Georgia GOP chair: Sen. Jon Ossoff is posturing, not governing on airport delays
Georgia Republican Party chair says Sen. Jon Ossoff is more interested in playing Washington politics than resolving airport delays caused by the partial government shutdown.
March 21, 2026Atlanta’s World Cup dream has a public bathroom problem
Atlanta does not have enough public bathrooms to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of visitors coming to the Peach State for the World Cup, but here are some solutions.
March 20, 2026How Georgia is raising the bar for state-led conservation efforts
Georgia's Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund has spent millions conserving land. A new bill in the General Assembly would up the ante.
March 20, 20261990s Black television reshaped America in ways policy couldn’t
Black sitcoms of the 1990s helped shape public opinion about the community, its achievements and aspirations in American society. Atlanta was at the center of the movement.
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PHOTOS: Long security lines snarl airport travelers to start weekend
Travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson, who had hoped for a reprieve from the long security wait times on Saturday, were met with some of the slowest-moving lines of the week.
DeKalb school closure plans: Here's the March proposal for each region of the district
The DeKalb County School District released an updated school closure plan. Here's what changed in each part of the district.
PHOTOS: Motorists fall for checkpoint ruse
An annual two-day operation, always on a Friday and Saturday in mid-March, is broadly aimed at catching lawbreaking travelers bound for St. Patrick’s Day revelry in Savannah.
