Suspicious Package Found; Robbery Suspects in Decatur; Nursing Home Fire...
Top 10 stories from metro Atlanta for Wednesday, April 17, 2013.
View ArticleAre Boston Blasts a Sign of a Terrorism Comeback?
More than two days after the two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon killed three people at injured more than 170, the investigation there continues as so many questions remain...
View ArticleSeveral Local Schools Get Wireless Internet Access
The DeKalb County School District has undertaken a fast-paced technology plan to make 123 schools and centers wireless by the winter. With a total price tag of $4.5 million, the project is funded...
View ArticlePlato's Closet Moving Into Vacated Canvas By U Space
Plato's Closet in Loehmann's Plaza on Briarcliff Road is moving a few spots down into the vacated Canvas By U space. The move should be completed within the next few months, said Leslie Mintz, a...
View ArticleCrews Repairing North Druid Hills Gas Main Break
Works crews were repairing a gas main break near the intersection of North Druid Hills and Briarcliff roads early Thursday morning. The break was caused when construction equipment struck the line...
View ArticleCause Found in Memorial Drive Blast; Shooting Suspect Tied to Incidents;...
The top 10 stories from metro Atlanta for Thursday, April 18, 2013.
View ArticleTaqueria Real Flunks Health Inspection
Here are some recent health inspection scores performed by the DeKalb County Board of Health for restaurants in our community. Readers can click on the score to see the actual report: China Feng3062...
View ArticleInternational Community School to Host Documentary Screening
Medlock Park's International Community School will host a screening next weekend of A Place in the World, a documentary that chronicles the school and its diverse study body. The screening will be held...
View ArticleFederal Audit Blames Mismanagement for Three Atlanta VA Patient Deaths
Three people died under the Atlanta VA Medical Center's watch over the last two years after it referred patients to a contractor while neglecting others immediately under its own care, according to a...
View ArticlePackage Shuts Down Toll Plaza; McDonald's Armed Robbery Update; Students Show...
The top 10 stories from metro Atlanta for Friday, April 19, 2013.
View ArticleTop Blogs: Terror in Boston; Kids and Cyberspace; and Thrifting
Do you want to blog on Patch? Send an email to our Community Editor, Hunt Archbold. He'll help you get started!
View ArticleMother: Robbery Suspect Received Poor Care from Atlanta VA
The mother of an Iraq war veteran accused of beating and robbing an elderly man said she believes the Atlanta VA Medical Center did not properly treat her son's post-war mental disorder. Sy Smith was...
View ArticleSWAT Teams Clear Suspicious Package on I-85
I-85 southbound in Atlanta was shut down for more than two hours on Saturday morning as police investigated a suspicious package near the Lenox Road/Cheshire Bridge road exit. Officers responded to a...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: Post Your Announcement on Patch for Free
Have you ever sent a press release to the editor of your Patch site and wondered when it was going to post? How about sent him or her a birth announcement or perhaps an obit (which are published free...
View ArticleThe Week in Review
Lakeside City Alliance Raises $2K at Oak Grove Event: So far, the alliance has raised about $10,000 or a third of its goal. A lot of people commented on this story. (Or a number of people wrote many...
View ArticleHouse Hunt: Open Houses in North Druid Hills and Braircliff
Here are some open houses that are showing Sunday, April 21, in our North Druid Hills and Briarcliff communities. For more details on these houses and other homes for sale in and around our...
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