Marietta Square hosting first-ever New Year’s drop

A Fannin County prosecutor’s move to dismiss charges against a local newspaper publisher jailed after requesting public records is the right call, say a group of Georgia government transparency and media organizations.

High blood pressure ran in Dee Louis-Scott’s family, along with a talent for preparing delicious, beautiful meals that kept everyone at the table for hours. “I hear many families with a history of medical problems who say they can’t do anything about it because it’s ‘genetics,’ ” says Louis-Scott, author of “Believe in the Magic,” www.mattiefisher.com, an inspirational biography of her late mother, Mattie Fisher. “But for families like ours it wasn’t just ‘genetics.’ It

Atlanta is receiving $47.6 million in federal funds to build a new streetcar system.