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Former DeKalb officer sentenced to federal prison

October 19, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — A former DeKalb County police officer faces a year and a day in federal prison for helping hide a stolen vehicle, unlawfully accessing government information and lying to federal agents, the FBI said. Donald Briston, 41, of Lilburn, who pleaded guilty to the federal charges in July, was also sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. “The citizens

Report: Southwest to ‘unwind’ Atlanta AirTran hub

October 12, 2011 The Travel Trolley

When Southwest Airlines begins its service in Atlanta early next year, it won’t be the same service in a new paint scheme.

Dahlonega’s ‘Gold Rush Days’ celebrates area’s past

October 9, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Dahlonega’s fortunes changed forever in 1828 when gold was discovered in the area.

Ga. court declines to remove Johnson’s stay of execution

October 6, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to drop a stay of execution a Dougherty County judge granted to a man who was set to be executed for the 1994 murder a woman he met at a west Albany bar. Dougherty County Superior Court Chief Judge Willie Lockette on Tuesday granted the stay of execution to 46-year-old Marcus Ray Johnson. District Attorney Gregory Edwards filed an emergency motion to dismiss the stay, but the

Stay remains in place for Johnson

October 5, 2011 Express Telegraph

The Supreme Court of Georgia today refused to vacate the stay of execution granted yesterday to Marcus Ray Johnson by Chief Judge Willie Lockette of the Dougherty County Superior Court. In a unanimous vote, the high court dismissed the State's appeal on procedural grounds. District Attorney Gregory Edwards filed an emergency motion this morning, asking the state Supreme Court to vacate the judge's order granting the stay. But the purpose of the stay was toallow

Good Eats: The Silver Skillet

October 2, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Since opening in 1956, the Silver Skillet has become an Atlanta institution.

Johnson faces Monday clemency hearing

September 29, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles set a Monday appointment to hear why it should commute an Albany man’s death sentence. Marcus Ray Johnson is scheduled to be executed next Wednesday for the 1994 murder of Angela Sizemore, a woman he met at a west Albany bar. If executed, he will be the 30th inmate in Georgia put to death by lethal injection. Johnson and his attorneys will meet with the board

Officials moving forward with Atlanta Legoland

September 28, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and officials from Merlin Entertainments this week officially kicked off construction of a 32,000-square-foot Legoland Discovery Center (LDC) at Phipps Plaza.

Dougherty County man faces Oct. 5 execution

September 23, 2011 Express Telegraph

ATLANTA — A Dougherty County Superior Court judge signed a death warrant for convicted killer Marcus Ray Johnson. Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens has set Oct. 5 as the date for Johnson’s execution. Johnson is set to died by lethal injection at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Johnson was convicted for the 1994 murder of Angela Sizemore. If executed, he will be the 30th inmate in Georgia put to death by

Atlanta Press Club inducts journalists into Hall of Fame

September 23, 2011 Express Telegraph

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, and Tom Johnson, the former president of CNN during the 1990s and the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times, were inducted Thursday into the Atlanta Press Club’s Hall of Fame.