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Kasim Reed Inquiry Comments + Plane Crash Kills 4 + Braves Champs

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Kathy Cioffi, Community Contributor
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Happy Sunday, Atlanta! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locallytoday.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and humid. High: 80 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories in Atlanta today:

  1. Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says he has been cleared in the federal corruption investigation triggered from his time running Atlanta City Hall. His personal attorneys say the inquiry regarding Reed is closed and he was cleared of any wrongdoing. After being provided with the attorneys' statement, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment. (Free: 11Alive.com WXIA; Subscription: The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  2. Four people died Friday when a single-engine plane taking off from DeKalb Peachtree Airport in Chamblee crashed and caught fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Capt. Jaeson Daniels with DeKalb County Fire Rescue confirmed four people on board the Cessna 210 were killed. Known as PDK, the airport is about 22 miles north of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.(CNN.com)
  3. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 Saturday in Game 2 of the NLDS playoffs in Wisconsin. The teams are now tied 1-1 in the best-of-five series. After taking today off for travel, the Braves and Brewers will face off again in Atlanta on Monday at 1:07 p.m. (ESPN.com)
  4. Former President Donald Trump's plan to get Georgia's election decertified was called "disturbing" and "crazy" by Atlanta's then-U.S. attorney. The comments were in transcripts of Byung J. "BJay" Pak's August testimony to the Judiciary Committee recently released by the Senate, part of a final report on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Pak resigned Jan. 4 after a phone call was leaked between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Pak was called a "never-Trumper" by the former president.(11Alive.com WXIA)
  5. Heads-up Kroger shoppers: Store hours are changing tomorrow. As of Sunday, Kroger's new hours of operation will be 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily for stores in Kroger's Atlanta Division – Georgia, Eastern Alabama and South Carolina. (WSB Atlanta)

Today in Atlanta:

  • Autism Speaks Walk (9:00 AM)
  • Voter Registration Classes (1:00 PM)
  • Gypsy Kitchen Celebrates Seven Years (4:00 PM)

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— Kathy Cioffi

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