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Dogfighting More Common Than You Think, Says GA Rescue Group

National Dog Fighting Awareness Day came and went last Sunday without much hoopla. Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway was one of the few to recognize it, doing so on his department's Facebook page.

2018 Best Places To Live: Atlanta Makes US News Rankings

While it has Southern charm, Atlanta is also a hub of job creation in the hunt for Amazon's second headquarters, a transit hub and a sports mecca, all of which placed the metro high in a new ranking of cities.

Sandy Springs Reverses Stance On Outdoor Swimming Lessons

The city of Sandy Springs will take another look at its development code to allow certain home businesses to operate outdoors. The City Council directed city staff to amend its code that would impose certain conditions home-based entrepreneurs would have to follow in order to keep and maintain their occupational tax licenses.

Closed Wal-Mart Reopens As Farmer's Market

A vacant building in Marietta that had once been a Walmart has reopened as a farmer's market specializing in Asian foods and other goods.

Patch's Southern-Fried 'Who Makes The Best Chicken?' Contest

In the South, fixing up the perfect fried chicken is part art, part science and wholly delicious. And metro Atlanta more than holds its own.

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