Ldon Shipman News Today

While it’s been a long road to recovery for 70-year-old Joanne Mathis, a Butts County woman who says she’s lucky to be alive after her home was destroyed, is finally returning to her home of 55 years.

The free Boys-to-Men/Girls-to-Pearls summer camp at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is happening all month long.

The transit agency is calling on the community to participate in its Artbound program because organizers say it’s important for these projects to be a collaborative effort.

Douglasville, located in Douglas County, is one of only four park systems in the country in the running for the 2023 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.

More than 50 metro Atlanta students helped to raise more than $228,000 for several charitable organizations. Now as school is letting out for the summer, they’re celebrating and ready to begin a summer of giving.

Willie B., III, who was born on April 24, 2023, wowed guests as the primates gathered food in Gorilla Habitat 4 of the Zoo’s Ford African Rain Forest.

The event, which started a decade ago on the east side of the Beltline, is now being held on the less traveled west end of the 22-mile loop that circles the city.

Greg and Carol Tresan started their animal casting business back in the 1990′s. Since then, hundreds of their pets have been cast in hundreds of commercials, TV shows, and movies.

Amy Kleinman-Kenny, who recently moved to the Cherokee County city of Woodstock from Florida, was a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman opened fire in the school, killing 17.

Marty Commons is her own boss, running two MY SALON Suite locations with her husband. She started her small business in Lawrenceville, then opened a second location in Peachtree Corners.