Brookhaven passes updated ethics ordinance to promote transparency

Brookhaven Reporter 4/13 2:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven city council members have passed an updated ethics ordinance, part of the city s recertification with the Georgia Municipal Association, and a step forward and continuing our commitment as a city to having an open, transparent and...

Emory class presents inaugural student film festival

Buckhead Reporter 4/11 2:13A Sammie Purcell

A still from (G)HOST COUNTRY, one of the films playing at the Aperture International Student Film Festival (Photo provided by James Pellerito). A class at Emory University is putting on the school’s...

Report: ICE revokes student visas at Emory University

Buckhead Reporter 4/11 2:08A Collin Kelley

Emory University confirmed Thursday that a current student and three recent alumni had their student visas terminated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The alumni were still under Emory’s immigration sponsorship while...

Spring into art this season with Atlanta Beltline Art

Buckhead Reporter 4/9 8:00A Isadora Pennington

Atlanta Beltline Art, known for captivating experiences along the trail segments, has been enriching the community through murals, art installations, performances, and more since their inaugural...

Brookhaven’s newest government office building opens

Brookhaven Reporter 4/8 7:35A Logan C. Ritchie

City staff and council members at the ribbon cutting for the PEP building on April 2. (Photo provided) After months of delays , the City of Brookhaven has opened its newest government office building...

Brookhaven council member John Funny joins transportation advisory board

Brookhaven Reporter 3/16 2:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven Council member John Funny. (Photo provided) Brookhaven council member John Funny has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) Transportation and Infrastructure Advisory...

DeKalb County school board okays $148M for Cross Keys High School renovations

Brookhaven Reporter 3/11 4:53A Logan C. Ritchie

Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven, which was built in the 1950s, is finally moving forward with needed repairs and renovations that have been promised for nearly a decade by DeKalb County School District. During a 10-hour DeKalb County school...

Major construction project to close lanes on North Druid Hills, Frontage Road

Brookhaven Reporter 3/10 7:23A Logan C. Ritchie

The Georgia Department of Transportation is closing several lanes at North Druid Hills and I-85, continuing a massive construction project to ease the volume of traffic in the area. Beginning at 8...

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center announces 2025 Spring Concert Series lineup

Buckhead Reporter 3/8 3:00A Rough Draft

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center announced the music lineup for its 2025 Spring Concert Series. (Courtesy Callanwolde) Atlanta nonprofit Callanwolde Fine Arts Center recently unveiled the music lineup for...

Emory University plans to curb spending, staffing as fed research cuts loom

Buckhead Reporter 3/7 3:15A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

File Emory University is joining a growing list of top research universities that plan to freeze or limit hiring because of concerns about federal research funding cuts. President Gregory Fenves...

16 Black-owned businesses to support around Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 2/3 3:32A Katie Burkholder

Nourish Botanica is a plant nursery that also sells dried flower arrangements. (Via Nourish Botanica) According to a study from LendingTree, Atlanta is home to the most Black-owned businesses in the...

Malik Brown will be project director of Atlanta LGBTQ+ community center study

Buckhead Reporter 1/22 4:14A Katie Burkholder

After stepping down as Director of LGBTQ Affairs for the City of Atlanta, Malik Brown has announced his new position as the Project Director of the LGBTQ+ Community Center Feasibility Study at the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority. I’m...

Finalists announced for 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction

Buckhead Reporter 1/19 3:00A Rough Draft

The Atlanta Writers Club and Georgia Writers Museum have announced the novels and short story collections selected as finalists for the 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction. Denene Millner,  One Blood  (Forge Books) Chika Unigwe,  The Middle Daughter...

A guide to MLK Jr. Day events and activities around Metro Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 1/13 10:53A Rough Draft

Atlanta The King Center The King Center is hosting several events to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Details can be found on the website. The Beloved Community virtual children s book reading is...

Inclement weather prompts school closures and event cancellations

Buckhead Reporter 1/9 7:03A Rough Draft

(file photo) Our Rough Draft team is compiling a list of closures, delays and cancellations that affect our coverage area, as well as a list of restaurant-related opening delays and closures due to...