Ideas Festival Emory returns with keynote speaker Rosanne Cash

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/20 10:07A Sammie Purcell

Rosanne Cash is the keynote speaker for this year s Ideas Festival Emory (Photo by Pamela Springsteen). Credit: Pamela Springsteen Rosanne Cash will be the keynote speaker for this year’s Ideas...

Public memorial for DeKalb officer killed in CDC shooting set for Aug. 22

Buckhead Reporter 8/18 7:00A Rough Draft

A public memorial service for DeKalb County police Officer David Rose, who was killed during a shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month, will be held Friday at...

Life Time Perimeter opens at former Concourse Athletic Club site

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/13 10:30A Rough Draft

Life Time Perimeter opened its three-story center in Sandy Springs between the King and Queen buildings. (Provided by Life Time) Life Time Perimeter opened the doors on Aug. 8 to its...

GBI and FBI provide new details on CDC shooting investigation, release suspect photo

Buckhead Reporter 8/12 4:52A Collin Kelley

GBI Director Chris Hosey speaks during a press conference on the CDC shooting on Aug. 12. (Screenshot) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation held a joint news...

Inside a crisis at the CDC: Shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Buckhead Reporter 8/11 3:08A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

Supporters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rally at a park in Atlanta on Sunday, days after a gunman fired shots into CDC buildings.  (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat) Centers for...

Rally Foundation honors Marchak with 2025 William Olson Impact Award

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/3 2:00A Rough Draft

Caroline Schiltz, Rally Kid and Development coordinator, Jordan Gilleland Marchak, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, and Chelsea Mullinax,...

Hooray for mini cocktails in Atlanta!

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/29 8:45A Beth McKibben

This story is part of a partnership between “City Lights Collective” / WABE” and Rough Draft Atlanta called “ The Beverage Beat with Beth McKibben .” As a regular “City Lights Collective” contributor,...

‘Global work on a local level’: DeKalb gets new tuberculosis clinic

Brookhaven Reporter 7/21 5:06A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

Dr. Alawode Oladele in front of a new X-ray machine that is part of DeKalb Public Health s new tuberculosis clinic. The county has the highest rate of TB infections among Georgia counties.  (Rebecca...

‘Pets & Their People’ showcases readers and their furry friends

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/18 12:00A Rough Draft

We put out the call for photos of you with your beloved furry friends and you answered us! Our annual “Pets & Their People” feature is one of our favorites since it gives us a great opportunity to...

Emory to convert former Peachtree-Pine shelter into hospital staff apartments

Buckhead Reporter 7/8 2:45A Collin Kelley

477 Peachtree Street. (Courtesy Emory University) Emory University plans to construct more than 50 rental apartments for its healthcare employees by adapting and reusing two historic properties...

Brookhaven City Council adopts millage rates despite Emory’s objections

Brookhaven Reporter 6/20 6:23A Logan C. Ritchie

The City of Brookhaven adopted the fiscal year 2025 millage, stormwater, and street light district rates at its June 17 meeting after a tense public comment session. Residents will see the new rates in effect in September, when the DeKalb Tax...

Brookhaven lowers speed limits on key roads

Brookhaven Reporter 6/8 1:32A Logan C. Ritchie

Life is about to get a little bit slower in Brookhaven, where the city is lowering the speed limit on several roads. On June 10, new speed limit signs will be posted on Johnson Ferry Road, Ashford Dunwoody Road, Harts Mill Road, and Dresden...

Georgia tops states in new HIV cases. Here are 10 easy ways to get tested in Atlanta.

Buckhead Reporter 5/30 2:11A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

The Out of the Closet thrift store at Ansley Mall creates a “destigmatizing space” where people can shop, get tested for HIV for free, and access community pharmacy services. (Photo by Rebecca Grapevine) Georgia has the highest rate of new HIV...

Class of ’25: This year’s valedictorians and salutatorians

Brookhaven Reporter 5/29 5:55A Rough Draft

Photo by Emily Ranquist on Pexels.com Credit: Emily Ranquist on Pexels / Pexels Congratulations, graduates! Metro Atlanta families recently gathered to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. Here are...

Brookhaven approves design contract for I-85 pedestrian bridge

Brookhaven Reporter 5/28 9:47A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven City Council members voted to invest in two pedestrian projects at the Tuesday, May 27 meeting, moving forward with a bridge across I-85 and the completion of the Briarwood multi-use path. Council members approved a contract for Atlas...