Atlanta
Listen to Carol Blackmon’s exclusive interview with R&B legend Charlie Wilson. As we previously reported, the Gap Band frontman will perform with the O'Jays and K’Jon on January 2 at the Atlanta Civic Center!
Singer Tony Terry performed at Crowe's Nest recently. Click here to check out some of the pictures from the performance.
The Atlanta Hawks demolished the Minnesota Timber Wolves last night 112 to 87. The Hawks are now 20 and 7 for the season and are off to the best start in franchise history.<!--more-->
Ann Nixon Cooper, the 107-year-old Atlanta woman whose name President Barack Obama invoked when he gave his historic election speech last year, has passed away.
In a overnight emailed press release, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said that its controversial board chairman, the Rev. Raleigh Trammell, and treasurer, Spiver Gordon, were suspended pending “an internal investigation into alleged claims of improprieties.”
Greenbriar Mall has been counted out many times since opening in 1965. And it has witnessed as many rebirths. It’s history is almost a microcosm of that of an ever-changing city.
In an extensive interview with Creative Loafing, Atlanta mayor-elect Kasim Reed lays out his vision for Atlanta, including battling the increase in crime, reducing the city's deficit and saving MARTA.
Actor and Atlanta resident Boris Kodjoe has landed the male lead in J.J. Abrams' pilot for NBC, "Undercovers." The show, described as a mix between "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "The Bourne Identity," revolves around spouses Samantha and Steven (Kodjoe) Bloom, who work together as spies.
According to reports, actress Victoria Rowell may become the sixth cast member on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Or she could be the fifth if either Kim Zolciak or NeNe Leakes fail to come to an agreement with the show for a third season.
Oprah Winfrey has sent The Ron Clark Academy some kind of stocking stuffer this Christmas: $1.5 million. Along with the check, Winfrey included a note praising the southeast Atlanta school for its work with students and with teachers from elsewhere.
Spelman College officials have asked alumnae for donations to help students struggling to pay their fall semester tuition bills. When the e-mail was sent last week, about 700 students couldn't pay their balances.
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux was smoking marijuana as he and a friend were driving north on I-85 Thursday night, an arrest report from the Gwinnett County Police Department said.
