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Weekend roadwork: More sign and bridge work

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, February 27th, 2015, 3:45pm
Weekend roadwork: More sign and bridge work

(WXIA) -- Once again, drivers in the Atlanta area are asked to avoid non-essential travel on Interstate 285 this weekend.

Georgia Department of Transportation road crews will work on several stretches of roads and highways throughout the area Friday night through Monday morning. Many of the projects will require lane closures, which could result in delays.

As always, all work is weather permitting. See this weekend's forecast.

Scheduled projects include:

Coweta County
1 southbound lane of I-85 will be closed at Sharpsburg-McCullum Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 12 p.m. Monday for barrier wall installation.

DeKalb County
2 northbound lanes of I-285 will be closed between Covington Highway and I-20 from 7:30 p.m. Saturday to 7:30 a.m. Sunday for sign structure work.

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Defense rests case in APS cheating trial

Submitted by 11Alive News Staff
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015, 7:19pm
Defense rests case in APS cheating trial

The defense rested its case in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal trial on Tuesday.

Judge Jerry Baxter announced closing arguments will begin on March 19.

Jurors have listened to testimony for six months now. The trial began back in August 2014.

Twelve former APS educators are accused of cheating on standardized tests in 2009.

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Arts Festival yields to Music Midtown at Piedmont Park

Submitted by Doug Richards, 11Alive Reporter
Monday, February 23rd, 2015, 6:27pm
Arts Festival yields to Music Midtown at Piedmont Park

ATLANTA -- The conflict between two festivals over Piedmont Park is over – and the smaller festival, the Atlanta Arts Festival, has stepped aside to let Music Midtown have the date it wanted. Music Midtown will take place the weekend of September 19, 2015. The Arts Festival takes place the following weekend of September 26.

Music Midtown is the big money, high profile and high decibel music festival that sought a permit in January for Piedmont Park. But when it applied, it found that the Atlanta Arts Festival had applied in November for the same weekend – and a city ordinance suggested that the first applicant got first preference.

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Weekend roadwork: Signs around the Perimeter

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Friday, February 20th, 2015, 3:45pm
Weekend roadwork: Signs around the Perimeter

(WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation will continue to perform sign structure work on Interstate 285 this weekend.

Most of the projects will require lane closures, which could result in lengthy delays. Drivers are asked to avoid the Perimeter in impacted areas if possible.

All work is weather permitting.

Scheduled projects include:

Cobb County
1 lane of I-75 in each direction will be closed between Delk Road and South Marietta Parkway from 7:30 a.m. Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday for sign structure work.

Coweta County
1 northbound lane of I-85 will be closed from 2 miles north of Bullsboro Drive from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly for striping.

DeKalb County
2 westbound lanes of I-285 will be closed between Northlake Parkway and Chamblee Tucker Road from 7:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for sign structure work.

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Missing 17-year-old found

Submitted by 11Alive News Staff
Thursday, February 12th, 2015, 5:38pm
Missing 17-year-old found

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police have canceled a lookout for a 17-year-old girl who went missing Wednesday afternoon.

Gabriella Marie Price was last seen at around 2:30 p.m. leaving a friend's apartment in the 400 block of Centennial Olympic Park Drive. She told two friends she was going to the BP station at 610 Spring Street, across the street from the Varsity, to buy cigarettes, but never returned.

Authorities said on Thursday that investigators had made contact with Price, and she was said to be safe.

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Gas main break shuts down Deering Road

Submitted by 11Alive News Staff
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015, 6:07pm


ATLANTA – A gas main break shut down Deering Road in Atlanta Wednesday afternoon.

Fire officials said a construction crew hit a high pressure gas line around 5:30 p.m. Deering Road was closed between Peachtree and Northside Drive.


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Emory, WellStar in talks to create unified health system

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer
Monday, February 9th, 2015, 8:48am
Emory, WellStar in talks to create unified health system

ATLANTA -- WellStar Health System and Emory University have begun formal discussions about the possibility of creating a new, unified health system.

WellStar spokesperson Tyler Pearson said the new system would be formed by combining Emory Healthcare and WellStar Health System. Discussions will continue for next 45 days, with a goal of creating an environment with the best of both community-based care and academic medicine.

"Our shared vision is to design one of the best health systems in the nation to serve local communities, the state of Georgia and beyond," WellStar Health System CEO Reynold J. Jennings said in a release. "The new system will be one of the most innovative and transformational healthcare systems in the industry."

A multi-step design process for the new health system will take about a year to complete.

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