I'm Craig Johnson, Atlanta editor for Patch.com. I am a longtime journalist who has written and edited for Michigan's The Detroit News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN.com and HLNTV.com all here in Atlanta. With Patch, I cover everything going on in Georgia's largest city, including Buckhead, Midtown, Brookhaven and Decatur. I also cover Marietta, East Cobb, Smyrna. Got a story tip? Please send it my way at craig.johnson@patch.com.
Here is the artist performance lineup for the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, set for Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27.
See inside some of the top homes on the market across Georgia, along with some of the latest listings closer to home.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said Friday a panel will decide how to deal with the city's many Confederate street names and markers.
Detention Officer Elizabeth Ashley Meta Young was arrested after an internal investigation into contraband at a DeKalb County jail.
Decatur's latest public artwork sits on the corner of Sycamore and Church streets -- and it's turning heads.
On Friday, Whole Foods opened a pristine 45,000 square-foot store in the Dekalb County city of Chamblee.
A man is caught on camera swiping a package and taking a cell phone out of it on Wesley Dobbs Avenue in Atlanta.
Female victim has her purse, iPhone snatched just outside Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, authorities say.
Five things you may not have known about the Confederate carving at Stone Mountain.
How clean is your favorite restaurant, bar or tavern in Fulton County?
A Confederate flag in downtown Kennesaw has been vandalized twice in the wake of an online petition calling for its removal.
How clean is your favorite restaurant, bar or tavern in Cobb County?
Wrestling legend Ric Flair underwent surgery Monday in Atlanta. His fiancée said that he is dealing with "multiple organ problems."
Rapper and actor Chris Bridges, aka, Ludacris, announces LudaFamDay In Atlanta.
Madison Avenue Soapbox Derby will be held Oct. 7 in Oakhurst.
The Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta will soon open a new restaurant called Achie's, by chef and author Hugh Acheson.
The ACLU has filed a brief on behalf of a fired Georgia woman, alleging that she was discriminated against because she had a heavy period.
Here are pics of the first vehicles for Marietta's Public Safety Ambassador Program.
The Brookhaven Police Department came across an abandoned quartet of kittens and named them the cutest names ever.
The Ku Klux Klan has been denied a permit for a cross-burning on Stone Mountain, according to news reports.
