I started my professional journalism career on a football field in Alaska, and every day since has been an adventure. I've covered dog sledding and commercial fishing in the Land of the Midnight Sun, civic duty and Civil Rights icons in the Windy City, courts and crime in Hotlanta and the Inauguration of our first Black President.
Time away from the news business has given me perspective to appreciate what I've always considered my calling. And focusing on local stories has always been my lens to open a broader view of our society and our country.
Contact me at marcus.garner@patch.com, or at 404-590-7114.
Good news this week includes full-capacity reopenings for Atlanta area stadiums and memorials for Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.
Whether it's Marlow's Tavern in DeKalb County or Applebee's in Canton, here are the Georgia restaurant inspections from the past week.
Braves offering shots | Library ready to open | Cicadas for pets? | Census brings little change | Mass sites close | Ahmaud Arbery top news.
Top stories include Georgia distancing rules relaxed, memorial designs considered, firehouse vaccinations, and 100 bees swarm.
White powder sent to Cobb court | 100 bees swarm in DeKalb | Firefighters offer vaccines | Gov. relaxes distancing | John Lewis memorial.
Gov. Brian Kemp relaxes requirements for restaurant and bar table spacing; eliminates food worker mask requirements.
Starting Saturday, most outdoor fires in Midtown will be prohibited. Here's what's still allowed.
Starting Saturday, most outdoor fires in Atlanta will be prohibited. Here's what's still allowed.
Starting Saturday, most outdoor fires in Buckhead will be prohibited. Here's what's still allowed.
Anti-Defamation League 2021 honorees Justice Leah Ward Sears and Walter Jospin are celebrated for their long service to equal justice.
Man charged with Phoenix homicide was recaptured after escaping custody at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday.
Top stories include Joe Biden comes to Georgia, Johns Creek neighborhood roads, Arizona murder fugitive, and Brookhaven lake house.
Arizona fugitive at airport | Murphy Candler Lake house | Cartersville Medical | Repaving program| Biden's spends 100th day in Peach State.
Top news includes full capacity for pro sports stadiums, currents on the bus go round and round, and one big batch of Girl Scout Cookies.
Electric school bus | Full capacity for Atlanta teams | 20K Girl Scout cookie boxes | MLK marker | Federal hate crime charges in Glynn Co.
The FBI investigation in the death of Ahmaud Arbery leads to hate crime charges against the men accused of chasing and fatally shooting him.
Top news includes the Braves giving vaccines, REAL ID extension, and Census shows increase in Georgia.
Methodist exodus | Get your ID for REAL | Census gains for Georgia | Braves trade chops for jabs | Some of the best high schools are in GA.
Sheriff Victor Hill was arrested by FBI agents on allegations of violating jail inmates' rights and illegally restraining them for hours.
Census officials found the population in Georgia has increased since 2010.
