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A fleet of MARTA train cars find a new home in the ocean as artificial reefs
It was a balmy 60 degrees last December when two 55,000-pound MARTA railcars slowly inched off a barge east of Ossabaw Island. The 72-foot-long behemoths, which for decades had ferried millions of Atlantans around the city, edged out like hesitant swimmers over the cold, roiling water. And then they tipped and vanished, plunging 60 feet to the seafloor. The post A fleet of MARTA train cars find a new home in the ocean as artificial reefs appeared first on Atlanta Magazine.
Illegal evictions on the rise: DeKalb woman says she was forced out of her apartment at gunpoint
A DeKalb County mother says she was illegally evicted from her home by gunpoint. A Channel 2 Action News investigation discovered there was no court order on file when that attempted eviction happened.
Tree crashes into 7-year-old boy's bedroom in SW Atlanta
ATLANTA - One family was shocked when the severe storms caused a tree to crash through the roof of their southwest Atlanta home overnight. The scary situation happened overnight at a home on Harris Manor Drive. Demetrius McCreary told FOX 5 that he was at home in the shower with...
Young Thug’s new judge suddenly facing lots of new YSL trial motions
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Now that Judge Paige Reese Whitaker has introduced herself to the prosecutors and attorneys in her newly assigned trial, she’ll meet Young Thug and the rest of the cast of characters next week, as America’s most-watched legal drama resumes in Atlanta. The...
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