Archive for the ‘local’ Category

Nichols’ Death Penalty Trial Begins

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »

Today is the day that a jury begins deciding whether Brian Nichols lives or dies for murdering four people during a shooting spree in March 2005 that began at the Fulton County Courthouse. I still have vivid memories of that day, as ...

Election countdown…

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »

Coverage of Election Day is becoming more urgent and -- in some instances -- a bit shrill. Many of the local stories are focusing on problems and issues associated with early voting (which, for full disclosure, I did this week ...

Creative Loafing Files Chapter 11

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »

Creative Loafing Inc., publisher of Atlanta's Creative Loafing alternative newsweekly and five others (including Washington, D.C.'s popular City Paper), has filed for bankruptcy protection, CEO Ben Eason announced to company leaders in a conference call today. The company, based in Tampa, ...

Go, Cynthia Tucker! Read this…

Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »

I can't even paraphrase it...you must read Jay Bookman's blog post today for yourself. Whatever your politics, I think we can ALL agree that that Bill O'Reilly is a piece of work...

Storm Rips through Atlanta

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »

Looks like the storm over the weekend set the Atlanta blogger community a-twittering among other things. For photos and video footage captured by MSM and citizen journalists, check out Grayson Daughter's blog.