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The second time around is sweeter for a Gwinnett County man. Hugh Hamley, 55, of Hoschton has been awarded $1 million after being selected the winner of the Georgia Lottery's Super Millions Second Chance Drawing.

Gelato and ice cream company, Talenti Gelato, plans to expand its operations by opening an ice cream production facility in Marietta.

Atlanta police have made an arrest in the fatal July 23 shooting of a man on Auburn Avenue. Joshua Alexis, 27, of Stone Mountain, died at Grady Memorial Hospital following the shooting, which Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said apparently stemmed from an ongoing dispute.

Greg Lindquist, the owner of Best of Brews growler shop in Duluth, succinctly summed it up: "It's an exciting time to be a beer merchant and a beer consumer." Lindquist opened the first growler shop outside the Perimeter in September 2011.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is warning about "questionable" activity by three heavy-set white males in a green Chevy pickup soliciting yard work.

Two more acres were added to the Lost Corner Preserve Wednesday, completing long-standing plans to protect the forested land in the city of Sandy Springs.

South Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards will have his third quarterly community listening session of the year Thursday.

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Georgia will hold its annual daylong conference in Kennesaw on Saturday discussing the "3 E's Driving Georgia's Future: Economic Freedom, Educational Choice and Energy Freedom." Keynote speakers will include Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal, Junk Science's Steve Milloy and Georgia Tech professor and economist Christine Ries.

Cumberland Mall will host a free Kids Fest celebration on Saturday for parents and children. The event will include a deejay spinning music, games, crafts and prizes.

Johns Creek city leaders will spend the next few weeks considering the 2013 budget. The new spending plan, proposed Monday, calls for $52.2 million in overall spending, which is about $1 million less than the current year's $53.2 million budget.

Police are investigating the discovery of a body late Wednesday morning at a home in northwest Atlanta.

An inmate found dead in his cell at the Acworth Detention Center last week was identified Thursday as Douglas Jay Postell of Acworth.

Like mothers everywhere, Shawna Blackwood cried on her kindergartners' first day of school. But unlike most moms, her tears came from terror when the school bus didn't let her daughter and nephew off in the afternoon.

The northbound lanes of I-285 in south DeKalb County have reopened after being closed when a man threatened to jump from an overpass, police said.

A Fulton County mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to life plus 15 years in prison after being convicted Tuesday of killing the woman's 2-year-old son.

The race for sheriff of Clayton County continued to be neck-and-neck even as more than half the precincts reporting.

The family of the man convicted in a 1996 murder case is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to his exoneration, Channel 2 Action News reported .

Gwinnett County Commissioner Mike Beaudreau held a narrow lead in early returns Tuesday as he sought re-election in the race for commission District 3.

Gwinnett County Commissioner Mike Beaudreau held a narrow lead in early returns Tuesday as he sought re-election in the race for commission District 3.

Now that she's been granted bond, Andrea Sneiderman begins the toughest fight of her life. Friends say the mother of two - charged as a co-conspirator in her husband's murder - is ready for battle, conceding nothing.