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Atlanta School Superintendent Erroll Davis said Tuesday he expects the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to move APS from "accredited on-advisement to full accreditation" this fall.

A 24-year-old Ohio woman has died of injuries sustained when she was ejected from an SUV in a weekend crash, Atlanta police said Tuesday.

Cherry Tree Lane and Vernon Woods Drive in Sandy Springs will be open only to local traffic over the next few weeks as the Fulton County Department of Water Resources constructs a sewer line.

Cobb County's school board should ask voters to extend its penny sales tax for another five years to replace several schools, add on to several others, and build two new career centers, according to a consultant.

DeKalb County's most acclaimed teachers will be revealed at a ceremony Saturday evening. The DeKalb Teacher of the Year event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The Monday night wreck that killed a taxi driver in College Park was the apparent result of a road-rage incident involving a woman in a sport-utility vehicle, police said.

More than one in five school buses were running late on the first day of school in DeKalb County. Deputy Superintendent Kendra March said 65,500 students - a third of the student population - rode DeKalb school buses Monday.

The DeKalb County School District finished the fiscal year that ended in June by spending $34 million over what had been budgeted a year earlier, according to new financial figures.

Authorities have identified the man's body found last week in southwest Atlanta inside the trunk of a burning car.

While the city's ethics board gropes for a set of rules under which to operate, Dunwoody's City Council said it may not be able to help.

Lilburn police are warning residents of a scam targeting senior citizens. The scam involves a white or Hispanic male who pulls alongside an elderly female while she is driving and tells her that her rear tire is low on air.

Cobb Commissioners approved a contract on Tuesday that will allow advertising on the outside and inside of CCT buses.

The DeKalb County School District's fine arts coordinator has been named a finalist for the Woodruff Arts Center's"Woodruff Salutes Arts in Education Leaders." Betsy Eppes was among three finalists from across Georgia selected by the Woodruff.

Georgia Tech landed on another top 10 list, but this one had nothing to do with academics or engineering.

Dunwoody is offering residents a chance to learn what it takes to run a city by offering an eight-week course called "Government 101." The course, which runs Tuesday evenings beginning Sept.

The number of students who showed up for school Monday was more than a thousand shy of enrollment projections by DeKalb County school officials.

A Cobb County man was free on bond Tuesday after spending four days in custody for allegedly damaging property while on a bulldozer, according to police.

Budget cuts increased average class sizes by two students in DeKalb County, and a school board member said he was concerned about crowding but that his worst fears were allayed by visits to several schools Monday.

The federal appeals court in Atlanta has revived a lawsuit filed by an Atlanta lawyer who contends she was wrongfully arrested by three Roswell police officers.

Fire investigators returned Tuesday to a northwest Atlanta business that burned Monday afternoon, sending billowing smoke clouds high into the sky just in time for rush hour.