Atlanta News

The family of a 17-year-old fatally shot at an Atlanta apartment complex — trying to draw parallels to the Trayvon Martin case in Florida — called Tuesday for the arrest of a security guard who killed their son. The guard and authorities say the shooting was justified. More >

Utilizing the latest technology available in large-scale LED video display systems, Mobile View will be on hand at the Triumph Big Kahuna Atlanta to ensure that fans won’t miss a second of the incredible AMA Pro Road Racing action when the Big Kahuna returns to its Braselton, Georgia birthplace, Road Atlanta, on April 20-22, 2012. M1 PowerSports and Mobile View have worked together on multiple projects over the last decade, ranging from the World Superbike events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to the Big Kahuna events at Virginia International Raceway, and fans can expect the same unbelievable visual experience that Mobile View’s JumboTrons are known to deliver.

Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate has declined to 9 percent in February, state labor officials said. The preliminary unemployment rate is down one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 9.1 percent in January, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday. More >

After tumbling nearly 13 percent in 2011, metro Atlanta’s home prices were off to a historically rough start in January 2012. A new report by S&P/Case-Shiller shows prices here were plunged 14.8 percent year-over-year in January and were down 2.1 percent compared with December 2011. More >

Activists are planning to rally at the steps of the Georgia statehouse in memory of the unarmed 17-year-old who was killed by a Florida neighborhood watch captain while returning from a convenience store.

Civil rights groups, students and public officials are planning the rally on Monday on the steps of the Georgia Capitol in memory of Trayvon Martin.

Chattanooga-based Krystal announced Thursday that it had been purchased by Argonne Capital Group, an Atlanta private equity firm that owns hundreds of IHOP, Applebee’s and Stevi B’s Pizza locations. More >

A grand jury has indicted an Atlanta rapper accused of killing a fellow entertainer known as Slim Dunkin in a recording studio fight last December, prosecutors said on Wednesday. More >

Kim Zolciak, one of the 500 or so 30-something blondes on the Real Housewives franchise, is replicating. The Real Housewives of Atlanta sweetie is four months pregnant with her second child with husband, NFL beefcake Kroy Biermann, 26, she tells Life & Style in an !Exclusive! (Talk about genetic engineering: Kim ‘n’ Kroy, defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons can’t but produce beautiful babies.)

“Kroy and I are so excited,” Kim, 33, !exclusively! confirms the news to Life & Style. “To decide we wanted to get pregnant again and have it happen so quickly was such a blessing.”

A panel of educators today voted to fire Parks Middle teacher Damany Lewis for cheating, making him the first Atlanta educator to be terminated as a result of the scandal.

Lewis confessed to cheating four years in a row and to using a razor blade to cut into test booklets and make copies for other teachers. Today, Lewis went before the panel and asked for a lighter punishment. He didn’t deny his confession to special investigators, but highlighted the pressure teachers were under to improve test results. “We were told failure was not an option,” he said.

Occupy Atlanta protests at five Chase banks led to 14 arrests Monday in the Atlanta area, according to police. In the city of Atlanta, six protesters were arrested at the Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard branch in west Atlanta as locks were being placed on the doors, Sgt. Curtis Davenport with Atlanta police told the AJC.

Eight other protesters were arrested at a branch off Moreland Avenue in DeKalb County, Mekka Parish, DeKalb police spokeswoman, said Monday afternoon.