For almost three decades the Georgia Dome has been a staple to the city of Atlanta, but come November 20th it will be no more. The Georgia Dome is set to be demolished to make more room for parking at the new Mercedes Benz stadium. With the lost of so many amazing memories, we decided […]
The veterans career fair and job expo February 28 300 jobs are available at the Veterans Career Fair and Job Expo tomorrow it will be at the Merle Manders Conference Center ( 111 Davis Rd. Stockbridge, GA 30281). Several local and fortune 500 businesses are hiring and you can also get information on how […]
Friendship Baptist Church has voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer from the city of Atlanta to sell its property to make way for the new Atlanta Falcons football stadium. The vote at the historic church, founded in 1866, mirrored the vote of its next door neighbor, Mount Vernon Baptist Church, which also voted overwhelmingly to […]
Members of Mount Vernon Baptist Church have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal to sell its Northside Drive property to make way for the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. The city of Atlanta had offered the historic, 98-year-old church $14.5 million, which the church voted in favor of in a 90-minute meeting Thursday evening. The Georgia […]
Congratulations to the Louisville Cardinals for defeating the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Final Four Mens Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta last night (April 8). Injured Louisville guard and former Rockdale County High School standout Kevin Ware cut the last of the net down after the game. March Madness isn’t officially over until […]
The Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed have reached an agreement to build a new stadium for the Falcons in downtown Atlanta. The agreement comes after months of negotiation between the city and the Falcons organization. Under terms of the agreement, announced by Reed and Falcons owner Arthur Blank in a press conference today, […]
It looks like Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner may have been celebrating a bit too much last night after his team beat the Denver Broncos at the Georgia Dome. Turner, 30, was booked in the Gwinnett County Jail just after 5a.m., charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding. The Falcons running […]
NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders was honored by his former team, the Atlanta Falcons, during halftime of yesterday’s game against the Carolina Panthers. Deion was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio in August, but he chose to accept his Hall of Fame ring in the city that he says he […]
Former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, wearing the familiar No. 7 in the unfamiliar green uniform of the Philadelphia Eagles, recorded his first touchdowns of the season, one rushing and one passing, in a 34-7 victory at the Georgia Dome.
