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Georgia lottery officials have identified the Mega Millions winner as Ira Curry of Stone Mountain. She will share the $636 million jackpot with an unidentified winner from San Jose, California. The jackpot was the second largest in the game’s history. Officially Curry won $318 million, but she will take home a cool $123 million after […]

Ten metro Atlanta law officers have been arrested on corruption charges in a federal investigation that alleges the officers facilitated drug deals for a street gang. An FBI SWAT team arrested the officers on Tuesday for taking payoffs to protect cocaine deals taking place in shopping centers and school parking lots, the AJC reports. Some […]

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The two men shot and killed in a church parking lot outside a Stone Mountain funeral were apparently also the gunmen who were shooting at each other. DeKalb County police told FOX 5 News that the two men were involved in a fight in the parking lot which ended up in a shootout after the […]

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DeKalb County police are investigating a shooting that left two people dead and four injured outside a funeral in Stone Mountain. The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Victory for the World Church on North Hairston Road. Police have detained three people in the shooting. The funeral was being held for Ryan Guider, […]

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From AJC.com: The city of Stone Mountain is stepping from the shadow of one of the largest granite domes in America with, of all things, sidewalks. The sidewalks will be made of brick and granite pavers in a special pattern. They will be wider, illuminated by decorative street lights and, eventually, shaded by new trees. […]