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Rep. John Lewis, born February 21, 1940, died on July 17 at the age of 80. He was a leader of the civil rights movement and longtime U.S. congressman from Atlanta. He marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., won numerous awards and was remembered for so much more. Read more about his life below.

Meet The Generation Of Atlantans Who Helped Make Little Five Points What It Is Today

When Hurricane Irma hit Georgia last September, Fran Galloway, who’s lived on Tybee Island for nine years, waited out the storm across the street from her house. She was at a neighbor’s, in one of those houses that’s raised up on stilts. Galloway’s little 1950s bungalow isn’t raised; it sits low on a concrete slab. So she looked down from the taller house as the water washed into hers, below. “It was so surreal,” she said. “You saw this water coming in, rolling in like a lake, just rolling in.

Several prominent celebrities have called on the film and television industry to protest the recent election victory of Brian Kemp as Georgia’s new governor by pulling productions out of Georgia. Meanwhile, Democrat Stacey Abrams has called on the industry not to boycott but, instead, to mobilize behind her. Tax Incentive During a press conference where

Hank Aaron, who broke records and barriers in Major League Baseball, has died at the age of 86. The Hall of Famer had numerous career highlights, but his more than 30 years as baseball’s home-run king stands out. Read more about his life below.

Georgia primaries (moved from March 24 and then May 19. Mail-in ballot applications have been mailed out to all registered voters)

COVID-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, continues to spread around the world, including here in the United States. Since December 2019, when it was first identified in China, the virus has killed thousands of people and sickened hundreds-of-thousands of others. WABE has compiled news and resources to keep you informed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Looking for other help and resources? Check here.

There’s been a lot of talk in Georgia political circles about ‘turning around’ low-performing schools. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed ‘ The First Priority Act ,’ a plan meant to help those schools improve. WABE's education reporter Martha Dalton spent two weeks at an elementary school in South Dekalb county learning what it takes for a school to be successful when its students are hampered by poverty and instability. Making The Grade Most Flat Shoals Elementary students come from po