Work by a private foundation to build a highway-capping park to reconnect the east and west sides of Midtown has stalled. The future of the park remains uncertain without significant financial backing by a local or state government agency that handles policy, funding and infrastructure decisions for transportation. 

On Thursday, June 27, hundreds of protesters gathered at night in Midtown Atlanta ahead of the presidential debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican candidate former President Donald Trump.

For the week ending June 14, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on reviewing Atlanta's aging water infrastructure after the recent water main break in Midtown Atlanta, improving fire safety throughout Georgia, improving the workforce development by creating partnerships between community and technical colleges and the local job industry, and introducing legislations supporting Georgia military families.

After two water mains broke in Atlanta on May 31, the city plunged into a water-induced crisis that would last for nearly a week. The original breaks, and subsequent breaks that followed, would disrupt operations for numerous Atlanta businesses, including the arts and entertainment industry. 

Fire heavily damaged the Kodak building and the former site of the LGBTQ bar Atlanta Eagle on Thursday evening. Atlanta Fire Rescue officials got a call about 8 p.m. of a fire at the two historic buildings at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Argonne avenues in Midtown.

The boil water advisory has been lifted for the entire city nearly a week after two water mains broke and plunged the city into an unprecedented water crisis.

Repairs to a major water main break in Midtown continued on Tuesday morning as Atlanta’s unprecedented water crisis moved into a fifth day.

Residents and businesses across Atlanta are experiencing low water pressure or outages after a water main broke today.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is set on making Atlanta the best place to raise a family by 2030. That’s his “North Star,” he told the Jewish community on Tuesday at the Jewish Federation in Midtown.

The Midtown Development Review Committee (DRC) reviewed two renovation proposals at its May 14 meeting, including facade changes to the Woodruff Arts Center and a request to put signage on an Olympic-era monument.

QuikTrip is closing its Midtown store at Peachtree and 6th Streets on May 3 because of crime and declining sales, according to a statement from the company. The pilot store, which opened eight years ago, was the first QT location without a gas station. QT said it would continue to open new locations and is in the process of identifying a new Atlanta location for a full-service QT that “we hope to have online within the next 2-3 years.”

 Mary Mac’s Tea Room on Ponce de Leon Avenue is working to reopen “as quickly as possible” after heavy rain caused a partial collapse of the restaurant’s roof on Wednesday morning.

The roof of Mary Mac’s Tea Room partially collapsed overnight prompting a temporary closure of the famed Southern eatery.

Residents of about 1,000 apartments in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood remained unable to return to their homes, a day after a crane partially collapsed at a nearby construction site. Atlanta fire chief Rod Smith said one of the crane's counterweights became dislodged and fell, causing damage to the crane Monday afternoon. 

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A jury finds former President Trump liable of sexual abuse and libel in a civil case. The pandemic-era rule Title 42 will expire tomorrow, affecting immigration. And the Georgia Bulldogs punt their chance to go to the White House, declining an invite from President Biden.