Weekend street closures and event parking/travel tips

Submitted by John Gerard, Commuter Dude

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 11:34pm

Weekend street closures and event parking/travel tips

ATLANTA -- With hundreds of thousands of people planning to attend events in the City over the next four days, transportation officials have released a list of street closures, as well as parking suggestions and travel tips. The following comprehensive information was collected from the Atlanta Police Department, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and MARTA.

A.P.D. - The Atlanta Police Department reminds the public of heavy traffic volume in Downtown Atlanta from April 4^th-8^th , centered around the Final Four basketball tournament and related events around the Georgia Dome. The Department is urging event-goers and others who must travel into Downtown to consider taking MARTA, or other alternative modes of travel to decrease volume.

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Twenty local companies to recruit new workers at job fair

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 1:04pm

Twenty local companies to recruit new workers at job fair

(WXIA) -- The JobNewsAtlanta.com Job Fair is set for Tuesday April 9, when a good number of local companies will be recruiting new workers to fill job openings throughout metro Atlanta.

Those hiring businesses include Six Flags, Atlanta Foods International, Amerilife, DEA, General Wholesale Co., Georgia Army National Guard, Georgia College of Construction, Medtech Orlando, Meritage Hospitality Group, NTB - National Tire & Battery, Panda Express Restaurants, Shane Co., TMX Finance, LLC, U.S. Marines, Bed Bath and Beyond, Georgia Department of Labor, AMC Theatres, Matador Distributing (Red Bull), Georgia Management & Marketing/Roofing Systems of America and Advantage Sales & Marketing.

The local companies participating have job opportunities open across the board, from entry-level to management. Open positions may include sales, service, government, finance, warehouse, retail, transportation, production and administration.

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'Office creeper' arrested in N.C.

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, April 4th, 2013, 7:39am

ATLANTA -- The man accused of stealing wallets from businesses across Georgia has finally been caught.

Antonio Hornsby, who was nicknamed the "officer creeper," was arrested Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.

He is being held on $75,000 bond, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office. Jail records list his hometown as Tampa, Fla.

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Cobb educators learn about bullying prevention

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, April 1st, 2013, 11:39am

Cobb educators learn about bullying prevention

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Teachers and administrators from more than 40 Cobb County schools recently participated in a bullying prevention seminar.

The training session, which was sponsored by the school district's Prevention Intervention Center, taught best practices for handling bullying in classrooms.

Many of the county's schools are already taking steps to end bullying.

At Cooper Middle School in Austell, art teacher Amy Zschaber's students created a digital campaign with slogans and graphic posters calling for their classmates to stand up to bullies. See some of the artwork at cobbcast.cobbk12.org.

Belmont Hills Elementary School in Smyrna uses Second Step, a program that helps elementary and middle school students sharpen their social-emotional skills.

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Classic Car Cruise returns this weekend

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Friday, March 29th, 2013, 10:03am

ACWORTH, Ga. -- A Classic Car Cruise will be held in downtown Acworth this weekend.

The fun will take place on Main Street on Saturday, Mar. 30 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Several classic cars will be on display at the free event. A $2 entry fee is required for all cars in the show.

Proceeds from the Classic Car Cruise will benefit Acworth's Horizon Field.

Visit acworthparksandrecreation.org for more information.

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USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 8:26pm

ATLANTA -- The new USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Poll is here. Look for changes in the top 10, but no change at the top this week.

The Milton Eagles continue to soar above the rest. Lassiter, Centennial, Northview, Westminster in the top 5.

Decatur, Lambert, Chattahoochee, Roswell and Walton complete this week's top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 polls are computer generated and produced by USA Today High School Sports exclusively for 11Alive News and 11Alive.com.

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Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 9:02am

ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.

That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.

Cobb County's unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in February.

The new numbers were released early Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.

Officials say the rate declined because the number of jobs increased and there were fewer new layoffs.

The number of jobs in metro Atlanta increased by 6,400, climbing to 2.37 million from 2.36 million in January.

Most of the growth was in professional and business services, and education and health care. Some seasonal jobs were lost in trade, transportation and warehousing.

The metro Atlanta unemployment data is not seasonally adjusted.

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