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Decatur city schools officials voted to reduce the number of teacher workdays in the next school year.

A convicted rapist out on bond awaiting retrial has removed his ankle monitor and is on the run. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating rapist Ali Reza Nejad, 38.

The green band that wraps around Katherine Key’s cellphone is not for show. For the Morgan County High School junior, it is a reminder: Don’t send text messages while driving.

A man who told police he had been kidnapped has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter because a police officer  killed the accused kidnapper An investigation showed Jesus Aranda-Galarza, 25,  was not the victim he purported to be when police stopped the stolen car he was riding in with Pierre George six days before Christmas in 2008, according to indictment handed down Tuesday by a Fulton County grand jury..

Only 21 DeKalb County schools remain on the list for possible closure. The Citizens Planning Task Force – charged with recommending at least four elementary schools to close next school year – will look at these schools on Tuesday.

A Jonesboro High School graduate who was shot and killed at the East Point MARTA station was a chess champion and “brilliant” student, a former teacher said Thursday.

Atlanta police Thursday were investigating a fatal stabbing in a high-rise apartment building in the Mechanicsville neighborhood of southwest Atlanta.

State officials are dipping into reserves to help pay for education programs funded by the Georgia Lottery for the first time in nearly a decade.

A Jonesboro man was shot and killed at the East Point MARTA station late Wednesday night, officials said.