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The popular entertainer/entrepreneur recently joined City of Atlanta Mayor Keisha
to announced that they will join forces to run the AJC Peachtree Road Race on July 4th to raise money to support three nonprofit organizations which share the common goal of promoting healthy lifestyles and empowering children to make smart choices.
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Uh oh! The city of Atlanta’s computer network has been targeted by a group of hacker demanding a large ransom.
Officials sent out an outage alert yesterday, saying the city was “experiencing outages on various internal and customer-facing applications, including some applications that customers use to pay bills or access court-related information.”
Now the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have gotten involved after the cyberattack, caused by ransomware which locks computers and holds data for ‘ransom,’ was found on the City of Atlanta’s servers.
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NEWSFLASH!! Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport hit social media with a very special flight announcement.
With the rise of ‘Black Panther’ everyone wants to head to Wakanda and the ATL Airport is the first to begin offering non-stop flights to the fictional country.
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Rapper T.I. brought out Major, 9, King, 13, Domani, 16, Messiah, 18, and baby Heiress, 1 for an advance screening for the much-anticipated comic book superhero film Black Panther last night (February 13, 2018).
The event was held at Regal Hollywood Theater and sponsored by Walmart and Marvel Studios.
Attendees included: Atlanta Mayor Keshia Lance-Bottoms, Sheree Whitfield (RHOA), Towanda Braxton (The Braxtons), Demetria McKinney, Egypt Sherrod and more.
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NEWSFLASH!! Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is making sure both Adamsville and Bankhead are represented during her term.
Our new mayor assumed office about a week ago after being handed the reigns by outgoing Mayor Kasim Reed, and her transition team was announced this past Thursday (Jan. 11).
The 38-member team consists of CEOs and local educators, but also includes hometown rap heroes Clifford “T.I.” Harris and Michael “Killer Mike” Render.
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Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta recently shared footage of Xscape’s live performance from last night’s Inauguration Ball for new Atlanta Mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms.
The group performed their hit song “Understanding” for the standing room only crowd at Atlanta’s City Hall last night and Kandi seems pleased about being told they sound ‘just like the record’.
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