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Mukja Korean Fried Chicken closes its doors

1 day ago | ajc.com | Olivia Wakim

Mukja Korean Fried Chicken has closed after nearly five years, a Peruvian pop-up is setting up at a local brewery for the month, a Burger King employee goes viral for all the best reasons and more happenings from the metro area’s dining scene in recent days. Credit: Elena VeselovaMukja Korean Fried Chicken closes its doorsAfter almost five years of operation at 933 Peachtree St. NE in Midtown, Sean Chang of Mukja Korean Fried Chicken closed the restaurant on Tuesday.
Residents of southwest Atlanta apartments say they face illegal evictions

1 day ago | ajc.com | Matt Reynolds

When Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law 2024’s Safe at Home Act, it was meant to protect tenants against the worst excesses of landlords who rent neglected apartments. A little over a year later, tenants at Bolden Townhomes in southwest Atlanta don’t seem to be benefiting from the meager protections the state law granted Georgia residents. Instead, some say they were told to vacate their homes with unsafe conditions because they had been accused of squatting.
Christian college president on leave amid sexual abuse allegations and coverup

1 day ago | ajc.com | Jason Armesto

Facing pressure from alumni, a small Christian college in North Georgia is launching an independent investigation into allegations that the school and its president covered up years of sexual abuse. Truett McConnell University announced Friday that Richard Hyde with Phoenix Research will conduct the investigation. University president Emir Caner, who has led the school since 2008, will be placed on administrative leave until it is complete. John Yarbrough will serve as acting president.
False claims of voting fraud in ‘2000 Mules’ questioned in defamation case

1 day ago | ajc.com | Mark Niesse

A man falsely accused of voting fraud in the conspiracy film “2000 Mules” tried to hold its producers responsible Friday, asking a federal judge to rule in his favor. But the moviemakers, including conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza and the election group True the Vote, said they couldn’t defame a man whose face was blurred and who wasn’t identified by name.
Veterans Affairs puts Augusta health director on leave, second in three months

2 days ago | ajc.com | Jeremy Redmon

The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department this week placed VA Augusta Health Care System Acting Director Oscar Rodriguez on administrative leave, citing “an investigation of the leadership climate” there. This is the Augusta system’s second leadership change in less than three months.
5 disturbing stats about Atlanta's season so far

2 days ago | ajc.com | Gabriel Burns

Things have gone south for the Braves, to put it mildly. The team needs to find its footing soon, or it will face complicated questions leading into the trade deadline. Here are a few disturbing numbers about the team’s recent play:11.5: The Braves are 11.5 games out in the National League East. It’s the largest division deficit they’ve experienced during this seven-year run of postseason berths. During their 2021 championship season, they were once eight games back.
Atlanta’s Marco Plus is as real as his raps

2 days ago | ajc.com | DeAsia Paige

“Marco Plus raps better than you.” That’s the message permeated throughout the video for Marco Plus’ 2025 single “OMM” (an acronym for the slang phrase “on my mama”). Dozens of people can be seen standing behind the Atlanta rapper, donning white T-shirts emblazoned with the statement, while black flags with the same words wave behind them. In the video, Marco Plus is the lone person wearing a black T-shirt that has no words at all. But that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say.
Inmates break locks at Fulton jail because there's lack of supervision, officials say

2 days ago | ajc.com | Reed Williams

The day after a contractor repaired 11 cell doors in the Fulton County jail, seven of them had been damaged again and inmates told the contractor they would keep breaking them, the county’s director of facilities told the county sheriff’s office two weeks ago. Joseph N.
Georgia teen graduates high school tumor-free thanks to novel liver surgery

2 days ago | ajc.com | Roni Robbins

Kelsey Adams is more committed than ever to becoming a nurse after recently being one of the first children in the country to benefit from a combination of medical procedures at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to save her liver. A team of clinicians, radiologists and surgeons at Children’s treated the Glenwood teen’s cancer with chemotherapy, a targeted dose of radiation and a complex surgery that removed more than 80% of her liver.
Why a controversional Okefenokee mining plan is delayed

2 days ago | ajc.com | Dylan Jackson

Twin Pines Minerals has not produced the $2 million bond or other collateral required to receive its permit to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp, a delay that comes as the company and its affiliates continue to show signs of financial distress. Georgia Environmental Protection Division spokeswoman Sara Lips confirmed on Wednesday that Twin Pines has yet to submit the financial assurance required for permit approval.