Jim Burress

For a year, David Schick has been trying to follow the money trail.  He wants to better understand who's responsible for Georgia Perimeter College's $16-million shortfall.  

Schick, who is now a student at Georgia State University, says GPC and the Univ. System of Georgia have been less than forthcoming with information.

Georgia Perimeter College did not respond to WABE's interview requests; however, a college spokeswoman did provide the following Email.  The school says Schick never responded to the letter below. 

Getting around on MARTA this weekend could take some extra patience, as the transit agency works on its rail lines.  Below is a press release from the transit agency outlining the delays.  Good luck!

MARTA to Modify Weekend Rail Service to Accommodate Scheduled Track Work

Customers are Advised to Allow Extra Time for Their Trip

Atlanta police say they’ve made four more arrests in a string of brazen robberies and kidnappings in Buckhead.

At a press conference Friday, APD said the nature of the crimes led them to work especially hard on solving the cases.  

Part of the extra effort involved traffic checkpoints on Lenox Road.

Pollen is how trees reproduce.  And this season, they are especially frisky. 

WABE Assistant News Director Charles Edwards says he's never suffered from allergies.  Until now.  And his repeated sneezing proves he is suffering. 

But why is it so bad this year?

To find out, I phoned Estelle Levetin, a professor of Biology at the University of Tulsa.  She knows pollen.  I asked her if Atlanta’s 8000+ count is really that awful.

An Atlanta police officer fired for his part in a botched raid of a Midtown gay bar could get his job back.

APD fired Sgt. Willie Adams for lying about what happened in September of 2008, when officers stormed the Atlanta Eagle and detained patrons who weren’t suspected of any crime.  

The city’s Civil Service Board upheld that dismissal.  But Adams appealed the decision to Fulton Superior Court.

The Atlanta Police Department says it’s opened an investigation into whether officers acted with excessive force when responding to a domestic violence call Monday.

It happened in the 1500 block of Hardee Street at the Edgewood Park Apartments.

According to police, some of the suspect’s family started yelling obscenities and, in Chief George Turner’s words, “became physical” during that suspect’s arrest. 

The situation quickly escalated, and police used batons and pepper spray to subdue the family members. 

If University of Mary Hardin-Baylor fans brought their poker faces, you couldn’t tell Sunday at Philips Arena.

Everyone affiliated with the Texas school of 3,100 seemed to be in the stands.  The Crusaders came to the NCAA Division III Championship with the energy of a school ten times its size.

UMHB's opponent— Amherst College. 

In comparison, its fans were fewer in number and, well, quieter. 

The school of 1,800 left its mascot and pep band back in Massachusetts (Georgia Tech offered a hand of support in that regard).

The University of Louisville and the University of Michigan move to the final game of the men’s NCAA basketball championship Monday night at the Georgia Dome. 

In the first game Saturday night, it was Wichita State living up to its name—shocking Louisville with an 8-nothing run in the first five minutes. 

At the half, Wichita State clung to a one point lead. 

But after the Cards fell further behind in the second, Louisville’s Luke Hancock came off the bench to add 20 points.  Walk-on Tim Henderson made two three-pointers when the Cards needed them most.

An estimated 100,000 college basketball fans are in Atlanta, ready to cheer on their teams in the NCAA Basketball Final Four.

The games are Saturday, but lots of fans were hanging out at the Georgia Dome Friday, enjoying open practices.  

Wichita State fan Jennifer Green says she wouldn't miss it. 

“Every flight out of Wichita is booked solid," she says.  "It’s awesome."

This is the first Final Four for the Shockers in 48 years, and even though they're the underdogs, Green has confidence they'll beat Louisville. 

We’ll soon learn when former Atlanta Public School superintendent Beverly Hall will face arraignment on criminal charges related to the worst cheating scandal in the nation’s history.

And it's possible Hall’s health will influence how a trial plays out.

In an interview this week with WABE’s Denis O’Hayer, one of Hall’s attorneys, J. Tom Morgan, confirmed the former superintendent’s health is suffering.