Both Dickens, who is up for reelection, and Police Chief Darin Schierbaum were happy to talk about the city’s 32% reduction in homicides from the same time last year — down to 49 from 72. Atlanta’s ...

Shuttle vans wrapped to look like streetcars will run the 2.7-mile loop for three to four months while Georgia Power and the city of Atlanta make utility and sewer repairs.