USAToday Metro Atlanta Super 25 Girls Lacosse Poll

Submitted by Sam Crenshaw, 11Alive Sports Anchor

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 9:20pm

ATLANTA -- The latest edition of the USA Today Metro Atlanta Super 25 Girls Lacrosse Poll is here. With the state playoffs underway,the name on the top remains the same.

The Milton girls are soaring above everyone else this week with Walton, Lassiter, Centennial, and Westminster in the Top 5.

Mill Creek, Alpharetta, West Forsyth, Kell, and Chattahoochee round out the top 10.

The Metro Atlanta Super 25 polls are computer generated and produced exclusively by USA Today for 11Alive News.

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All clear following suspicious package call in Virginia Highland neighborhood

Submitted by Holly Pennebaker, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 9:03pm

ATLANTA -- Units investigated a suspicious package that was called into Atlanta police on Friday evening around 7:30, but the area was cleared around 9:00.

At least one business in the area had been evacuated, and others told people to stay inside for safety precautions.

The area around the 1000 block of N. Highland Avenue NE, near the intersection of Virginia Avenue NE had been put on lockdown, also for safety precaution.

The package, according to APD, was a backpack which contained personal items.

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Inman MS briefly evacuated after reports of smoke

Submitted by Michael H. King, Digital Executive Producer

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 8:30am

ATLANTA -- Students at Inman Middle School in the Virginia-Highland area of Atlanta were briefly evacuated Friday morning after reports of smoke in the building.

Officials said the smoke was from a construction project adjacent to the school building that got into the school building shortly after 8 a.m. The students were allowed back into the school building a short time later.

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Chipper Jones speaks at annual Emory University "Class Day"

Submitted by Jeff Hullinger, 11Alive Reporter

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 12:10am

EMORY VILLAGE, Ga. -- It is the season for guest speakers all across America. College graduation season draws near for many who have spent four arduous years working on their degrees.

On Thursday evening inside the Glenn Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Emory University -- students gathered for Emory's 10th Annual Class Day.

Class Day is a student organized event allows graduating seniors to hear from a well-known speaker of their choice. This year, their choice was recently retired Braves great, Chipper Jones.

Jones spoke about the virtues of "focus" and how it's okay to admit your mistake.

"Admit to your mistakes keep moving forward, once you admit your mistakes that starts the healing process and you are able to move past it quickly," Jones told the students.

At the end of his speech Chipper held a question and answer session.

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Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility to host Senior University Day

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Thursday, May 9th, 3:03 pm

ATLANTA -- The Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility will continue its Older Americans Month Celebration with Senior University Day on Thursday, May 16, 2013. The program will feature a discussion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In partnership with the Fulton County Housing and Human Services Department, Office of Aging, the Central Library and the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History will provide topical information, and display research materials focusing on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This information session will celebrate hard-fought past victories, examine present-day challenges, and evaluate their impact on the future.

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Fulton County senior multipurpose facilities to host Community Days

Submitted by FeleciaChurch on Thursday, May 9th, 11:34 am

Seniors can enjoy entertainment, food and fun, while taking advantage of health screenings

Fulton County’s Older Americans Month celebration continues with “Community Days at the Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility, the Helene S. Mills Senior Multipurpose Facility and the Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex. Community Days will feature food, fun and health information for seniors and will be held on the following days:

Saturday, May 11, 2013 – Community Day – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility
677 Fairburn Road, NW
Atlanta, GA

features food, fun, health screenings and entertainment

Saturday, May 18, 2013 – Community Day – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex
6500 Vernon Woods Drive
Sandy Spring, GA

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Tablets donated for Atlanta homeless survey

Submitted by Associated Press

Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 7:16am

Tablets donated for Atlanta homeless survey

ATLANTA -- Efforts for the Atlanta Street Homeless Registry have received a boost with a donation of 20 computer tablets by Staples, Inc.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said this week the tablets will allow outreach workers to more effectively capture information from the homeless as part of the registry which was launched in January.

That month, volunteers and professional outreach workers conducted more than 630 surveys with people sleeping outdoors and in emergency shelters in Atlanta. Information collected in the city's first homeless registry includes names, health challenges and barriers to maintaining permanent housing.

The effort is funded with a $3.3 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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