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Alexis Stevens
Alexis Stevens covers Breaking News. She started at the AJC in 2000 as a sports page designer. Alexis is graduate of Berry College, where she earned undergraduate degrees in Communication and Spanish.
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Cocaine, heroin suspected in Kris Kross rapper’s death
Former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly had taken a mixture of cocaine and heroin the night before his death and had a history of drug abuse, according to a police report released Thursday. Kelly, 34, was unresponsive on his couch and had no signs of life when paramedics arrived at ...
Top 10 sports stories from 2012 on ajc.com
For Atlanta sports fans, it was another year of dreaming of what could’ve been, but never forgetting to root, root, root for the home teams. Another exciting season for our Atlanta Braves ended with a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in a one-game wild card playoff. The end of ...
Top 10 news stories from 2012 on ajc.com
What a year for news! There were heartbreaking stories, those that inspired us and ones that left us shaking our heads.A college student lost several limbs, but fought to live after an unthinkable disease did its best to take her life. Aimee Copeland, however, proved she was a fighter. For ...
Storm drain issue puts ‘Big Poppa’ in jail
Atlanta real estate investor Lee Najjar spent a night in the Fulton County jail after an arrest for allegedly skipping a court date concerning a storm drain, according to police. A bench warrant was issued for Najjar, 55, after he failed to appear in Gwinnett County Recorder’s Court in July, ...
Actor Sherman Hemsley dies at 74
The actor who became famous as television's quick-tempered name-caller George Jefferson has died, according to his publicist.Sherman Hemsley, who was 74, died at his Texas home, his publicist told ABCNews.com. The cause of death was not immediately known.Hemsley starred along with Isabel Sanford on "The Jeffersons" for 11 seasons on ...
Beastie Boys member dead at 47
Adam Yauch, a member of the hip-hop rap group the Beastie Boys, died Friday, according to various media reports.Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009, when he first discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. He was 47.Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike ...
Woman claims harassment at Paula Deen-owned restaurant
A former general manager of a restaurant owned by Paula Deen contends that she was sexually harassed while working for the southern cooking mogul.In a lawsuit filed Monday, Lisa Jackson said she was hired to work as a hostess at Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House in Savannah in February ...
Whitney Houston's death | Fans react on Twitter
Fans of Whitney Houston, including many celebrities, filled up Twitter feeds Saturday night with reaction to her death.In Atlanta, topics related to Houston were trending on the online site within hours of the superstar's death.We've compiled some of the online reaction here:Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey): Heartbroken and in tears over the ...
Top 11 stories of 2011 on ajc.com
What a year! When a January snowstorm shut down metro Atlanta for a week, the newsy year was just beginning.Tornadoes ripped through the area in April, killing 15 people and nearly devastating the north Georgia town of Ringgold. The Atlanta Braves ended a promising run during the homestretch with an ...
Turkey on the lam granted holiday asylum
A suspect wanted by many for Thanksgiving dinner tried to hide out in a Cobb County gas station Monday. But his feathers were ruffled by a quick-acting Marietta police officer who grabbed him and loaded him into a waiting patrol car.The turkey, whose name was not released, flew to the ...
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