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Fran Jeffries
Fran Jeffries is a writer and editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Couple celebrates 65 years of marriage on Valentine’s Day
Skip and Ann Costa got married on Valentine’s Day in 1948. Sixty-five years later their love is going strong. Skip turned 90 in December. Ann will be 88 in April. They met at the University of Georgia. “I was instantly attracted to him,” Ann Costa said. “I thought he was ...
Allen Iverson loses Atlanta mansion in foreclosure
Former NBA star Allen Iverson’s has lost his fabulous Atlanta mansion to foreclosure.Iverson’s nearly 10,000-square-foot home off West Paces Ferry Road had been on the market for $2.5 million, according to Nelson’s News on wsbtv.com.Iverson, his wife Tawanna, and five kids lived in the home he built in 2009. But ...
Atlanta tops list of relocation spots
For the third year in a row Atlanta beat out other major cities as the most popular place to relocate, according to recent data from Penske Truck Rental. “A diverse city with many cultural attractions, residents enjoy the perks of big cities like New York and Chicago without the cold ...
Christmas display at Brookhaven home raises spirits, ire of some neighbors
Eight years ago, Dr. Gary Gropper put one Christmas inflatable on his family’s lawn in Brookhaven as an simple, easy way to show holiday spirit.Now the Piedmont Hospital neurosurgeon is up to 150 inflatables — to the delight of hundreds of visitors and the chagrin of some neighbors, who say ...
Natina Reed was 12 miles from home when killed by car
Gwinnett County authorities are still seeking information to help explain the death of Natina Reed, 32, a popular member of the late 1990s female group Blaque, who was struck and killed late Friday while standing in a roadway just north of Lilburn. The incident report listed her address as 7065 ...
Natina Reed: Parents seek answers as they plan R&B singer’s funeral
The parents of Atlanta R&B singer Natina Reed are asking for help from anyone who can shed light on their daughter’s death Friday night after being hit by a car. Meanwhile, her parents are working on plans for a public wake and funeral set for Friday and Saturday, according to ...
Tyler Perry replaces disabled Decatur woman’s stolen van
Imagine her surprise when Alicia Day’s father handed her the phone. It was Tyler Perry calling, and he wanted to replace her stolen van. “God is good, and Tyler Perry is just wonderful,” Day told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. The Atlanta movie mogul had heard a Channel 2 Action ...
Gucci Mane ordered to pay $60K to woman he pushed from Hummer
Atlanta Rapper Gucci Mane has been ordered to pay $60,000 to a woman he pushed from a moving Hummer, according to TMZ.In 2011, Gucci Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail for pushing Diana Graham out of a Hummer. According ...
Aimee Copeland to appear on Katie Couric's new talk show
Aimee Copeland, the Snellville woman who survived a rare flesh-decaying infection, will be a guest on Katie Couric's new talk show 'Katie.'The show launches Sept. 10 (3 p.m. on WSB), and will be Couric's first venture into talk TV.Her interview with Copeland, the 24-year-old University of West Georgia graduate psychology ...
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