🌱 Man Fires Shots Inside Ulta + Dr. King Drive Gets $30M Facelift

Buckhead GA

20 June, 2022

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Hello all. It's me, Carla Varner, your host of the Buckhead Daily. Let's get this Tuesday started off right, with a quick review of everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days... First, today's weather: Partly sunny and very hot. High: 96 Low: 70. Here are the top three stories in Buckhead today: A man fired a round of bullets into the ceiling of the Buckhead Loop Ultra. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, the suspect entered the store and demanded cash, according to Atlanta police. The robber then fled the store with an unspecified amount of money. ( The Atlanta Journal Constitution)MARTA Police are searching for two suspects who are wanted for shooting two people on board a southbound train at Peachtree Center Station on Jun. 14 at 11:19 p.m. MARTA Police Chief Scott Kreher said that they are asking the public for assistance in finding the two men captured on their extensive network of cameras. MARTA released photos of the suspects. (Buckhead Reporter)Atlanta officials held a ceremony with the relatives of civil rights heroes on Tuesday to celebrate the completion of renovations to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The $30 million transformation includes a seven-mile stretch of tidy sidewalks, pedestrian crosswalks, traffic signals, street lighting, road medians, art installations, and more. The work to beautify the streets and sidewalks began in 2016. (Buckhead Reporter) Help us make this newsletter better! We've been getting so much positive feedback about the Buckhead Daily that we're starting to get a big head. Want to bring us back down to earth with some constructive feedback? If so, take our simple — and quick! — reader survey. Your feedback will help us make sure we're covering the kind of local news, events and scuttlebutt you really care about. And it will help us toward our goal of being an indispensable local resource and the last email you'd ever unsubscribe from. We'd be so appreciative of your feedback that, if you take the survey, we'll enter your email address in a drawing for a small mountain of Patch swag. You know you want that tote bag — so click the link and give it to us straight. Thank you! Take the Survey 👉 Today in Buckhead: Here Come The Dinosaurs At Buckhead Branch Library (10:00 AM)Buckhead Run Club At Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (6:00 PM)Penelope Scott At The Masquerade (7:00 PM) From my notebook: Scroll through the Buckhead area's most recent job postings. See which companies are hiring, read through the job descriptions, and then click to apply. (Buckhead Patch)Check out these 10 metro Atlanta eateries where you can get hot chicken. (Access Atlanta)Trombone Shorty's Voodoo Threauxdown is coming to Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park on Wednesday, Jun. 22 at 7:00 PM. The New Orleans, Louisiana musician is best known as a trombone player but also plays the drums, organ, and tuba. (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Wellness Together Walk-Along At Cumberland Mall (June 21) Basic TaiChi Introductory Session (June 24) Bytes & Brews (2022 Series) (June 24) UMFF SpeedCollab: Networking for Content Creators in Film, TV, Streaming (June 26) Add your event You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with a new update! — Carla Varner