ATLANTA - Historic Oakland Cemetery will be closed to the public for the entire month of January 2024. The closure aims to facilitate crucial paving and infrastructure projects, temporarily disrupting ...

A security guard says he was fired after an altercation with Council member Liliana Bakhtiari at Oakland Cemetery. The guard claims Bakhtiari shoved him when he asked her group to leave after hours.

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. For the first time in more than a century, members of the ...

Atlanta city leaders broke ground Tuesday on a new visitor center that will be constructed at the historic Oakland Cemetery. The center will share the cemetery’s history with the hundreds of thousands ...

Oakland Cemetery said it will be closing its gates to the public for the month of January to complete some infrastructure improvements. “The city is repaving nearly two miles of roads at Oakland, ...

ATLANTA — Atlanta Police and Fire Rescue are now freshening up on their skills. The agencies held an active shooter response training in the wake of the deadly mass shooting that caused a frantic ...

ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council Member Liliana Bakhtiari was involved in a confrontation with a security guard at Oakland Cemetery on Oct. 4. She said she regrets that it may have cost him his job.

ATLANTA — For the first time since the 1880’s, Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery is offering up final resting places for the general public. Following a survey of ideas, the Atlanta Urban Design ...

Every time I’ve visited Oakland Cemetery, I’ve been in costume. I realize that’s a weird flex, but stay with me. My first visit to the cemetery was during the Run Like Hell 5K race in 2023—what felt ...

For Illumine, Historic Oakland Cemetery becomes a canvas. Lights illuminate the storied graves, strategically placed lighted sculptures draw the eyes up, and videos project on to mausoleums and the ...

Oakland Cemetery is coming alive — with lights and color! Last week, Atlanta’s oldest public green space kicked off its annual nocturnal art exhibition, “Illumine,” which continues Thursday through ...