Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 31st of October.
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💼 Business
A Consumer Affairs report ranked Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) fifth-best for avoiding major flight disruptions, using federal data from 122 airports that showed 1.24% of departures canceled, 20.21% with moderate delays, and 1.25% with severe delays.
🎭 Culture
Usher and Chris Brown became the first co-headlining act to top Billboard's monthly Top Tours chart after their run earned $77.4 million and sold 423,000 tickets in September, and the tour will continue with several upcoming Atlanta shows + could top $400 million overall.
CT Cantina & Taqueria is preparing its annual Day of the Dead celebration, and Good Day Atlanta visited Friday, Oct.
30 to preview the event at the restaurant.
Acapella group Pentatonix will bring their Christmas in the City Tour to Atlanta, and a video interview with two members posted Oct.
30 previews the holiday set and upcoming tour stops.
Netflix's The Mosquito Bowl, about four college football players who enlisted in the Marines after Pearl Harbor, opens in theaters this weekend, and the director and stars spoke with Good Day Atlanta about bringing the true story to screen.
🎓 Education
Atlanta Public Schools has completed $18 million in renovations at South Atlanta High School that include a new covered entrance and atrium, a security vestibule, a renovated counseling and student success center, a refinished gym, improved air conditioning, and updated classrooms (funded by a special sales tax).
Emory history professor Erica Dunbar served as lead historian and is now a co-executive producer on HBO's The Gilded Age (she helped expand historically grounded roles for Black characters), and this spring she'll teach an Emory course on Black life and culture in the Gilded Age.
🏛️ Government
Air traffic controllers at ATL began using a new digital flight tracking system this week that replaces decades old paper flight strips and provides real-time updates on aircraft movements, weather and runway conditions.
📰 Lifestyle
On Oct. 30, anchors Buck Lanford and Kaitlyn Pratt visited The Local No. 7 in metro Atlanta to taste one of Pratt's favorite burgers, showing the burger's toppings, price, and why locals like it.
🏈 Sports
The Atlanta Dream forced a Game 7 with an 80-69 win over the Golden State Valkyries on Friday, Oct.
30, and will travel to San Francisco for the decisive final game for the 2026 WNBA title.
Jackson County faced Clarke Central for the Region 8-6A championship Friday, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. at Billy Henderson Stadium (Athens); the game aired live on Atlanta News First and a postgame show followed.
📰 Traffic
G20 Foreign Ministers are meeting in Midtown today, with major road closures that began Thursday around the Loews Hotel Conference Center (affecting traffic and prompting drivers to use alternate routes).
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