Poetic Friday
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Saturday, Oct. 3 — The Braves open the NL Division Series against the two-time defending champion Dodgers at 4 p.m. today in Los Angeles. Atlanta won five of six regular-season meetings this year (93.7 FM/680 AM; FOX).
🌧️ Scattered thunderstorms and temperatures in the low 80s today, with rain and a high of 70° tomorrow.
MARKET UPDATE
📈 Stocks rose Friday after the economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, well below the 84,000 economists expected, as unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. The Nasdaq climbed 1.2%. The Dow rose 250 points to 51,176 but still fell about 1.3% on the week, while the S&P 500 finished the week slightly lower.
LOCAL NEWS
🎬 The merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, home of Atlanta-born CNN, TBS, and Cartoon Network, will be renamed Skydance when the deal closes Tuesday.
🏫 The historic Lakewood Heights Elementary School building will be incorporated into a new mixed-use development.
🗳️ Two Republicans on the State Election Board criticized their party’s plan to shuffle ballots at polling sites to fix a ballot secrecy flaw, citing new burdens on counties before early voting begins.
🎤 Live-K Karaoke, a national karaoke bar chain, signed a 10,512-square-foot lease for the former Dantanna’s space downtown.
🏳️🌈 Georgia Equality, the state’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, is hosting a meet-and-greet with endorsed candidates on Monday, Oct. 5.
🏈 In local college football action today:
- Vanderbilt at No. 2 Georgia at 12:45 p.m. (95.5 FM; SEC Network)
- Mercer at VMI at 1:30 p.m.
- Clark Atlanta at Benedict at 2 p.m.
- Old Dominion at Georgia State at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
- Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina at 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
- Morehouse at Tuskegee at 7 p.m.
- Georgia Tech and West Georgia have bye weeks
- Kennesaw State plays Jacksonville State next Wednesday.
🏵️ Dream forward Angel Reese was named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year after a record-breaking season. Atlanta hosts the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the semifinals tomorrow.
🎗️ Falcons legend Jeff Van Note died at 80. The six-time Pro Bowl center spent all 18 of his NFL seasons in Atlanta.
ELSEWHERE
⚖️ New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James to review the case of a former Cornell student who alleges she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024.
📺 Tony Romo and CBS Sports have parted ways, a month after he pleaded no contest to a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
🎭 The Kennedy Center Honors will move to Capital One Arena on Mon., Dec. 7, after the center closed its riverfront venue amid a court fight over adding President Donald Trump’s name.
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Top stories of the week
A look back at this week’s most-read stories from our website. Follow @RoughDraftATL on Instagram for regular updates.
① University of Georgia student hospitalized after dramatic eight-story fall
② Man shot and killed in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward Park
③ Did you miss these September 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?
④ Mule Train brings Southern-leaning cuisine and open-door hospitality to Atlanta (pictured)
⑤ VIDEO: Giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta from China
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