Update: All streets have been re-opened and the issue has been cleared, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
Atlanta residents should steer clear of a section of Midtown as police investigate a suspicious package. The area from 11th Street to 14th Street is currently shut down.
🚔 What’s Happening: Atlanta Police Department officials are asking the public to avoid the area between 11th and 14th Streets while they investigate a suspicious package.
Police have not yet provided details about the exact location of the package or what made it appear suspicious.
🚨 Why It Matters: Your safety could be at risk if you travel through this area while police work to determine if the package poses a threat. Finding alternate routes now will help you avoid delays and potential danger.
Before You Dismiss This Article…
We live in a time when information feels overwhelming, but here’s what hasn’t changed: facts exist whether they comfort us or not.
When A&W launched their third-pound burger to compete with McDonald’s Quarter Pounder in the 1980s, it failed spectacularly. Not because it tasted worse, but because customers thought 1/3 was smaller than 1/4. If basic math can trip us up, imagine how easily we can misread complex news.
The press isn’t against you when it reports something you don’t want to hear. Reporters are thermometers, not the fever itself. They’re telling you what verified sources are saying, not taking sides. Good reporting should challenge you — that’s literally the job.
Next time a story makes you angry, pause. Ask yourself: What evidence backs this up? Am I reacting with my brain or my gut? What would actually change my mind? And most importantly, am I assuming bias just because the story doesn’t match what I hoped to hear.
Smart readers choose verified information over their own comfort zone.
B.T. Clark
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
