ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The City of Atlanta is trying to tackle persistent water main breaks that continue to pop up.

Atlanta City Council members are days away from a meeting to discuss serious solutions.

On Friday, the Department of Watershed Management said it was investigating another potential water main incident off Woodland Avenue. The city said this incident could result in water disruption for residents and businesses in the area.

Service to several Buckhead apartment complexes was restored Thursday night following a water main break.

The city said that the break happened at the intersection of Lakeside Drive NE and Kingsboro Road NE.

About a month ago, a series of water main breaks in Atlanta disrupted water service, bringing businesses and simple everyday functions to a halt for some residents

But the city is hoping to address repairs and ongoing water issues.

The City Utilities Committee will hold a work session on water main break repairs on Tuesday, July 9.

The announcement also states during the work session the committee will discuss plans for preventing similar disruptions in the future.

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The Atlanta Braves announced they’re calling up outfielder Eli White, highlighting a series of roster moves ahead of their series with the Philadelphia Phillies. 

In coinciding moves, they have optioned outfielder Forrest Wall to Triple-A and moved lefty Ray Kerr to the 60-day injured list. 

With the way the Braves offense has been struggling, they’re ready to try something new. 

In 53 games with the Gwinnett Stripers, White has batted .289 with a .864 OPS, seven home runs and 28 RBIs. 

White is coming off a big-time performance on July 3, when he had a six-hit game with two home runs and seven RBIs against the St. Paul Saints, accounting for one-third of the offensive showing in a 21-6 routing. 

White has previously played 136 MLB games, including six with the Braves win 2023. In that small sample size with the Braves, he tallied one hit in 14 at-bats (.071) and reached base two other times via the walk. 

He’s earned another shot with the recent production in Gwinnett, and perhaps he could end up being a missing piece to the Braves offensive puzzle.

Wall heads back to Triple-A after a mediocre showing in 13 games for the Braves. He batted .241 with an OPS+ of 60 with zero extra-base hits. 

Anderson Begins Rehab Assignment 

The Braves also announced that infielder Brian Anderson will begin his rehab assignment Friday night in Triple-A. 

Anderson has been out with a bacterial infection since late June. He spent the bulk of this season with the Mariners’ Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers before being released and signing with the Braves on June 4. 

Anderson has had five at-bats with the Braves this season, going hitless. 

The once-promising infielder for the Marlins, who finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 2018, has struggled with injuries and at the plate when healthy the last two seasons.

ATLANTA – “How come I have never heard of this before?”

That single question changed Atlanta native Kelundra Smith’s life. And now, with her world-premiere play “The Wash,” Smith is hoping nobody will need to ask it again.

“The Wash” tells the real-life story of the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike, during which Black laundresses led a strike for better wages in the weeks leading up to the International Cotton Exposition.

“The Atlanta washerwomen strike was one of the first and largest successful labor strikes of the post-Civil War era,” explains Smith. “African-American laundresses who were fed up with being stiffed on their wages decided to take their power back, and they said, ‘No pay, no wash.’”

Smith first became aware of the story during a 2017 trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The writer says she was astounded that she hadn’t previously learned about the historical event, and upon further research, became inspired to write about it.

“When I think of clothes flying in the street, people getting their laundry back wet or soiled, people wrestling each other to say, ’No, you’re on strike now, we’re not working anymore,’ it felt theatrical to me,” Smith says.

“The Wash” was chosen by the National New Play Network for its Rolling World Premiere initiative, which means three or more theaters premiere distinct productions of the play within an 18-month period. The play opened at Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre last month and is set to take the stage at The Academy Theatre in Hapeville in a production from Impact Theatre Atlanta from July 11 through 28. It is then scheduled to open in theaters in St. Louis and Chicago in 2025.

For more information on the upcoming Impact Theatre Atlanta production (directed by Brenda Porter), click here. 

For full interviews with Kelundra Smith, director Brenda Porter, and actor Nevaina, watch this weekend’s all-new “Behind the Scenes with Paul Milliken” at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, streaming on all FOX 5 Atlanta platforms.