Atlanta GA

ROYSTON, Ga. – An 18-year-old man was injured in a shooting Monday night at a commercial location in Royston, and a suspect was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. Deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 8:32 p.m. on January 12, 2026, to reports of a shooting off Franklin...

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GA – The Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an inmate who escaped from a work detail Tuesday morning, January 13th. According to the sheriff’s office, inmate William “Billy” Hagan escaped at approximately 10:17 a.m. while assigned to an inmate work detail. A coordinated search is now...

A $2 million funding gap could delay housing for hundreds of people.

TOOMBS COUNTY, GA – An 82-year-old Vidalia man was killed Monday afternoon in a crash involving a Toombs County Sheriff’s Office vehicle at a busy intersection in the county, according to authorities. The wreck happened around 5:11 p.m. on January 12th at the intersection of U.S. Highway 1...

DEKALB COUNTY, GA – Four defendants have now pleaded guilty in a DeKalb County corruption case involving two contract schemes that defrauded the State of Georgia out of nearly $200,000, according to DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Sherry Boston announced that the final two defendants...

ATLANTA, GA – A tragic sequence of events on the Downtown Connector left one woman dead and several others injured early Friday morning, January 9, 2026. Atlanta Police officers were dispatched to the I-75/85 southbound expressway near University Avenue at approximately 2:38 a.m. following reports of a massive pileup...

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is mourning the loss of its pastor, the Very Rev. John T. Howren, V.F., who died Monday morning.

The original Coca-Cola may have been formulated in Atlanta, the city where it's headquartered today, but its very first bottling plant wasn't even in Georgia.

The victim left his car running while he ran into a gas station, when the thief hopped in and took off with the car.

Some sandwich shops don’t need a sign shouting for attention. They don’t pop up in ads, chase trends, or flood social media feeds. Instead, they stay busy the old-fashioned way, by making sandwiches so good people can’t help but talk about them. In Georgia, those places are...