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A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Atlanta early Tuesday morning. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the moon and the sun, and the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon. The partial eclipse will begin at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. Totality begins just after...

An Atlanta man has been arrested in connection to a Feb. 26 residential fire in Hoschton. According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office (HCSO), Hall County Fire Rescue (HCFR) responded to the 5600 block of Grand Reunion Drive at around 7:30 p.m. Firefighters extinguished the flames, but no one was...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County officials are planning to open a day center to provide services for people who are homeless. This would be a place where people who are homeless could go during the day to eat, clean up and receive other services, such as mental health services.

The Atlanta Police Department says its Center for Diversion and Services kept 101 people out of jail last month by connecting them to health and housing services instead. The center has counted 1,444 diversions between January 20, 2025 and February 28, 2026. What’s Happening: The Center for Diversion and Services...

The FBI and Austin Police are investigating a mass shooting at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on Sixth Street that left three dead and 14 injured early Sunday, March 1, 2026. Authorities identified the gunman as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized citizen from Senegal. Investigators are probing a "potential nexus...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Cambridge High School in Milton briefly went into a “hard lockdown” Monday because of an intruder, according to Fulton County Schools. Principal Ashley Agans wrote two letters to parents explaining the incident, which the school district shared with Atlanta News First.

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A former Jackson County attorney is dead in what police are calling a murder. 44-year-old Ladray Brandan Gilbert was found dead in his Atlanta apartment in Fulton County last Thursday morning. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office says he died from multiple gunshot wounds. If...

A great-grandmother says she was traumatized after a man slapped her hard on her backside while she was grocery shopping.

A woman accused of murdering her "cash cow" girlfriend who tried leaving her and chopping her up into 13 "pieces" is facing an 80-count indictment in Georgia. The post 'They found 13 pieces of her': Woman who chopped up 'cash cow' girlfriend after she tried moving away, then spent years living as her facing 80-count...

FAIRBURN, Ga. — Jewelianna Ramos-Ortiz makes a living in entertainment. She's acted for years as a stunt performer in popular movies like Superman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. She and her husband, Justin Ortiz, have also starred in Cobra Kai, filmed in Metro Atlanta. “I started...