13 Georgia Bike Trails Where The Scenery Is Amazing And The Ride Is Easy
Georgia might just be one of the best places in the South to hop on a bike and actually enjoy every mile. No burning climbs. No stressful traffic. Just smooth paths cutting through rivers, forests, and wide-open skies that seem to stretch forever. One minute you’re riding under tall pines,...
Atlanta Cop’s Paycheck Will be Garnished Every Month Until He Pays $21 Million in...
It took eight years, but an Atlanta cop who tased a panhandling homeless man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down before he died five […] Atlanta Cop’s Paycheck Will be Garnished Every Month Until He Pays $21 Million in Damages for Paralyzing Unarmed, Elderly Black Man
Triple shooting in northwest Atlanta
Three people shot in northwest Atlanta, police say.
The automobile in Cobb County: The history of the Dixie Highway
[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia as we discover them]. Each year the Marietta History Center participates in the Dixie Highway Yard Sale, and there are rem
Gunfire disrupts Fourth of July celebrations in DeKalb County
“Weapons are not toys in any way shape or form,” Chief Harry Hess of the Avondale Estates Police Department told Atlanta News First. “They should be treated seriously, and don’t shoot.”
Storms snap trees, knock out power across metro Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Thousands of metro Atlanta residents woke up Sunday to power outages after storms rolled through the area overnight. More than 7,000 people were without power early Sunday across Fulton, Gwinnett and Gwinnett counties in the 9 a.m. hour, according to Georgia Power’s outage map.
Metro Atlanta city targets blighted properties with $250,000 grant
The Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment awarded the city grant money to help eliminate blighted properties.
Ground stop issued at Atlanta airport due to thunderstorms
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A ground stop was issued at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday afternoon due to severe thunderstorms. The ground stop was lifted at 7:30 p.m.
Rising healthcare costs are ‘crippling’ Georgia school systems
The cost of healthcare has become one of the biggest financial burdens that Georgia school systems deal with.
5 protesters arrested during Atlanta’s Peachtree Road Race
Five protesters were arrested at the annual Peachtree Road Race on Saturday morning after entering the race route and blocking a portion of the street. The individuals utilized a specialized "sleeping dragon" maneuver to deliberately slow down law enforcement efforts to remove them, according to the Atlanta Police Depa
