Planned Fairburn Road closure postponed, officials say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A major road closure set for 8 a.m. Monday has been postponed, the South Fulton mayor’s office said Sunday. The planned closure of Fairburn Road in South Fulton at the North and South Utoy Creek crossings has been delayed due to “some technical and operational issues” that need to be
The $165 Million Expansion Fee Atlanta City FC Paid Tells You Everything About the...
Mls logo on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) The NWSL just got a massive jolt this past Sunday when Atlanta City FC, the league’s 17th expansion club, finally pulled back the curtain on their team name, crest, […]
William Grady “Roosterman” Bagby, one of the last depression-era bandits
[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article I frequently resurrect and rework as our readership increases, because the Bagby brothers were a fascinating throwback to Depression-era roving bandits, and they operated on the Chattahoochee River near the crossing at South Cobb Drive.]. There is a cluster of Bagby family..
Man wanted in violent Midtown Atlanta crosswalk robbery attempt
ATLANTA - Atlanta police officers are asking for help identifying a man who followed a woman from a MARTA station on Saturday before punching her and stealing her belongings. Officers responded around 1:54 p.m. Saturday to 10 Peachtree Street NE after receiving reports of a violent attack. They found a woman who was in
2 robbery suspects steal from gaming machine, threaten employee with hammer, Atlanta police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police are asking for the public’s help to find two men accused of breaking into a gaming machine at a gas station and threatening an employee with a hammer. The robbery happened Sunday about 8:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Metropolitan...
Southwest Atlanta Gunman Hunted After Firing on Fleeing Woman’s Car Over Fender Bender
A fender bender on a quiet stretch of southwest Atlanta turned into a shooting last month when a man allegedly pulled a handgun and fired multiple shots at a woman trying to flee in her car. Atlanta Police are still searching for the shooter, who vanished after the shooting near the 900 block of Oakland Drive SW around
Top ranked SG recruit Jarvis Hayes Jr. commits to Georgia
Mike White has locked in his second local commitment in the Class of 2027 and once again it cones from a nationally ranked shooting guard prosoecr. Jarvis Hayes Jr., the top ranked shooting guard recruit in the national class, has committed to Georgia. "What really stood out to me about...
Widespread Rain Soaks Atlanta, Rome, Athens, and Gainesville Sunday Into Monday With Heavy Downpours...
ATLANTA, GA — Widespread rain is taking over Metro Atlanta and North Georgia Sunday afternoon and will last into the overnight hours. Some heavier downpours are possible, though thunderstorms are relatively unlikely. Rainfall totals will be highest where heavy downpours persist over the same areas for an extended perio
Friends gather to remember woman found dead in Smyrna
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Friends gathered at Lenora Park in Snellville on Sunday night to remember Shanteria Mosley, who was found dead at a Smyrna apartment complex nearly two weeks ago. Investigators said Mosley was shot in the head and dismembered. Her body was found in pieces...
Preserving the Past: The intriguing Webbs – a family for all time
The north Fulton Webb family is a fascinating study in part because there were so many of them in the area beginning in the 1840s. Pat Miller, a fervent student of local history, once told me that by the 1920s, after seven generations of Webbs, there were nearly 150 Webb descendants in the north Fulton area, including
