Atlanta GA

Interstate 285 in southwest Fulton County will face a full closure in both directions between Cascade Road and Langford Parkway starting Sept. 25. Georgia Department of Transportation crews will shut down the stretch until Sept. 28 for concrete slab milling and reconstruction work. Drivers should expect extreme travel

Technical issues with the Atlanta emergency dispatch system force callers to find alternative options. Atlanta residents needing emergency help must go straight to local hospitals, fire stations, or police precincts. Fulton County dispatchers are currently handling incoming 911 calls to maintain emergency services duri

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was found shot to death Monday in South Fulton, police said. Police said the man’s body was found in the woods near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail. The man has not been identified. This is a developing story. Check back...

A Washington state man was jailed after being accused of threatening to bomb the home of a Metro Atlanta animal services director, according to Cobb County police.

The fate of a Georgia law that will make the district attorney’s seat and other roles nonpartisan in five metro Atlanta counties rests in the hands of a Fulton County judge after two district attorneys filed lawsuits challenging the measure.  Lawyers for the state of Georgia are urging a Fulton County judge to dismiss

A Douglas County woman says she never received thousands of dollars in earnest money she was contractually owed after a home sale fell through, even though the real estate brokerage holding the funds agrees the money belongs to her.

James L. Virgil never set out to become a legend. He set out to survive. That he ended up doing both, surviving and becoming one of Atlanta’s most beloved entrepreneurial icons, is the kind of story that reminds you what the phrase “self-made” was actually built to describe.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Cobb County police detectives are investigating after a deceased person was found near a pond on Pine Grove Drive. Officers responded to the area of Pine Grove Drive regarding a deceased person found near a pond. Detectives are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. What...

Apartment tenants in East Point, Georgia, were told to bring rent checks and money orders into the leasing office instead of paying through the property’s ... Read More

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former East Point police officer found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Richard Gooddine was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent...