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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Have you checked your bank account lately? If so, you may be among the millions of Georgians who have received Gov. Brian Kemp’s and the GOP-led legislature’s tax refunds. According to the Georgia Department of Revenue, a total of 2.6 million...

Severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect across a wide stretch of central and south Georgia this afternoon. The storms can damage roofs, dent cars, and knock down trees. What’s Happening: The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for two main areas. A line of severe storms running from Omeg

NORTH AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA — Severe storms are possible across north and northwest Georgia later today and through the evening hours of Friday, May 22, 2026, with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat and a brief tornado possible mainly during the evening. The severe threat zone covers a broad corridor including A

Three individuals were detained and two were taken to Atlanta City Jail after a massive brawl broke out following a high school graduation ceremony on the Georgia Tech campus, according to an Atlanta Public Schools statement.

Tucked into the Alpharetta–Johns Creek corridor, where most restaurant lights dim long before midnight, Charcoal N Chill — a late-night Indian restaurant and hookah lounge in Alpharetta — feels like a vibrant late night discovery, part upscale lounge, part cultural gathering space, and part culinary crossroads where In

CHOCTAW COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency released the names of a Georgia man and woman killed early Sunday morning in a fiery crash in Choctaw County. John M. Green Jr., 19, of Smyrna, Georgia, and his passenger, Savannah E. Davis, 21, of Temple, Georgia, were pronounced dead at the scene on Cho

A Cherokee County jury has convicted an Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenage passenger.

A state board is considering parole and a work-release program for an inmate convicted in a horrific 1981 assault that left one woman dead and another severely beaten in Decatur, according to court records and victim families.

An effort to turn a hidden forest and pond on the outer edge of southwest Atlanta into a new park is gaining momentum. Why it matters: The proposed Falling Water Park connects the community to 26.3 acres of deep woods and water a short walk from Campbellton Road. Zoom in:...

Atlanta police are working to track down a man labeled a person of interest after a deadly shooting tied to a reported incident in the heart of downtown last Thursday, and they are leaning hard on the public for help. Homicide detectives have been canvassing the area and are urging nearby residents, workers, and visito