Atlanta GA

Home Depot is planting 12 new stores across the Sun Belt, zeroing in on some of the fastest-growing metros in the country as it keeps chasing both pro customers and weekend warriors. The Atlanta-based retailer says the buildout is part of a longer-term push to expand its physical footprint and stay in front of...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Donated items intended to help others were destroyed when a fire broke out at a Goodwill thrift store on Metropolitan Parkway in southwest Atlanta late Thursday night. The fire started around 10:30 p.m., destroying one storage trailer parked against the building and badly...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The Atlanta Police Department’s mounted patrol unit is facing a whistleblower lawsuit that accuses the city of neglecting its horses and allegedly punishing the unit’s stable master after she raised concerns about their care and safety. In a lawsuit filed Monday in...

Atlanta police are looking for a man who was caught on camera stealing hundreds of dollars from a Chick-fil-A on Tuesday. (Source: Atlanta Police Department)

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta police say they are preparing for another “teen takeover” this weekend. Last month, officers increased patrols and allocated additional resources ahead of a planned “takeover” in the Beltline corridor. “These takeovers need to stop,” said Atlanta Police Department...

Atlanta police are warning drivers about a shift in behavior from the so-called ‘water boys.’

ATLANTA — Loved ones and community members somberly gathered to remember a 4-year-old girl killed over the weekend. Little Zuri Dixon died after being stabbed on Saturday. A group gathered on the same street where she was killed with candles and balloons. They started off with a prayer -- one that recognized the pain...

A high stakes legal battle is unfolding in the state of Georgia, where the family of Hannah Payne is pushing for a new trial in a case that has drawn national attention for its tragic ... Read more

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was shot and killed near a south Atlanta convenience store Thursday evening, according to police. The shooting happened near 8 Cleveland Ave. SW, the address for the 24/7 Food Mart, Atlanta police said. Police said the man, who has not been...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Four suspects, including two from metro Atlanta, have been charged in the overdose death of a Lawrenceville woman at a Miami music festival. Florida authorities said 24-year-old Jenniha Le took an MDMA pill, commonly known as ecstasy, at the Ultra Music Festival last...