Atlanta GA

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Hosea Helps is making sure hundreds of children across metro Atlanta enjoy Christmas this year. On Wednesday, volunteers delivered toys to families experiencing hardship this holiday. “Taking it to them, we thought, would be like Santa delivering toys,” Almelia Chapman, Hosea...

The Marietta Police Department is investigating shots fired outside a Marietta movie theater Tuesday night. Just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, an unidentified man shot at the NCG Cinema on Powder Springs Street, next to the Cobb Senior Services and Community Development building, Officer Chuck McPhilamy told the MDJ. ...

The Cobb community came together Friday afternoon to recognize the people in charge of transporting their children to and from school safely. Volunteers distributed 1,100 thank you gifts at multiple transportation locations as staff finished their final shift of the year. “The goal was simple: appreciation. Bus...

A man was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds late Monday night after an argument at an encampment in southeast Atlanta, according to police.

Two sisters in Southwest Atlanta have been collecting black Santa's for decades.

There’s something quietly radical about sitting in a recycled Adirondack chair while you’re waiting for your flight at the world’s busiest airport. Plastic Reimagined transforms locally sourced plastic waste into full-scale seating prototypes, bridging design education, material research, and civic infrastructure at...

A man allegedly shot himself with a handgun he brought to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 21, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Police say Douglas E. Smith, 59, entered the airport around 3:30 p.m. local time while carrying a handgun. He then rode the escalators up to the...

An 8-year-old girl from Atlanta is spending Christmas in the hospital after being struck by a car just days before the holiday, leaving her family balancing fear, gratitude, and an uncertain road to recovery. Kayla Frazier, described by relatives as energetic and widely loved, was injured on Dec. 19, 2025,...

Gregory Ellis had no job and nowhere to stay until Clifton Sanctuary Ministries came into his life. Now he volunteers at the place that he credits for getting him off the street.

According to officials, no passengers were inside the bus during the crash, but the bus driver is reportedly injured as well.