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Three people shot in northwest Atlanta, police say.

[This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia as we discover them]. Each year the Marietta History Center participates in the Dixie Highway Yard Sale, and there are rem

“Weapons are not toys in any way shape or form,” Chief Harry Hess of the Avondale Estates Police Department told Atlanta News First. “They should be treated seriously, and don’t shoot.”

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Thousands of metro Atlanta residents woke up Sunday to power outages after storms rolled through the area overnight. More than 7,000 people were without power early Sunday across Fulton, Gwinnett and Gwinnett counties in the 9 a.m. hour, according to Georgia Power’s outage map.

The Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment awarded the city grant money to help eliminate blighted properties.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A ground stop was issued at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday afternoon due to severe thunderstorms. The ground stop was lifted at 7:30 p.m.

The cost of healthcare has become one of the biggest financial burdens that Georgia school systems deal with.

Five protesters were arrested at the annual Peachtree Road Race on Saturday morning after entering the race route and blocking a portion of the street. The individuals utilized a specialized "sleeping dragon" maneuver to deliberately slow down law enforcement efforts to remove them, according to the Atlanta Police Depa

Lines stretched outside Atlanta Harvest in Ellenwood on Friday after staff discovered a watermelon carved with a racial slur. The Black-owned farm and market says the vandalism shocked employees but also triggered a rush of customers who showed up to buy produce and stand with the business. What started as an ugly act

Dr. Joycelyn Hill Alabama State dissertation dissertation win is more than an academic honor — it is the foundation of a new educational pathway connecting two historically Black institutions. Hill, a Valley, Alabama native and double Alabama State University alumna, won the 2026 Dissertation of the Year award in...