Decatur GA

Most people think affordable living means sacrificing quality, but those people haven’t discovered Americus, Georgia. This charming town proves that your money can work for you instead of against you, and the results are pretty spectacular. Nestled in Sumter County approximately 135 miles south of Atlanta, Americus is home...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — All traffic lanes were cleared about mid-morning Monday after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian slowed traffic on Georgia State Route 360 (SR 360) between Gus Robinson and Hopkins roads. Earlier in the morning, eastbound lanes of Ga. 360, also known as Macland...

GEORGIA — Authorities are investigating a serious crash involving a pedestrian early Monday morning in Cobb County, according to the Cobb County Police Department. The incident occurred on Macland Road near Gus Robinson Road. Police said the department’s STEP unit has been called in to handle the investigation due to the severity of the crash.

The Atlanta Police Department says a man was shot late Sunday along the 900 block of Constitution Road Southeast Atlanta.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: This situation has now cleared. No update on the pedestrian's condition is yet available. A serious injury crash is disrupting traffic on Macland Road in Cobb County early Monday morning. Cobb County DOT reported it on the eastbound lanes just past Villa Rica Road....

April 2026 is shaping up to be the driest April on record for the Atlanta area, and the second half of March was extremely dry as well.

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — The third victim in last Monday's shooting spree in DeKalb County, who initially survived the random attacks, has died according to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office. Tony Matthews, 48, was described as an unhoused man sleeping outside the Peachtree Road Kroger in Brookhaven when he...

Part of a major downtown street in Marietta will be closed for several hours due to a damaged power pole.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — One half of Atlanta’s own rock-folk duo The Indigo Girls says she has an incurable medical diagnosis. Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls announced recently on Instagram that she has been diagnosed with two incurable movement disorders—cervical dystonia and an essential tremor—which directly affect her neck muscles and singing voice.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Residents in one Atlanta neighborhood woke up early Sunday to find broken glass and their car windows smashed due to overnight vandals. Atlanta police confirmed to Atlanta News First on Sunday that they are investigating a series of car break-ins in the Kirkwood area.