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*iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God announced the return of the Black Effect Podcast Festival, set for April 25 from noon to 8 p.m. ET at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival will feature live podcast tapings and informative discussions aimed at aspiring podcasters in the Black community, with Charlamagne...

Two people were arrested after DeKalb County police say an attempted armed robbery led to a shooting at The Mall at Stonecrest on Saturday afternoon.

ATLANTA - A southwest Atlanta house was severely damaged early Monday morning after a fire tore through the residence, officials said. Fire crews were dispatched to the home on Peyton Road around 1 a.m. following reports of a blaze. Upon arrival, firefighters found the main floor of the structure heavily engulfed in...

A crash that happened on the southbound side sent concrete debris from the median wall into northbound lanes.

A total lunar eclipse will be visible in Atlanta early Tuesday morning. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the moon and the sun, and the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon. The partial eclipse will begin at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. Totality begins just after...

An Atlanta man has been arrested in connection to a Feb. 26 residential fire in Hoschton. According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office (HCSO), Hall County Fire Rescue (HCFR) responded to the 5600 block of Grand Reunion Drive at around 7:30 p.m. Firefighters extinguished the flames, but no one was...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County officials are planning to open a day center to provide services for people who are homeless. This would be a place where people who are homeless could go during the day to eat, clean up and receive other services, such as mental health services.

The FBI and Austin Police are investigating a mass shooting at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on Sixth Street that left three dead and 14 injured early Sunday, March 1, 2026. Authorities identified the gunman as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized citizen from Senegal. Investigators are probing a "potential nexus...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A former Jackson County attorney is dead in what police are calling a murder. 44-year-old Ladray Brandan Gilbert was found dead in his Atlanta apartment in Fulton County last Thursday morning. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office says he died from multiple gunshot wounds. If...

A great-grandmother says she was traumatized after a man slapped her hard on her backside while she was grocery shopping.