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Investigators are working to determine whether the shooting was accidental and believe a sibling may have been involved.

Mark your calendars and set those alarms, Atlanta! A spectacular total lunar eclipse – famously known as the Blood Moon – will dazzle North Georgia skies in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (with initial phases technically beginning late on March 2 in some global time zones).

A retired Fulton County Sheriff's deputy was struck by a vehicle while working a traffic detail in downtown Atlanta early Sunday, turning a marathon morning into a crime scene just off the race course. The collision happened near the intersection of Ted Turner Drive and Mitchell Street during activities for the...

The parents of an eight-year-old who brought a gun to his elementary school are now facing charges from their local sheriff’s office.

After month of steady drop in price at the pump, the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded in Georgia spiked by nine cents per gallon over the past week, reaching $2.78 (Editor’s Note: The AAA gas price page indicates the price is continuing to rise, and is now at $2.80 in Georgia, and the current price on the...

ATLANTA — Officers with the Atlanta Police Department are investigating a shooting late Saturday night in southwest Atlanta that left a 19-year-old man injured. Police said officers were dispatched around 10:45 p.m. to reports of a person shot at 1575 Elixir Ave. SW. When officers arrived, they found a...

An Acworth woman has been convicted in connection with a 2018 crash that killed a 5-year-old Decatur boy, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.

For decades, South Metro Atlanta has been defined by proximity – close to the world’s busiest airport, threaded by major interstates and anchored by logistics and distribution. Today, that geography still matters, but it no longer tells the whole story. Across Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, Henry and Spalding counties,...

Atlanta police are calling on downtown residents, workers and commuters to help crack a killing in the heart of the city after 42-year-old Charlie Davis was found shot to death in a parking deck on Jan. 12. Officers discovered Davis lying on his side in the ninth-floor elevator lobby at 161 Peachtree Center Avenue NE...

Joe South has quite a memorable name. Sadly, unless you were around to witness his brilliance as a singer-songwriter and guitarist back in the 1960s and 1970s, his name might not ring a bell. That’s a shame, honestly. Joe South was really on a different level in the genres of country, folk, and rock back in the day....