Part of I-285 in Georgia shut down following vehicle crash
GEORGIA — A crash has closed multiple lanes on Interstate 285 South on Atlanta’s Westside Friday morning, causing major traffic delays. The crash happened just past Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and before Benjamin E. Mays Drive on the Westside Perimeter. Officials said the crash occurred in the same area where a full w
Atlanta Teens Call Out Schools For Pushing Black Girls Out Of Class
A group of Atlanta high school students spent eight months doing what a lot of adults have not: tracing how exclusionary discipline, meaning suspensions, expulsions and other removals from class, pushes Black girls out of school and toward worse outcomes. Their youth driven report does not just lean on personal stories
UGA grad dies after jumping into lake to celebrate
ATLANTA — A University of Georgia student has died after jumping into an Alabama lake from a cliff. Investigators said Jayden Barreto, 24, of Columbus, died after jumping from Chimney Rock into Lake Martin, near Montgomery, AL.com reports. Montgomery Fire Rescue said they were called out to the lake...
Police: Man shot, killed woman in front of her 7-month-old before turning gun on...
STONECREST, Ga. (WKRC) — A man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed his long-term on-again-off-again girlfriend in a grocery store parking lot earlier in May. The DeKalb County Police Department says it was called to a Publix in Stonecrest, Georgia, the evening of May...
‘Not looking forward to this:’ Drivers prepare for weekend I-285 shutdown
Drivers are bracing for a major section of Interstate 285 to shut down in both directions.
The data center boom is transforming Georgia. Some residents could lose their land.
Georgia’s data center surge is forcing new power lines, sparking homeowner backlash and eminent domain concerns in Fayette, Coweta and beyond.
Survivor of double murder finds faith after facing death in its face, he says
Survivor of a double murder in metro Atlanta relieved as judge sentences would-be killer to life in prison. Gun jam and stabbing narrowly avoided.
One of Atlanta’s tallest towers snags tenant after being empty for years
Medical imaging technology company Oxos announced it signed a 40,000-square-foot lease to move its headquarters to Tower Square in Midtown.
Motorist killed in crash on Lower Roswell at Old Paper Mill
Cobb Police said that a motorist was killed in a two-car crash Thursday morning at the intersection of Lower Roswell Road and Old Paper Mill in East Cobb. Sgt. Eric Smith said that Yodit Momo, 57, of Atlanta, was pronounced dead on the scene by the Cobb Medical Examiner’s Office.
MARTA bus crashes into ditch; driver, 6 passengers injured
ATLANTA — Six passengers and a MARTA bus driver were hurt in a crash on Thursday. According to a MARTA spokesperson, the crash happened just before 6 p.m. on Holcomb Bridge Road. Officials said the bus engine began smoking, causing the bus operator to run off the road into a ditch.
