BioLab fire samples may have contained cancer-causing chemical
CONYERS, Ga. (WTOC) - New reporting by Pamela Kirkland with Georgia Public Broadcasting reveals that samples collected after the BioLab chemical fire in Conyers of September 2024, may have contained hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing chemical made widely known through the Erin Brockovich case. State officials...
40 Varieties: Young Hydroponic Farmer is Making an Impact in Atlanta
From designing custom organic nutrient blends to exploring robotics and AI integration, Malon’s farm operates more like a research lab than a traditional field. Meet Malon E.D. James, a 15-year-old hydroponic farmer in Atlanta, Georgia. What began as childhood curiosity has grown into a thriving hydroponic operation...
Georgia’s affordable housing supply sinking, developers say property taxes putting units at risk
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia is losing its affordable housing supply at an alarming pace, and housing advocates say a broken property tax system is helping drive the decline. According to a study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Georgia has lost more than 67,000...
Legendary Grateful Dead founding member, guitarist Bob Weir dies at 78
The legendary band was founded in 1965 in California’s Bay Area and was disbanded in 1995.
Bruno Mars, Chris Stapleton announce tour stops in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two entertainment powerhouses are heading to Atlanta this year as part of their respective tours. Pop superstar Bruno Mars and country music legend Chris Stapleton will bring their hit-filled catalogs to the city in the coming months. Ahead of the Feb. 27 release...
Experts: Georgia must spend more on teacher pay, mental health in schools
State lawmakers, along with some governors, have tried — and failed — over the years to update the formula that helps fund the state’s public schools.
10 Black-Owned Museums Where History Still Breathes
Black history doesn’t live behind glass. It lives in rooms where music was made, in neighborhoods that shaped movements, and in stories passed down with intention. Across the United States, Black-owned and Black-led museums serve as cultural anchors, preserving our past while actively shaping how it’s remembered and...
Renee Good ICE shooting: Atlanta vigils as new videos emerge
ATLANTA - Community members gathered across the Atlanta area Friday for a second night of vigils to mourn Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Death of Renee Nicole Good. What we know:. The...
Week in Review: Approaches to cutting Georgia taxes and people protest ICE killing in...
Lawmakers are presenting different ideas to make life more affordable by cutting taxes as the Georgia legislative session begins on Monday. And we look at a report on the DeKalb County families living in extended stay hotels because they can’t afford a more permanent place to live and how that can take a toll on...
Former Darlington apartments bought up for workforce housing
Atlanta’s long-standing apartments, famed for the “Atlanta’s Population Now” sign facing Peachtree Street have changed hands yet again — and soon it will join the city’s ranks of affordable housing units. The Darlington apartments were first built in 1951 as some of the city’s...

















