Marietta GA

Police say one person was taken in for questioning.

A new study shows Atlanta is one of the most deadly cities for birds, especially during peak migration periods. Now, Georgia Tech students are working to change that.

Police say viral footage shows 65-year-old Robert Burke allegedly threatening a security guard and shouting slurs in front of children. A Georgia man captured on widely shared video verbally abusing a security guard and hurling racial slurs outside a Social Security office in suburban Atlanta has been arrested,...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Crews have spent hours battling a fire at a funeral home in Fairburn on Sunday. The fire is at Cook Brothers Funeral Directors and Cremations, located at 268 NW Broad Street. Firefighters have not yet determined the cause of the fire, which was...

The “Atlanta Race Riots”—more accurately termed the Atlanta Race Massacre—occurred from September 22 to 26, 1906, and stand as a brutal manifestation of the lingering wounds of a divided America. Relatively few people realize that America’s freedoms are not birthright privileges, but rather hard-fought pacts forged...

Christopher Wilson, 39, of Acworth, is accused of smashing a woman's windshield on Jan. 8 at 6:27 p.m. at the Jimmy Mac's Marietta restaurant, 3205 Canton Road, Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Wilson was given a ride to the location by the victim. When she refused to...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA. — A former Douglas County probate judge has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit against the City of Atlanta and an Atlanta police officer, alleging excessive use of force, reputational harm, and the dissemination of misleading public information following her arrest last year. Christina Peterson, who...

All of a sudden, Georgia seems to be in Old Man Winter’s crosshairs. On Sunday, a belt of 1-3 inches of snow fell across an area of central into northeast Georgia. Some parts of southeastern metro Atlanta saw flurries. Monroe, Upson and Putnam Counties reported sticking snow. The National...

Georgia has quietly become one of the South’s most exciting BBQ destinations. From Atlanta’s innovative pitmasters to small-town joints perfecting recipes passed down through generations, the state offers smoky flavors that rival anything you’ll find in Texas or the Carolinas. I’ve gathered some of the best BBQ...

ATLANTA. GA — An internal investigation at the Fulton County Jail has resulted in the arrest of a contract nurse accused of violating jail policies by engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an inmate and introducing contraband into the facility. Naomi Anthony, who worked as a nurse contractor at...