Man in critical condition after shooting in Paulding County neighborhood
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition Friday morning after a shooting inside a Paulding County neighborhood, deputies said. At around 6 a.m., the sheriff’s office responded to the 200 block of Wallace Way in Rockmart, where they found the...
Man shot in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood
Police said the man may have been shot near Willoughby Way NE before running to Ralph McGill Boulevard NE.
12-year-old who vanished after leaving for school found, South Fulton police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A 12-year-old boy who hadn’t been seen since leaving for school on Friday morning has been found, South Fulton police confirmed Saturday afternoon. According to police, the child — whose name wasn’t released — didn’t board the bus and never made it...
Multiple schools in Georgia to close next week
GEORGIA — Multiple school districts across Georgia will be closed during the week of April 6 through April 10, 2026, as spring break is scheduled in several parts of the state, according to district calendars. Among those with confirmed full-week closures: Additional districts with closures during that same week...
Paulding County house fire claims life of 35-year-old man, community rallies around grieving mother
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A 35-year-old man died in a house fire early Sunday morning in Paulding County, leaving behind a grieving mother and a community rallying to support her after the devastating loss. Fire crews were called just before sunrise to a home on Mount Tabor Church Road...
Atlanta-based UPS will continue offering drivers thousands of dollars to resign despite union challenges
The United Parcel Service says it will continue offering drivers thousands of dollars to resign across the rest of the country after the delivery giant pulled the offer from 13 central region states, such as Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky, last week. UPS says its latest buyout program, which allows eligible...
Mayor Dickens Unleashes ‘SO ATL’ Plan To Stop Teen Takeover Chaos
With spring break about to flood Atlanta with out-of-school teens, Mayor Andre Dickens rolled out a new youth safety push Thursday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center, introducing a program dubbed SO ATL that is built around supervised, alcohol-free "third spaces" for students. The initiative...
Camera captures couple fighting off raccoon that attacked family dog and wouldn’t let go
ATLANTA (ANF/Gray News) — A Georgia family is still in shock after a raccoon attacked their dog in their backyard, and the whole thing was caught on camera. Sean Yanes said he took his dog, Ro Ro, outside on Sunday evening and spotted the raccoon, initially thinking nothing of it.
A tornado outbreak caused Georgia’s deadliest plane crash
Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed near Atlanta, Georgia, during a tornado outbreak on April 4, 1977. Georgia’s worst-ever plane crash occurred in the middle of a tornado outbreak on April 4, 1977. A line of severe thunderstorms heavily damaged the commercial jet as it approached Atlanta, forcing the crew...
Frustrations grow after parking garage collapse at Brookhaven apartment complex
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In the two weeks since a Brookhaven apartment parking garage partially collapsed, residents said “it’s been a complete nightmare.”. “I’ve only been here a few months and ever since I moved in, it’s one thing after another,” said I. Elsey, a resident of The Hendrix complex.
