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A member of the Cobb County District Attorney’s community engagement team is facing a criminal charge following a road rage incident in Kennesaw.

Georgia has always had a talent for making outsiders feel immediately at home, and nowhere is that gift more apparent than at the table. Across Atlanta’s vibrant neighborhoods, Savannah’s Spanish-moss-draped squares, and the smaller cities that dot the state, Italian cooking has found a genuinely Southern soul. Whether

There is a strange calm that takes over the first time wet clay starts spinning beneath your fingers. The world narrows down to your hands and that single lump of earth, and whatever was stressing you out an hour ago simply dissolves. People warn you it is addictive, and after...

It takes a genuinely special dessert to make someone drive clear across a metro area for a single slice. Most sweets are a happy accident, grabbed on the way to somewhere else. This one is the destination. A small bakery in East Point has built a devoted following that does...

MABLETON, Ga. - Mableton leaders cleared the way to build an independent police department Tuesday evening when they approved a $5 million budget for fiscal year 2027. Included in that budget is money to build the city's first police department, making a definitive shift away from county-provided security. Mableton pol

[This is a lightly edited repeat of an article we published in 2018 and republished last fall. Since our web traffic has increased substantially in the intervening years I thought it would be good to introduce new readers to some of our evergreen past works]. Joe South was born Joseph...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Criminal charges will not be filed in the case against an Atlanta police officer who is accused of shooting and killing 38-year-old Devon Anderson outside a South Fulton bar while off duty in 2024. Anderson’s mother has been fighting to get justice for...

ATLANTA - A 21-year-old man is recovering after being shot in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday evening. It happened in the 500 block of Cascade Avenue SW near the intersection of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers arrived shortly after 5:30 p.m. to find the man had been

The life and legacy of two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Peabo Bryson were celebrated during a private, invitation-only homegoing service that honored one of the most beloved voices in modern R&B history. Known for timeless classics such as “Feel the Fire,” “I’m So Into You,” “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love,” “Reachin

An Atlanta-area doctor is accused of submitting more than $4 million in fraudulent claims to Georgia Medicaid over a six-year period. Georgia also reached a $375,000 settlement with a psychiatric practice over alleged Medicaid billing issues. The cases are part of a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted