Atlanta News First staff
Just as the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners join the Southeastern Conference, SEC Football Media Days are headed for former Big 12 territory.
No charges have been filed after a toddler was found inside a hot car and pronounced dead on Tuesday, police in Georgia confirmed.
Troopers say the suspect driver ran a red light and collided with a church van that was carrying at least five children.
Justin Ross Harris was released from Macon State Prison on Sunday after serving about 10 years, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. His next stop was the jail in Cobb County.
Police pursued a Gwinnett County transit bus in a high-speed chase that started on Interstate 85 Tuesday afternoon.
Police are investigating after four people were shot at Peachtree Center mall off Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta.
A family of five lost four of its members after a horrific crash in Georgia on Sunday evening. The crash also claimed the life of a college student.
Neighbors questioned why the power was still on when the tree trimmers were out working.
A K-9 deputy died after suffering a medical emergency, according to the sheriff's office.
Maranatha Baptist Church has named its first female pastor.
Former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson says the nation’s 39th president is “doing OK but nearing the end.”
Two people were killed in a nightclub shooting.
Three children were killed in what police believe is a murder-suicide after their mom agreed to let her ex-husband take them to get something to eat, according to authorities in Georiga.
Jose Ibarra, the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley, was indicted by a Clarke County grand jury on Tuesday.
The medical emergency led to the high school being placed on lockdown.
A high school student turned herself in following a fatal February crash that claimed the life of another student, according to police.
Police say two 16-year-old friends were playing with a gun when one of them accidentally fired it, shooting the other in the face.
A child in Georgia called 911 and asked dispatchers if they would order some hot wings, according to a Facebook post.
The rapper was arrested on charges of DUI, open container and failure to obey a traffic control device.
Police say a hospital patient stole a private ambulance from Piedmont Henry Hospital, from which he had just been discharged.
A man died after being pinned under an RV.
"We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations, and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song,” CBS said in their statement.
A Georgia father is facing 50 years in prison after allegedly poisoning his newborn baby’s breastmilk with antifreeze.
A person smashed their SUV into the front gate at the FBI Atlanta headquarters Monday afternoon, according to officials.
Police said criminals defrauded a Georgia family out of hundreds of dollars after making them believe their 18-year-old daughter had been kidnapped.
Known as the “Butterfly Queen” she was a civil rights activist, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a beacon of light to the churches and communities she served, the foundation said.
Laken Riley's phone made a call to 911 during her death, according to records.
The viral video captured her 12-year-old son sticking his head up in the trunk of a gray Dodge while she drove, Atlanta News First reported.
Nursing student Laken Riley was found dead on the University of Georgia's campus after her friend reported to police she hadn't come back from a run.
A suspect is in custody for the homicide of a student on the University of Georgia’s campus, police said.
Fire department officials say the mother passed away from her injuries on Friday.
A Georgia high school football coach was arrested after allegedly killing his girlfriend.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis herself delivered a fiery, often combative and contentious testimony on Thursday.
Thursday, Fulton County DA Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade may learn if they’ll be allowed to continue their indictment of Donald Trump.
Four students were shot Wednesday afternoon at a southwest Atlanta high school, according to a spokesperson with the district.
The driver said that he has only been behind the wheel of a bus for a month when another student got his attention to let him know the girl was choking.
A mother is begging whoever stole her son’s emotional support dogs to bring them back to her Stone Mountain, Georgia, home.
The family alleges they were not made aware of the decapitation until they received a concerning phone call from the funeral home.
The children's grandfather says his son rushed to the home and broke windows, trying to rescue everyone.
Police confirmed there was a shooting at McEachern High School in Cobb County, the Powder Springs Police Department said Thursday afternoon.
A former Olympian's home was robbed, according to police.
A Delta flight departing from Atlanta lost a wheel during its takeoff attempt at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Uga X, also known as “Que,” died at his home in Savannah.
The King Center in Atlanta says the 62-year-old son of the civil rights leader died Monday at his California home.
The assistant federal security director at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was arrested on a felony charge of forgery related to the alleged “exploitation of a family member with dementia,” police said.
Zoo Atlanta is ringing in Christmas with a special delivery — a southern white rhino calf.
Georgia State Patrol troopers responded to the two-vehicle crash on the evening of Dec. 15.
A Georgia teen was hit and killed by a drunken driver on Friday, police said.
A Georgia teenager was killed while he was trying to rescue an injured dog, authorities said.
A high school football player in Georgia was found dead the day before he was supposed to play in the state championship game.
