2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (376+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta A Gwinnett County mother accused of leaving her infant son in a hot car while she worked is out of jail, over prosecutors’ objections that she remains a danger to her two surviving children. Deja…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (186+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A 29-year-old Atlanta man was arrested on a charge accusing him of fentanyl possession Aug.27. Alpharetta police said officers approached three men at the patio of a closed Davis Drive business. Officers walked the men to their patrol…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (323+ words) Convicted killer Stacey Humphreys is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 16. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Humphreys will be put to death at 7 p.m. that night at the Georgia Diagnostic and classification Prison. But before he receives the lethal…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (881+ words) A home is more than just four walls and a foundation slab. It’s the memories of holidays gathering around grandma’s oak table, roughhousing with your favorite cousins or burying a beloved childhood dog in the backyard. In Georgia, there are…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (682+ words) Starting next summer, Georgia’s highest court will no longer routinely hear appeals in murder cases. Under Georgia law, the state’s high court has jurisdiction over all capital cases — that is, cases where the death penalty has been imposed. But the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (516+ words) Five members of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners offered to buy the Atlanta City Detention Center for $56.5 million in an Aug. 10 letter to Mayor Andre Dickens and the Atlanta City Council. The county commission’s letter requested a response from…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (264+ words) Georgia tax revenue continued rising in July, bolstered by strong receipts from the sales and use tax, which sent more money to local governments. Net tax collections were $2.57 billion, up $78.1 million from July 2025. That 3.1% increase came despite a 2.1% year-over-year drop…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (445+ words) Gov. Brian Kemp’s office has instructed Georgia state agencies to keep spending level as they prepare budget proposals ahead of next year’s legislative session. Kemp is term-limited and signed his final budget earlier this year, cutting more than $300 million in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (19+ words) Colt Gray pleaded guilty to 55 counts in the Apalachee High shooting, leaving his sentence to the judge's decision....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (252+ words) A 66-year-old former Certified Public Accountant from Atlanta was sentenced yesterday to years in federal prison. Ronald Deabler, of Atlanta, was convicted of conspiring to launder $5.3 million stolen from Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, Inc. He was sentenced to four…...