News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Six Flags rides in Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey to get seat belts after death
The Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia will get a new restraint when the ride reopens. An Atlanta man was ejected from the popular coaster midride Oct. 12.
All released from hospitals after Salem High football team bus crash
More than 20 Salem High School students and staff were taken for medical treatment following a school bus crash. All have now been released from hospital.
The good, the bad and the future of I-285 toll lanes
Officials recently approved a record-setting deal to build and collect on new I-285 toll lanes, but what about transit?
Georgia News
The future Audi plant in Georgia could get much bigger, docs show
Documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution show a potential second phase of the future Audi plant.
Thousands in Georgia expected to drop ACA plans as open enrollment begins
This is the second year of major premium increases. Enrollment in Georgia Access is down one-third since Jan. 1. Open enrollment began Sunday.
Thousands of Catholics travel from afar as Georgia Martyrs beatified
Five Franciscan missionaries killed in 1597 along what is today Georgia's coast moved closer to Catholic sainthood Saturday at a beatification ceremony in Savannah.
Crime & Public Safety
Former High Museum executive gets 1-year sentence for embezzlement
A former High Museum of Art executive was sentenced to 12 months in prison in federal court Monday after stealing over $600,000 from the museum.
2 DeKalb officers shot after ‘domestic incident’ leads to gunfire, police say
Two DeKalb County police officers were shot and injured Sunday night while responding to a domestic incident, officials say.
Boy, 4, found dead in Atlanta suffered injuries, past abuse, warrant says
Two women are charged with murder after a 4-year-old boy’s body was found under a pile of clothes at an Atlanta home, arrest warrants say.
