News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Head of Georgia firm accused in massive Ponzi scheme gets 20 years in prison
Drive Planning founder and CEO Todd Burkhalter was sentenced to prison Friday for what federal prosecutors say was Georgia’s largest Ponzi scheme.
I-285 shutdown: Another round of construction scheduled for SW Atlanta
Interstate will close in both directions between Exit 7 (Cascade Road) and Exit 9 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive).
Atlanta’s Equifax to pay $100M after miscalculating credit scores
The settlement is “by far the largest class-action settlement ever achieved under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” and provides compensation for around 4 million people.
Battery storage company to build $141M manufacturing hub east of Atlanta
Korean battery storage firm DeltaX announced Friday it will invest $141 million to establish its North American manufacturing headquarters in Walton County.
At Georgia Square Mall, back to square one after major redevelopment fizzles
Athens-Clarke County weighs rezoning to help developer in wake of stalled $660 million project to revitalize struggling Georgia Square Mall.
Savannah sprawl: A homebuilding boom reshapes the Georgia coast
Savannah is in the middle of a long-term housing supply squeeze. Here's how the state’s fastest-growing metro area outside Atlanta is meeting the moment by building more.
Customs asked for his phone passcode. Now he faces a felony.
Authorities say Sam Tunick gave Customs officers a passcode that deleted his phone’s contents when they asked to search it. He now faces a felony charge.
2 missing girls kidnapped by babysitter found safe, Atlanta police say
The girls, ages 4 and 11 months, were abducted by their babysitter, and found in a private trailer in southwest Atlanta, Monday afternoon.
Officer injured while responding to mental health crisis call, Atlanta police say
A police officer is expected to recover after he was shot while exchanging gunfire with a man having a mental crisis in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood, officials say.
