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Bond hearing for Sidney Favors at Fulton County Courthouse

Reality TV star denied bond on child molestation charges in Fulton

Sidney “Starr” Favors was arrested earlier this month at a hotel in Hapeville and will remain in jail on pending child molestation charges.

EXCLUSIVE: Wish Atlanta is closing later this year. Here’s why.
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Wish Atlanta is closing later this year. Here’s why.

The popular Little Five Points luxury streetwear and sneaker boutique is a destination for international streetwear brands and fashion houses.

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Woman killed in hit-and-run car wreck on I-75, police say

Atlanta police say they responded early Sunday morning to a hit-and-run wreck on I-75 that left one woman dead and the other driver on the run.

Georgia News
Lawmakers to consider property tax relief for scores of Georgia communities

Warnock blasts OpenAI, Effingham for doing data center deal ‘in the dark’

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, who grew up in coastal Georgia, called for protections for residents and criticized secrecy surrounding data center deals.

Measles Deaths

Four measles cases confirmed at Georgia daycare

State health officials didn’t identify the daycare or the ages of the children infected, but said each was either unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated.

Pasture mealybugs

Georgia officials detect new, potentially devastating invasive insect

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced the state’s first confirmed detection of the pasture mealybug at a turf grass business in southwest Decatur County.

Crime & Public Safety
JERMAINE DUPRI

Atlanta producer Jermaine Dupri drops royalty lawsuit against Sony

Atlanta music producer Jermaine Dupri drops a lawsuit that had sought millions from Sony Music Entertainment, saying in court records the situation has been resolved.

Decatur library

Judge grants immunity to man in DeKalb library shooting, citing self-defense

A man who was previously charged after a shooting at a DeKalb County library had his charges dropped after a judge found he acted in self-defense, officials say.

Gwinnett District Attorney files a lawsuit related to House Bill 369

Gwinnett DA files lawsuit in fight over nonpartisan voting law

Gwinnett DA Patsy Austin-Gatson is the second official to take legal action over the law, which only affects Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton counties.

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MARTA Series

MARTA agrees to $52 million settlement in audit dispute

i-75/85 closed 8/27/26

Pedestrian killed, struck by multiple vehicles on I-75/85 North in Atlanta

Stacey Humphreys

New execution date scheduled for Georgia death row inmate

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Atlanta artist 6lack appears to cancel world tour, including hometown stop

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Fulton may hold the road map for how literacy coaches

Georgia governor race: Bottoms and Jackson say they’ll raise teacher pay

Atlanta Mayor Vs School Board

Revenue or revitalization: Mayor’s legacy project hinges on school board

Fulton sheriff

Fulton sheriff urges county to expedite jail elevator project

Georgia Schools

Georgia ranks in the middle in many education categories. Is that a problem?

Noteable federal building

Ex-Amazon contractor gets 16 years in prison in $10M Atlanta fraud