News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Do Atlanta drivers really need all-wheel drive?
AWD can add traction — and cost. Here’s when Atlanta drivers may benefit from it and when good tires matter more.
Police find dismembered body at Smyrna apartments; teen charged
Police swarmed a Smyrna apartment complex hours after officials said they discovered a woman’s dismembered body and arrested an 18-year-old.

2 arrested after contractor killed outside Norfolk Southern facility in Cobb
Two men were arrested Thursday after a contractor with Norfolk Southern was shot and killed last week at the company’s facility in Austell, officials say.
This Georgia Tech professor broke barriers for women in aerospace
Marilyn Smith, Georgia Tech's first female aerospace engineering professor, talks about the highlights and challenges of her work in a male-dominated field.

National law firm recruits Atlanta partners to open Midtown office
National law firm Saul Ewing has opened an Atlanta office with senior attorneys from several prominent city law firms and plans to quickly recruit more local talent.

12 teens wounded in shooting at late-night birthday gathering in Georgia park
Twelve teenagers were wounded in gunfire here early Sunday, two of them critically, in a shooting at a city park not far from I-16 at the edge of downtown Macon.

3 charged after 15 children found in Marietta 2-bedroom apartment, police say
Three adults are facing felony child cruelty charges after an investigation revealed 15 children living with them in a two-bedroom apartment in Marietta, police said.
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Legal motions to prevent the transfer have started rolling in, with attorneys expecting to file dozens more in the coming weeks.

National law firm recruits Atlanta partners to open Midtown office
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DNA testing ongoing after dismembered body found in Smyrna, police say
No one has been charged in the killing of a woman whose dismembered body was found in Smyrna, police said, though a teen arrested is considered a “person of interest."

Karol G brings Latin pop brilliance to Atlanta stop of ‘Tropitour’
Colombian pop singer Karol G, whose hit “Bby Wow” is climbing the charts, performed at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday night.
After a fight, gunfire left 2 boys dead in DeKalb. A teen is now charged.
An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday, accused in a shooting that left two boys dead and two women injured in DeKalb County days earlier, police say.

A.M. ATL: It’s panda time
Morning, y'all! Here's your Sept. 25 update: panda politics, encouraging environmental news in North Georgia, "grandma hobbies" and more.

Do Atlanta drivers really need all-wheel drive?
AWD can add traction — and cost. Here’s when Atlanta drivers may benefit from it and when good tires matter more.
Data centers, factories bring billions to Georgia. New report asks who benefits.
Across six states in the Deep South — Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee — investment in data centers, factories and infrastructure is booming.

Atlanta jurors reach $164M verdict in federal sex trafficking trial
The former owner of a Super 8 hotel near Atlanta's airport must pay $164 million to a young woman who says she was sex trafficked there as a minor, a federal jury decided.
Police find dismembered body at Smyrna apartments; teen charged
Police swarmed a Smyrna apartment complex hours after officials said they discovered a woman’s dismembered body and arrested an 18-year-old.

2 arrested after contractor killed outside Norfolk Southern facility in Cobb
Two men were arrested Thursday after a contractor with Norfolk Southern was shot and killed last week at the company’s facility in Austell, officials say.
Atlanta ‘Most Wanted’ suspect tied to club owner’s death arrested in Florida
One of Atlanta police’s “Top 10 Most Wanted” suspects was arrested Wednesday in the 2023 shooting death of a nightclub co-owner, officials said.




