Majority leader from 1986 to 2004, he is the father of current Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Larry Walker III.

After recent violence in public spaces, leaders in Atlanta and elsewhere try to manage public perception and safety before the FIFA World Cup.

Anthony Gresham allegedly shot a teen Friday at the Midtown station, and John Elijah Matthews is tied to a fatal May 30 stabbing at the Oakland City station, police say.

The suspect was taken into custody after fleeing into the woods Sunday morning in Douglas County, according to MARTA.

Renewed humidity makes the bugs more active, experts say, and Georgia is smack in the middle of prime tick season.

Fort Stewart gunman was quickly apprehended, and there were no injuries reported, officials said.

Todd and Julie Chrisley filed a $25M lawsuit in Atlanta against one of their former defense lawyers, claiming his malpractice led to their convictions and prison sentences.

A suspected drug deal at a College Park apartment complex escalated into violence Saturday night, leaving one man dead and another injured, police said.

Police are searching for a shooter after a teen was wounded on a MARTA train at the Midtown station, the latest in a series of violent incidents on transit agency property.

All north and southbound lanes of I-285 will be shut down between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive until 5 a.m. Monday, June 8.