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Kemp issues state of emergency as Georgia preps for snow, bitter cold

Several winter weather alerts have been issued across the state for this weekend, just days after thawing out from last weekend’s ice storm.

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Winter storm threat forces Atlanta cancellations, closures including aquarium

For the second weekend in a row, the threat of inclement weather throughout metro Atlanta and North Georgia has prompted several closures and cancellations.

Herman Wilder with his sisters Clara Odom (left) and Rene Wright in an undated family photo. He was brutally killed in 2001, in a mystery that took 24 years to solve. (Courtesy)

Through twists and turns, Georgia family waits 24 years to find a man’s killer

It took a quarter century of dead ends and strange leads before DNA evidence led a family to the real killer of Herman Wilder of Dahlonega.

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These rural expanses could be Georgia’s next big development sites

State leaders are pumping a new round of funding into select rural Georgia communities to prepare their development sites for the needs of industry.

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Tara Baker case: Lawyers spar over DNA in contentious start to murder trial

Lawyers sparred over key DNA evidence in opening arguments of the murder trial of Edrick Faust for the 2001 killing of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.

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Music therapy helps a young Georgia patient find her voice

Myliyah “Grace” Leitzsey, 7, copes with months of hospitalization through songwriting while waiting for a heart transplant.

Crime & Public Safety
Kennesaw councilman quits over Wildman’s permit renewal

Wildman’s manager says $800K stock sale was a gift, not theft from estate

Marjorie Lyon, the late owner’s friend and longtime store manager, says a letter from 2021 proves the stock was rightfully hers.

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BREAKING

Suspect at large after shooting man inside crowded Decatur Library, police say

A man is in critical condition after he was shot inside the Decatur Library on Sycamore Street, police said.

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Tara Baker case: Lawyers spar over DNA in contentious start to murder trial

Lawyers sparred over key DNA evidence in opening arguments of the murder trial of Edrick Faust for the 2001 killing of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker.

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EXCLUSIVE

One of the country’s fastest-growing AI startups moves HQ to Midtown

Wanda Sims Watters stands near where her childhood home was at 205 Elizabeth Street in Decatur on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. The once thriving Black neighborhood was destroyed in waves from the 1940s-1970s through eminent domain for government housing, facilities and “urban renewal.” (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Metro Atlanta governments take up reparations amid national challenges

Anti-ICE protests

Skaters turn out to protest ICE on Atlanta Beltline

Snow in metro Atlanta

Snow, extreme cold keep northeast Georgia students home Monday

Snow in metro Atlanta

Temperature rises above freezing in Atlanta after bitter cold spell

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Gridlock Guy: Inside an 11Alive traffic reporter’s first Atlanta ice storm

ICE related protest in woodstock, Georgia

Weather postpones nearly all of Saturday’s anti-ICE protests in metro Atlanta

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UPDATE

Tap water safe to drink south of Atlanta after airport fuel spill