News for Metro Atlanta and Region

Teddy's Market convenience store sued by Buc-ee's

Buc-ee’s fight with Georgia store in spotlight after late night show prank

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver used Canton small business’ legal fight with the Texas convenience giant to illustrate how the “trademark bully” operates.

City council directs Atlanta to craft extreme heat safety plan

Under fire, City Council tells mayor’s office to craft extreme heat plan

City Council unanimously passed the resolution Monday, which calls on Mayor Andre Dickens' office and other city departments to craft a multi-pronged heat safety plan.

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GRIDLOCK GUY

MARTA’s World Cup wedding is over. Now it’s time for an enduring marriage.

For World Cup momentum to continue, MARTA has to staff up, shape up and treat locals the way it treated the world.

Georgia News
Houses on Sapelo Island tend to be modest cottages and mobile homes. (Justin Taylor for the AJC)

New zoning, same dissatisfaction over law dictating Sapelo Island home size

A new zoning ordinance on Georgia's Sapelo Island means no big vacation homes, but Gullah Geechee residents opposed to development say the law's wording gives room for abuse.

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Georgia ICE arrest

ICE announces more than 1,200 Georgia arrests

Over half of the immigrants arrested in recent operation had criminal backgrounds, ICE says.

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Iran War Deaths

Tyler James Feehan, U.S. soldier killed in Jordan, buried Friday in Georgia

Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who grew up in Cobb County and was killed in an Iranian missile strike in Jordan, will be buried Friday at Georgia National Cemetery.

Crime & Public Safety
Justice for Jamarion Robinson press conference

Judge dismisses case against officers charged in man’s 2016 death in Fulton

Jamarion Robinson was fatally shot during an attempted arrest in East Point. A judge recently dismissed the case against two officers charged in the incident.

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Anniversary of Atlanta CDC shooting

HHS Secretary Kennedy attends CDC event for anniversary of Atlanta shooting

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting that locked down the CDC for hours and killed a police officer.

Colin Gray sentencing hearing

Apalachee High School shooter’s father seeks new trial in his novel case

Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee High School shooter, is seeking a new trial after being found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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Tara Theatre Opening

Slamdance brings its ‘On the Road’ program to Atlanta

Teachers project Part 2

8th graders’ math scores dip on Georgia test. See your school’s score.

Judge Timothy Walmsley

Judge in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial resigns to join Atlanta law firm

Atlanta Fire Rescue’s Dive/Swift Water Team performed welfare checks on residents on Hanover West Drive in Atlanta, after Helene entered Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane Sept. 27, 2024 and then was downgraded to a tropical storm. It brought a lot of problems to Atlanta with numerous water rescues and incessant rain. (John Spink/AJC)

Home insurance costs grow in Georgia. What’s behind the increase?

Feeding the hungry at First Presbyterian Church in Marietta

Seen at a drive-through food pantry: Lyft tag, landscaping truck, luxury car

Flooding in McCaysville

Water service restored after flood damages North Georgia town, officials say

FCC Lifting Ownership

Atlanta TV stations could see changes under new FCC rule

Workers check produce plants at a vertical farm greenhouse that was operated by a different company in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023.  (LM Otero/AP)

Vertical farming startup shuts down metro Atlanta operations

Data Surge, Revenue and Taxes

Microsoft works to unwind tax breaks for its metro Atlanta data centers

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former GSU football player killed in shooting during robbery, officials say