News for Metro Atlanta and Region

A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP 2021)

Perseid meteor shower in Georgia: What to know, where to watch

The Perseid meteor shower will peak Aug. 12-13 and line up with a new moon, providing dark skies for better viewing opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

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
Messiah Harris

Missing Cobb child’s body was in woods for ‘considerable’ time, police say

A 2-year-old reported missing Friday afternoon was found dead in a wooded area near his Marietta apartment complex, police say.

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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.

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.

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Judge Timothy Walmsley

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

Feeding the hungry at First Presbyterian Church in Marietta

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

Teachers project Part 2

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

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?

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