News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Georgia ice storm: Road conditions, warnings and closures live updates
A menacing storm is bearing down on North Georgia. In metro Atlanta, an ice storm warning went into effect at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Bitter cold will test Georgia’s power grid. Utilities say they’re ready.
Georgia's electric utilities will face a second test of their power grid this week as freezing temperatures could strain power plants and grid infrastructure.
Georgia steels itself for more challenges this week amid winter storm
The National Weather Service warns of more power outages and ‘impossible travel,' with dangerous cold possibly lasting until Thursday.

Snow increasingly likely for Georgia, parts of metro Atlanta this weekend
Another arctic blast is on the way that will keep conditions frigid over metro Atlanta and could even bring a small chance for snow to the Peach State.
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Bird flu detected in another Georgia poultry facility, third case this month
Another Georgia commercial poultry flock has tested positive for bird flu, the third such case in less than a month in the state, agriculture officials said.
ICE opens new satellite field office in College Park
The College Park office will likely play a supporting role to ICE’s existing Atlanta field office, located downtown on Ted Turner Drive.

Cobb police shoot woman who pointed gun at officer outside HQ, GBI says
The GBI has been asked to investigate the incident, which left a 26-year-old Marietta woman in critical condition.
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Georgia man accused of shooting at utility workers restoring power from storm
Suspect faces five charges, including aggravated assault, Rabun County sheriff says.

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A woman who died at a Fulton County hospital in 2024 remains unidentified, and Roswell police are asking for the public's help.
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City shuts off rural Georgia hospital’s water for nonpayment, locals say
Ocilla Mayor Melvin Harper said the hospital had more than $20,000 in overdue water bills.

Georgia Tech professor headed to the Grammys for Black poetry-inspired works
Georgia Tech professor Brittney Boykin is headed to the Grammys with compositions inspired by Black poetry featured on two classical vocal albums. She talks to the AJC first.

Herschel Bloom, prominent Atlanta attorney, dead at 82
Herschel Bloom, an Atlanta attorney with a passion for baseball, has died. Bloom was a longtime assistant coach of the East Cobb Yankees team for older high school players.

Georgia man accused of shooting at utility workers restoring power from storm
Suspect faces five charges, including aggravated assault, Rabun County sheriff says.

Lawsuit targets exemptions Trump granted to Georgia plants using toxic gas
Environmental groups claim President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, overstepped their legal authority.
Home Depot to cut 800 corporate jobs, require workers back to office full time
Home Depot says it is eliminating about 800 corporate jobs tied to its Vinings headquarters.

She died in a Fulton hospital in November 2024. But no one knows her name.
A woman who died at a Fulton County hospital in 2024 remains unidentified, and Roswell police are asking for the public's help.
Atlanta has to consider World Cup security risks. Does that list include ICE?
Public safety is a paramount concern when hosting events like the World Cup, when hundreds of thousands of international soccer fans are expected to flock to Atlanta.

CMA Award winners among headliners for inaugural Atlanta Braves fest
The June 13 festival, merging mainstream and rising country acts, will be headlined by Cody Johnson, Mackenzie Carpenter, Ella Langley and Ernest.
Ponce de Leon in Druid Hills reopens after large downed tree crushes car
The road was closed in both directions between Springdale Road and Moreland Avenue in the Druid Hills neighborhood. The road reopened just before 9:45 a.m.





