News for Metro Atlanta and Region

What you could buy if you win tonight’s $1.6 billion Powerball drawing
With the Powerball jackpot reaching $1.6 billion ahead of tonight’s drawing, there are many ways a lucky winner could spend that seemingly endless cash.

Fight between dogs ends with homicide in Hall County park, police say
Man shoots and kills a man and his dog, according to sheriff’s office.
Man charged after shooting himself in arm at airport terminal, officials say
A Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport spokesperson said that police were called after a man was found shot in the South Terminal on Sunday afternoon.
Holiday mystery solved: How orbs of light hover above Decatur neighborhood
A Decatur couple started hanging large, lighted spheres high up in trees several Christmases ago. This year more than 250 fill up the sky of their Parkwood neighborhood.
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Nature resonates with distinct sounds during the cold season.
Who will replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress?
Now that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced her plans to resign, attention turns to who might replace her in Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

2 arrested after nearly 40 dogs found dead, starving at Gwinnett home, police say
Investigators said they discovered 13 plastic bags with dead dogs in refrigerators at a Gwinnett County residence, leading to the arrests of two women.
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Judge orders Wildman’s store manager to explain $835K stock sale
Ex-trustee must hand over records, including an accounting of the sale and where the proceeds ended up.
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Atlanta law firm founder disbarred for abandoning clients
The co-founder of an Atlanta-area law firm has been disbarred by the Georgia Supreme Court for abandoning six immigration clients seeking to remain in America.
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Ciara and Russell Wilson help feed Atlanta families with $500K donation
Pressure on the pocketbooks of working families going into the holidays were heightened by the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

2 hurt in tractor-trailer crash that closed I-285 for hours in DeKalb
Two people were hurt in a crash involving two tractor-trailers in DeKalb County early Tuesday, officials said.
Metro Atlanta’s getting a toasty weather treat for Christmas
The city’s projected high temperatures will flirt with records on Christmas Eve and Day.
Lessons from the past pushed Steve Selig to shape Atlanta’s future
Now 82, Steve Selig says it’s time to pass along what he’s learned and hand over the reins of his family’s namesake company Selig Enterprises to the next generation.
A once abandoned terminal changed Southwest Atlanta. Its future is still unfolding.
The small business hub is working to stay rooted in its mission to serve its community, while embracing events like the World Cup.

Convicted killer, murder suspect among 3 inmates who escaped DeKalb jail
Local law enforcement agencies were alerted to the escape, and the U.S. Marshals Service is also involved in the search for the 3 DeKalb County inmates.

What you could buy if you win tonight’s $1.6 billion Powerball drawing
With the Powerball jackpot reaching $1.6 billion ahead of tonight’s drawing, there are many ways a lucky winner could spend that seemingly endless cash.
Kenyan man sentenced after planning 9/11-style terrorist attack on Atlanta
Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 35, was found guilty in November 2024 on all six counts of conspiracy to hijack a U.S. airliner and crash it into the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta.

Fight between dogs ends with homicide in Hall County park, police say
Man shoots and kills a man and his dog, according to sheriff’s office.
Man charged after shooting himself in arm at airport terminal, officials say
A Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport spokesperson said that police were called after a man was found shot in the South Terminal on Sunday afternoon.


