News for Metro Atlanta and Region
Woman found dismembered in Smyrna was shot in the head, police say
Nearly a week after a woman’s dismembered body was found at a Smyrna apartment complex, police said Tuesday that an autopsy revealed she had been shot.
Where are the hurricanes? Storm-weary Georgia seeing abnormally quiet year.
A powerful El Nino weather pattern is smothering hurricane activity in the Atlantic even as nor'easters churn. Still, experts are urging Georgians to stay vigilant.
Florida sheriff blasts Georgia officials over prisoners’ scams
A Florida sheriff arrested a woman accused of participating in a scam network through Georgia prisons and called for officials to put a stop to the scammers.
2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.
Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.
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Georgia breast cancer care: How mobile mammography expands access
Breast cancer care can be harder to access for rural, Black and underserved Georgians. Here's what experts and community groups are doing to close the gaps.
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Rare Michelangelo exhibit in Savannah sheds light on how he viewed women
Several works by Michelangelo appear for the first time in the U.S. at a Georgia exhibit focusing on the Renaissance artist's depiction of females.
Explore 50 years of the Presnell death row case
An interactive timeline traces what's happened in the five decades since the tragic crimes back in May 1976.
2h ago2 girls walked into the woods in 1976. The kidnapper is still on death row.
Virgil Presnell is Georgia’s longest-serving death row inmate after killing a young girl 50 years ago. His other Atlanta kidnapping victim still lives with the consequences.
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Buffalo man arrested, accused of threatening to kill Mike Collins, sheriff says
Georgia officials traveled to New York on Friday and arrested a man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican Senate nominee, and his son-in-law.
