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Interstate 285

Next round of I-285 closures planned this weekend

Interstate will close in both directions from Paces Ferry Road to South Atlanta Road, but detours will be in place.

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?

According to a recent LendingTree analysis, home insurance costs in Georgia increased by an average of 7.3% in 2025, slightly more than the national average.

Flooding in McCaysville

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

McCaysville, a town of about 1,000 near the Tennessee border, and the surrounding area were hit by heavy weekend rain, damaging the city's water system.

Georgia News
Alpharetta OKs $67K license plate reader contract

Flock camera abuse allegations mount after company rolls out audit tool

Flock Safety's license plate reader system has been praised by police and credited with helping solve crimes. But it has also caught its alleged misuse, officials say.

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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.

Crime & Public Safety
Alpharetta OKs $67K license plate reader contract

Flock camera abuse allegations mount after company rolls out audit tool

Flock Safety's license plate reader system has been praised by police and credited with helping solve crimes. But it has also caught its alleged misuse, officials say.

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Delta DASH

Delta flight returns to Atlanta, passengers evacuated after fumes reported in cockpit

More than 200 passengers and crew evacuate a Delta plane using slides in Atlanta after fumes were reported in the cockpit Saturday, officials say.

Messiah Harris

Arrest made after missing Cobb child’s body found in woods near apartments

A man was charged Saturday for concealing the death of a 2-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area near a Marietta apartment complex, police say.

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Interstate 285

Next round of I-285 closures planned this weekend

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Hennessy Lexus of Atlanta photographed on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)
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Rivian designed an urban playground for its Atlanta employees. Take a look.

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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.

Feeding the hungry at First Presbyterian Church in Marietta

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

Judge Timothy Walmsley

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