Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. Despite the sniping and second guessing over Georgia football coach Mark Richt, has been benefiting more than most coaches from a bunch of remarkably heavy spenders: University of Georgia fans. [Read more] | [Richt still hasn't signed his contract, though UGA said it will honor the terms anyway]

2. Johns Creek named "best in the U.S." city at No. 3. [Read more]

3. Ben Carson's camp said Friday the Republican presidential candidate had lied about being accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. [Read more]

4. The woman charged with impersonating a nurse at the Duluth hospice where Bobbi Kristina Brown died had a criminal history and had used false credentials to land prior nursing jobs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned. [Read more]

5. Scattered thunderstorms will become more widespread overnight. [See the complete forecast]

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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