5 things to know: Beware the 'mega load,' which could snarl Atlanta traffic tonight
Here are five things you need to know tonight:
1. A giant turbine rotor is expected to heavily affect metro Atlanta traffic tonight, according to a statement by the Georgia DOT. Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb were identified as counties that should expect heavy delays from 10:20 p.m Tuesday to 1 a.m. Wednesday. [Read more]
2. An Atlanta judge convicted real estate developer Rick Warren on two counts of housing code violations in Atlanta Municipal Court Tuesday. Warren faces up to six months in jail and potential fines on each of the two counts. [Read more]
3, Police are looking for a group of men who escaped in a stolen truck after they shot a woman in the mouth with a pellet gun while trying to snatch her purse outside a Sports Authority in Cobb County Monday night. [Read more]
4. Georgia's overhaul of the troubled call-in system for food stamp and Medicaid problems has brought modest improvements to the beleaguered program, but tens of thousands of people still hang up each week before they can get help. [Read more]
5. Tonight's forecast: The temperature is dropping, but will the rain return? [Get more real-time weather info]
