1. Thousands without power, schools delayed after deadly storms. Cleanup efforts are underway, thousands are without power and some schools are pushing back start times after deadly storms ripped through North Georgia overnight. [Read here]
2. Stonecrest mayor, South Fulton runoffs, other metro Atlanta votes. The man who kick-started the city of Stonecrest will be its first mayor, voters decided Tuesday, while South Fulton residents will not know until April who will lead their city. [Read here]
3. Jackets top Ole Miss, move onto NIT semifinals. Georgia Tech barely made it across the finish line, but got there first. Perplexed by Ole Miss' variety of defensive looks in the second half — a season-long weapon in the Yellow Jackets' holster — Tech survived the Rebels' comeback effort to win its NIT quarterfinal 74-66 on Tuesday night at the Pavilion at Ole Miss. [Read here]
4. Mother and daughter killed in home with baby inside. A person of interest is in custody after a mother and daughter were shot and killed inside a townhome in DeKalb County, police said. A large police presence is in the 2000 block of Parkway Trail, where the mother and daughter were found dead. [Read here]
5. Black Georgia GOP staffer who was fired scores partial win in court. A federal judge allowed a key part of a racial discrimination lawsuit that's hobbled the Georgia Republican Party to move forward, ruling that a former employee's claims that she was improperly fired after she complained can go to trial. [Read here]
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