1. Atlanta Falcons fire two defensive coaches. Falcons defensive coordinator Richard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox were fired by the Falcons. The Falcons pointed out that the decision to dismiss the coaches was not based on the defense's collapsed in the Super Bowl. [Read more]
2. New charges filed in Atlanta City hall bribery probe. A Lithonia contractor was led into federal court in handcuffs and leg irons Wednesday to face criminal charges in connection with the Atlanta City Hall bribery probe. [Read more]
3. Charges reduced against owner of dogs that killed Atlanta 6-year-old. Charges against the owner of dogs that last month attacked two southwest Atlanta children — killing one — were reduced on Wednesday, just an hour before the Atlanta City Council held a work session to focus on animal control regulations. [Read more]
4. Georgia man charged in grandparents' death. Charges against the owner of dogs that last month attacked two southwest Atlanta children — killing one — were reduced on Wednesday, just an hour before the Atlanta City Council held a work session to focus on animal control regulations. [Read more]
5. Jimmy Carter leases his land to solar power much of Plains. For much of Wednesday morning, fog and even some intermittent drizzle had shrouded the field of solar panels recently constructed on a piece of farmland owned here by Jimmy Carter. Then, just as he and his wife, Rosalynn, cut the ceremonial ribbon on a project that will bring renewable energy to much of their beloved hometown, the sun burst out overhead, as if to underscore the significance of this long-in-the-making moment. [Read more]
