1. I-85 to reopen by June 15, officials say. The Georgia Department of Transportation is using contracting incentives and other means to expedite reconstruction of the part of I-85 that collapsed after a massive fire last week. [Read more]
2. I-85 fire witness: Suspect said 'I did that.' Sophia Brauer, who was staying under the bridge before it collapsed, told Channel 2 Action News that she saw the suspect, Basil Eleby, put what she thought to be crack cocaine in a cart shortly before the fire. She said her boyfriend saw Eleby put a sofa on top of a plastic shopping cart and then reach underneath. [Read more]
3. Severe weather expected Wednesday. As many as 20 tornadoes touched down in Georgia on Monday, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Another round of storms could bring more trouble. Metro Atlanta faces a moderate severe storm risk for tornadoes, widespread damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and large destructive hail Wednesday, Channel 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz said. [Read more]
4. Arrest made in Midtown woman's shooting death. Raylon Browning, 39, of Roswell, is accused of shooting Trinh Huynh, 40, about 7:40 a.m. Monday as she walked on Peachtree Place at the intersection with Peachtree Street. [Read more]
5. Remembering victims of New Hope plane crash 40 years later. The April 4, 1977 crash of Southern Airways Flight 242 remains one of the worst in Georgia's history. In all, 72 people died. [Read more]
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