1. Tybee Island ordered to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Matthew. Authorities along the Georgia coast ratcheted up preparations for Hurricane Matthew, a dangerous Category 3 storm described by Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan as the strongest storm in the Atlantic in about 10 years. [Read more]
2. Minute by minute in the Ross Harris murder trial, Day 3. This is a running account of the trial of Justin Ross Harris, charged with murder in the hot-car death of his 22-month-old son Cooper. [Read more]
3. Deputy fired for racist Facebook posts, targeting black motorists. A white Georgia sheriff's deputy has been terminated and another white officer resigned following an investigation that uncovered racist and sexist messages they sent each other on Facebook. [Read more]
4. Atlanta United will play first home games at Georgia Tech. Atlanta United will play its home games in its inaugural 2017 season at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium until its home of Mercedes-Benz Stadium is scheduled to open in June. [Read more]
5. Execution warrant signed for Atlanta cop killer. Lawler was sentenced to die for murdering Atlanta police officer John Sowa and critically wounding his partner, Patricia Cocciolone, on Oct. 12, 1997, moments after the two officers had brought home Lawler's intoxicated girlfriend [Read more]
