1. Bomb threat lifted at Marietta's Kennestone Hospital: A bomb threat forced WellStar Kennestone Hospital to go on lockdown for about three hours Wednesday, though medical services continued inside. [Read more]
2. No bail for couple accused of trying to join Islamic State: Twenty-year-old Jaelyn Delshaun Young and 22-year-old Muhammad "Mo" Dakhlalla, who were arrested at a Mississippi airport just before boarding a flight with tickets bound for Istanbul, went before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander in Oxford on Tuesday. [Read more]
3. 74-year-old mayor beaten with baseball bat amid sex tape allegations: When you're a 74-year-old mayor in Alabama, no one wants you to spend "Talladega Nights" dabbling in sexy cinema. Certainly not the husband of the not-so-young co-star of the sex scene. [Read more]
4. Georgia has cut off STD screenings for Planned Parenthood: A state public health official said the money for the kits had simply run out, but Planned Parenthood Southeast asserted on Monday that the action was political. The organization received news of the cutback one day after Gov. Deal announced, in July, that he wanted to investigate Planned Parenthood. [Read more]
5. Tonight's forecast: A clear sky with a low of 68 and northern winds at 5 to 10 mph. [Read more]