Van driver dies after being ejected in I-20 crash. The driver of a van was killed Friday on eastbound I-20 in Atlanta when the van struck a truck whose driver had stopped to help people in another accident, Channel 2 Action News reported. [Read more]

2. Sheree Whitfield fined for "Real Housewives of Atlanta" party at Sandy Springs home. "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Sheree Whitfield was fined Friday by Sandy Springs $1,000 for not getting the proper permits for a major housewarming party taped for the popular reality show last month. [Read more]

3. Workers remove 15 tons of debris from Lake Lanier. Here's a plus from the ongoing drought: Several groups teamed up Thursday to remove 15 tons of debris from the receding shoreline at the "Styrofoam graveyard" at Lake Lanier, the Gainesville Times reported. [Read more]

4. U.S. marshal shot, killed while serving fugitive with warrant. A U.S. marshal deputy commander from Macon was fatally shot Friday while serving a warrant in southeast Georgia, a Justice Department spokesman said. [Read more] 

5. Braves protect Fried, Sims, Camargo on 40-man roster. The Braves moved three prospects — pitchers Max Fried and Lucas Sims, infielder Johan Camargo — to their 40-man major league roster Friday, protecting them from teams that could otherwise have poached them in the Rule 5 draft at next month's Winter Meetings. [Read more]

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A Korean Air plane takes off from Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. The plane is chartered to bring back Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in Georgia. (Yonhap via AP)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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