Atlanta News First staff

Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Two people were injured after someone attempted to set him or herself on fire in an act of political protest at a building in Midtown Atlanta.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Three fire-rescue crew members were responding to hazmat calls Monday when they spotted the small white kitten shivering on the median wall of the busy Atlanta-area interstate
Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff
Every year since 1994, Atlanta has hosted the SEC championship game.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2023 at 10:28 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Joshua Skinner
Levi Walker Jr., became the Braves mascot in 1969 after petitioning the organization to allow the mascot to be a real Native American.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2023 at 10:57 AM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The shooting remains under investigation.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2023 at 4:20 PM CST
|By Tim Darnell and Atlanta News First staff
First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died at the age of 96.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2023 at 10:45 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
A Georgia restaurant is gaining national attention for charging customers a fee for “bad parenting.”
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
A cattle truck caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Greene County leaving several cows dead and more than a dozen others roaming the highway.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 1:40 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
The woman’s attorney said her burns were so severe that she had to relearn how to walk.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2023 at 3:31 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Andrew McMunn
Walter Guardado was reported missing after he dove into the lake on Saturday and never resurfaced.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 at 12:54 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Debra Worley
A tow truck driver was killed Thursday afternoon while standing outside his vehicle along an interstate highway in Georgia Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 8:18 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Applications will be open from Oct. 17 at midnight to Oct. 20 at 11:59 p.m.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The four men escaped through a damaged dayroom window and a fence before driving away in a blue Dodge Challenger, the sheriff's office said.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The three stabbing victims were taken to the hospital.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 at 8:04 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Officials in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, are warning community members to be on the lookout after a bobcat reportedly attacked two children.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 11:55 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Andrea Crook, 42, was reportedly thrown from the back of a van as it made a turn on a road in the park.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Patrick Quinn
The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) on Monday passed guideline changes regarding name, image and likeness (NIL) deals during its executive committee meeting with a 65-10 vote.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:04 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
An accidental shooting caused panic at a courthouse in Atlanta Friday morning, according to police.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:06 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Police believe a man shot a woman inside a Walmart in Georgia before shooting himself. Both people died from their injuries.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Police said the woman's body had been in the trunk of a car for at least a few days.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 12:22 PM CDT
|By Chelsea Beimfohr, Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
A dog who returned home alone with his leash ripped in half lead to the discovery of his disabled owner who was killed in a hit-and-run, police in Georgia said.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 1:02 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Shawndre Delmore, 24, was found unresponsive in his cell during a routine check on Aug. 31, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 9:52 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Police said a vehicle went over the wall of a raised ramp and fell onto the collector-distributor lanes that connect I-85 to Pleasant Hill Road.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Patrick Quinn
Jarvis Jones, a player connection coordinator for the Bulldogs was arrested and charged with reckless driving.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 2:19 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
The siblings were found dead in the grass on the shoulder of the Interstate 85 and 985 split on Aug. 27 shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 7:30 AM CDT
|By Hope Dean, Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The boy's father is a person of interest.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Tim Darnell, Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Wednesday on charges alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump’s chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 5:33 AM CDT
|By Hope Dean, Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
J’Asiah Mitchell was reportedly last seen around Wednesday night in Decatur, Georgia. But the search for the child has moved to a different county.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 7:35 AM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
The county medical examiner said the hospital did not self-report the incident but is cooperating with the county’s investigation.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2023 at 7:14 PM CDT
|By CNN and Atlanta News First staff
An officer on patrol in Georgia got a big surprise when he pulled over a Dodge Charger going 96-miles-per-hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone, and it was all caught on the officer's body camera.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 12:26 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
She also played a part in making the King Center what it is today, working along with Coretta Scott King.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 10:23 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Midtown Blue announced that multiple streets will remain closed in the area near where a crane and building partially collapsed in Midtown Atlanta on Monday afternoon.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
The 24-year-old suspect in the deadly Midtown Atlanta shooting Wednesday has been arrested and is in custody, officials confirmed.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 4:37 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff
An investigation is underway after three people were found dead after a fire and home explosion in Barrow County that officials say involved several propane tanks.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 12:07 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Gray News staff
Several pieces of construction equipment were set on fire at the site, the police chief said.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM CST
|By Rebekka Schramm and Atlanta News First staff
Atlanta business owners are preparing for the protest Friday evening after the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’s arrest.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 4:47 AM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff
The executive order gives the Governor the power to activate 1,000 National Guard units.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 10:52 AM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Natasha Pollard
A wide receiver for the Georgia Bulldogs was arrested in Athens overnight for domestic violence.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:44 AM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
Officials in Georgia have identified a 5-year-old boy who was killed during severe weather on Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 3:18 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff
The governors of Georgia and Texas have placed a friendly wager on tonight’s big game between the University of Georgia and Texas Christian University.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and The Associated Press
The Georgia Bulldogs, the defending national champions, will face the Ohio Buckeyes in the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday night.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 12:53 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff
Voting in Georgia on Tuesday appears to have gone fairly smoothly. The votes are now being counted and it's a very tight race between the two candidates.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 12:17 PM CST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
Police say a dispute Saturday night escalated to gunfire.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 4:49 PM CDT
|By Jamarlo Phillips, Atlanta News First staff and Emily Van de Riet
A high school football player was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Georgia mall, officials said.