Atlanta woman shares how a pardon changed her life after decades of incarceration
After decades of incarceration and employment barriers, a 75-year-old Atlanta woman says a state pardon and record restriction gave her a second chance.
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After decades of incarceration and employment barriers, a 75-year-old Atlanta woman says a state pardon and record restriction gave her a second chance.
A Sandy Springs homeowner filmed a black bear in her yard. Wildlife officials say metro Atlanta sightings are rising and offer prevention tips.
A new agreement allows final planning for a long-awaited bike and pedestrian bridge linking Peachtree Creek Greenway to Emory University's Executive Park.
The entrepreneur and visionary who founded Georgia's Serenbe neighborhood 25 years ago asked a deceptively simple question: What if a town were designed around people and nature instead of cars?
After her young son drowned, a Polk County mother is on a mission to save as many people as possible through access to survival swim lessons.
Federal health officials are continuing to investigate a nationwide increase in Cyclospora infections that has sickened hundreds of people.
Authorities say the Georgia duo's criminal association spanned more than a decade, including a previous arrest together.
The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
A homeowner and a pet were found dead after an early morning fire destroyed a mobile home in Spalding County, according to the county fire marshal.
DeKalb families urge the school board to require law enforcement, including ICE, to show legal authority before questioning students or entering schools.
On their own, orphaned fawns have little chance of survival. One Georgia facility is helping give them the ability to grow and thrive.
A raccoon that had been attacked by multiple dogs last week has tested positive for rabies, Gwinnett County officials say.
In Georgia's Cobb County, the Courtroom to Classroom program gives students a front-row seat to the justice system.
Tavorian Lindsey, also known as "Lil Toonk," is now facing multiple murder charges, authorities say.
For many young people, turning 18 can mean losing the support they've always known. One Union City nonprofit is making sure they don't have to face adult by themselves by providing them a safe place to keep growing.
Gwinnett County police are looking for a man accused of assault a woman while she was on her morning walk in Norcross.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms made their way through metro Atlanta Sunday after severe storm watches were issued for much of central, northern and eastern Georgia.
Red Cross volunteers are helping residents after a fire at a Canton apartment complex left over 15 people displaced and in need of emergency assistance.
Some of Georgia's top elected officials, including Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Gov. Brian Kemp and Rep. Mike Collins, are mourning the death of Lindsey Graham.
The Georgia senator's signature housing proposal is now law after President Donald Trump neither signed nor vetoed the bipartisan housing package.
Prosecutors say the suspect was driving a stolen vehicle and fleeing police when he lost control, striking a grandmother and her 14-year-old grandson near Miller Grove Middle School.
Colt Gray is scheduled to appear in Barrow County Superior Court on July 24 for a plea hearing, court documents show.
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch has won a partial legal victory in his DUI case after a judge ruled that evidence gathered during a search of his vehicle cannot be used at trial.
The College Park Fire Rescue Department is investigating a series of fires that have damaged homes in the city's Ward 1 community.
In May, Jamal Parker's body was found in one of Douglas County's reservoirs. Now authorities say they've charged a third person with his murder.
Cheryl Brown has fought breast cancer three times and now uses her knowledge to make sure no one goes through that journey alone.
The U.S. Marshals Service is preparing to transfer some Georgia detainees to another private facility 200 miles away.
President Trump said Friday that he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest move to target media outlets over their reporting.
Researchers at the University of Georgia say they've identified more than a dozen virus, including seven of which had never been identified before in any species, that could threaten sea turtle species.
The push to bring trains around the entire Atlanta Beltline is headed for a citywide vote.