Record-breaking voter turnout reported for 1st day of Georgia primaries
Early voting is underway across Georgia in the midterm primary election, and the state is seeing record-breaking turnout at the polls.
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Early voting is underway across Georgia in the midterm primary election, and the state is seeing record-breaking turnout at the polls.
Thirteen Cobb County polling locations are changing starting today ahead of upcoming elections, election officials said, but voters are being told it will not affect early voting.
The New Black Wall Street Market in Stonecrest once held promise to be a thriving epicenter for Black business owners in DeKalb County.
A postal worker has died after a crash in DeKalb County.
The Apex Museum, Atlanta's oldest African American museum, is buzzing with a new energy from a group of Gen Z interns.
Just after sunrise at Little Hall Park on Lake Lanier, a group of veterans gathered for a day on the water. They were part of Project Healing Waters, a program that uses fly fishing to help veterans adjust to life after service.
Chief Miles Allen, a longtime firefighter and Air Force veteran, is urging the public to consider living kidney donation as polycystic kidney disease advances — amid data showing Black Americans face higher risks and longer transplant wait times.
Georgia voters are heading to the polls as early voting begins for the state's primary elections, giving residents a chance to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day.
Governor Brian Kemp has ordered that late Congressman David Scott will lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol rotunda on Friday.
All of Georgia remains under some kind of drought, with most of the state either in extreme or exceptional levels
The FBI is asking for the public's help in locating a missing truck driver last seen in Florida and several vehicles that vanished during a Georgia-to-Miami transport route.
Authorities say they found a "cloth-like material" balled up in the dog's stomach, which would have led the animal to slowly starve to death. Now the animal's owners are facing multiple charges.
South Georgia wildfire grows to more than 22,000 acres in Brantley County as crews use rain break to strengthen containment lines
Podcaster Jonathan Dupiton's motto was "F.R.A.U.D. is Dope," and federal prosecutors say he tried to live up to that motto with a "brazen scheme" to steal millions in unemployment benefits.
A solo boat ride on Lake Allatoona ended in a deadly tragedy on Friday night, authorities say.
A former assistant police chief in Habersham County has been arrested and charged in connection with missing funds from a police evidence room, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
A former Georgia lawmaker has been sentenced after admitting she falsely claimed COVID-19 unemployment benefits during the pandemic, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
Early voting starts Monday in Georgia, and if you're headed to the polls, expect a ballot that is a little more complicated than usual.
A passion project transforms into an unexpected business for Neshia Byrdsong of Kennesaw. After a rough patch in life layered with divorce, job loss, and becoming an empty nester, Byrdsong found peace through potting plants.
Saturday's "Communities Not Cages" demonstration in Cobb County highlights the deep divide over immigration policy under President Donald Trump.
Police say suspects believed they were meeting a 15-year-old for sex in exchange for money.
Community groups and volunteers across Metro Atlanta are mobilizing to support families displaced by devastating wildfires in South Georgia.
Extreme drought has turned the region into a tinderbox and allowed flames to spread.
The two massive wildfires in South Georgia have destroyed over 120 homes and are threatening hundreds more, officials say.
Axel Gerardo Archaga Rios has been in ICE custody since March 29 after he was arrested following a traffic stop.
Metro Atlanta rapper Lil Toonk will remain in jail after a Fulton County judge denied him bond Monday in a homicide case dating back to 2024.
LaGrange City Councilman Marquavious "Quay" Boddie had been accused by investigators of exposing himself while in his office at a local university.
On Father's Day weekend, David Seymour entered Lake Hartwell to retrieve an item and was not able to get back on his vessel. Nearly two months later, volunteers were able to recover his body.
An Atlanta police officer is expected to recover after he was shot in the arm while responding to a mental health crisis in southwest Atlanta on Monday morning, city officials said.
With under three months to go in the Georgia Senate race, Sen. Jon Ossoff headed to Atlanta to take aim at President Trump and Collins on affordability, Iran, and other controversies.