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|By The Associated Press and Atlanta News First staff
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State and Georgia Southern are playing in bowl games this month.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2023 at 12:43 PM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
After losing to No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday, the Georgia Bulldogs suffered another blow on Sunday.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
The Tide also handed the Dawgs their most recent loss in the 2021 SEC Championship Game.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 5:15 PM EST
|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: Dec. 1, 2023 at 12:09 PM EST
|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. 27, 2023 at 10:26 PM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
50 Georgia colleges and universities are waiving their applications through Nov. 30 as part of Apply to College Month.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2023 at 11:57 AM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The shooting remains under investigation.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
According to the White House, Pres. Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Atlanta Tuesday to attend memorial services for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 11:33 PM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
She was born on Aug. 18, 1927, in Plains. She married Jimmy Carter on July 7, 1946. The two are still married to this day.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:32 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The bill was signed into law in May 2021.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2023 at 11:45 AM EDT
|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 7:37 PM EDT
|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 2:40 PM EDT
|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 4:31 PM EDT
|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 1:54 PM EDT
|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. 19, 2023 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The reward for information that leads to the capture of four inmates, including a murder suspect, who escaped from Bibb County Detention Center on Monday has increased.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 2:05 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
There are a number of important dates to keep before you head to the polls.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 9:18 AM EDT
|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 8:46 PM EDT
|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. 16, 2023 at 1:07 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Four inmates escaped through a damaged dayroom window and a fence and drove away in a blue Dodge Challenger that pulled up to the jail around 3 a.m. on Monday, the sheriff’s office said.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The three stabbing victims were taken to the hospital.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2023 at 12:34 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Are you registered to vote?
Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 at 9:04 AM EDT
|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 9:18 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
Georgia placed in the top 10 for all 14 categories, earning the No. 1 spot in seven classifications and claiming the overall No. 1 ranking, according to the magazine.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 7:46 PM EDT
|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 11:04 AM EDT
|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 1:06 AM EDT
|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 5:37 PM EDT
|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 1:22 PM EDT
|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 2:02 PM EDT
|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 10:52 PM EDT
|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 7:52 PM EDT
|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 3:19 PM EDT
|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. 30, 2023 at 3:33 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
In Georgia, damage was left behind mostly in Valdosta and Lake Park. Both are right above the Georgia and Florida line.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 1:15 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff
The state of emergency went into effect Tuesday and lasts until Friday, Sept. 8 at 11:59 p.m.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT
|By Hope Dean, Atlanta News First staff and Amanda Alvarado
The boy's father is a person of interest.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 7:50 PM EDT
|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 6:33 AM EDT
|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. 15, 2023 at 10:24 AM EDT
|By Tim Darnell and Atlanta News First staff
The nation's 45th president is facing a host of legal troubles as he campaigns to retake the White House in 2024, including here in metro Atlanta.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2023 at 8:35 AM EDT
|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 8:14 PM EDT
|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 4:22 PM EDT
|By Atlanta News First staff and Tim Darnell
Atlanta and the nation reacts to the loss of civil rights leader, author and teacher.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 1:26 PM EDT
|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. 3, 2023 at 10:22 PM EDT
|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 5:37 PM EST
|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 1:07 PM EST
|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. 25, 2023 at 11:51 AM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff and The Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his 2023 State of the State Address Wednesday morning before the Georgia General Assembly.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 11:44 AM EST
|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 11:10 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and Atlanta News First staff
Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores in the first half as No. 1 Georgia demolished No. 3 TCU 65-7 Monday night to become the first team to win consecutive College Football Playoff national championships.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 2:54 AM EST
|By Atlanta News First staff
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