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22+ min ago (337+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Trouble at the polls during last Tuesday's runoff elections in Fulton County sparked an investigation and led to the removal of a poll worker. County leaders described what happened last week as a voting "irregularity." It also initiated a recount of the Dec. 2 municipal runoff races at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Fairburn on Monday, just to be safe. Sherri Allen, the county's Board of Registration & Elections (BRE) chair, said a poll manager observed a poll worker at Dobbs Elementary in Atlanta scanning multiple ballots on Dec 2. The incident was promptly reported and police escorted the poll worker out of the polling location. Allen also said that the poll worker didn't just scan her ballot " she also scanned ballots for four family members who weren't even at the polling location that…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (275+ words) Former Georgia quarterback Quincy Carter was hired Monday as head football coach at Heritage of Conyers. Heritage athletic director Dorian Powell Harris announced the news. eW" siH" htiw htiw lliw noisiv rednu ot ot eht eht sseccus .tnemetats ylsselmaes dias gniyalp reyalp noissap deriap ruo fo noissim pihsrotnem kool ".pihsredael ni sih sih level-hgih eh drawrof rof rof ,ecneirepxe deticxe ygrene ,tnempoleved gnirb citelhta era dna dna dna sngila ",tnemecnavda tuoba a llewoP toirtaP noitaN egatireH sirraH llabtooF eht .etis no swen sih demrifnoc dellac X )rettiwT retraC ylremrof( sraey gnikrow tnecer skcabretrauq etavirp lacol ni sah .hcaoc neeb sa a retraC saw rednu ot dnuor-dnoces .snosaes kcabretrauq deyalp ,kcip eh morf ruof tfard hcaoc LFN LFN miJ s'aigroeG .nannoD retraC A 0002 8991 raey nehw saw saw ot eltit eht eht eht eht etats reyalp fo fo del otni detcudni ni…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (14+ words) Lambert's attempt to return to the flag football state finals came up narrowly short....

2+ hour, 1+ min ago (243+ words) ATLANTA " The man who murdered Ellen Bowles in 2022 apologized in court Monday to her family and friends as he pleaded guilty to the crime. Antonio Brown, 26, accepted responsibility for the murder of Bowles, a mother and grandmother, in her Buckhead townhome. Prosecutors revealed that Brown stabbed Bowles to death and stole her Lexus SUV before being arrested and charged. "I'm not able to talk about it and tell you what happened, but I just want to apologize," Brown said in court. The trial was set to begin on Monday, but Brown's guilty plea came just minutes before jury selection. The judge sentenced him to two consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. Before the sentencing, Bowles' sons, Michael Bowles and David McBride, spoke about the lasting impact of their mother's murder. "She was in her favorite pajamas. That image…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago (429+ words) City of Hope Cancer Center has opened a brand new medical facility at Paces Ferry in Buckhead, Atlanta. inStanding as City of Hope's second location in the city, the newly-built center will offer numerous cancer services to residents based in Northern Georgia and Southern Tennessee. Among the offerings the Buckhead facility will provide include consultations [] The post City of Hope opens new Atlanta cancer care center in Buckhead appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta. City of Hope Cancer Center has opened a brand new medical facility at Paces Ferry in Buckhead, Atlanta. inStanding as City of Hope's second location in the city, the newly-built center will offer numerous cancer services to residents based in Northern Georgia and Southern Tennessee. Among the offerings the Buckhead facility will provide include consultations and care for a variety of cancers like breast, chest, lung,…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago (313+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Georgia is placing Narcan, the lifesaving opioid overdose antidote, in every public school in the state, officials announced. State leaders said the initiative could save the lives of students, teachers and visitors. Narcan, also known as naloxone, reverses an opioid overdose by preventing opioids from shutting down the brain's breathing center. It cannot produce a high, does not harm people who are not overdosing and can take effect within one to two minutes. Jeff Breedlove, a former addict turned advocate, said overdoses happen faster than most people realize, and Narcan gives schools a fighting chance in the critical four- to five-minute window before an overdose becomes fatal. "Narcan in schools is going to save lives " not just students, but teachers and visitors." Breedlove said. "Maybe because it's there, there'll be one less funeral and one…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago (367+ words) Updated45 seconds ago on December 09, 2025 Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has added another major milestone to his legendary career. After the Lakers" 112108 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on December 7, 2025, LeBron recorded his 1,015th regular-season win, moving him past Robert Parish for second place on the NBA"s all-time wins list. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with 1,074 wins, now sits ahead of him. LeBron"s rise up the wins leaderboard underscores his remarkable durability and impact. Even deep into his 20th NBA season, he continues to play meaningful minutes while leading the Lakers on both ends of the floor. The victory over Philadelphia showcased yet another strong outing from him, reinforcing how crucial he remains to Los Angeles" success. His placement among the top winners in league history puts him in rare company alongside Abdul-Jabbar, Parish, Tim Duncan, and other legends who surpassed the 1,000-win mark....

3+ hour, 6+ min ago (551+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Just days away from her official resignation from Congress, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was growing increasingly more worried about threats to her life and family. Greene, who has been feuding publicly with her once fierce ally, President Donald Trump, noted her office had tracked 773 death threats to her since she took office in January 2021. That doesn't include, Greene said, swatting and doxing calls to her home in Georgia. "I don't want to have anything to do with that anymore because I have seen first hand over the past five years the horrific results of it," Greene told Atlanta News First on Monday. "This is just the conduct that is extremely unbecoming of the president of the United States." Greene said a pipe bomb was recently sent to her office, as well as…...

3+ hour, 13+ min ago (580+ words) Tis the season of medical deadlines, this year more than ever. Well before their neighbors put up their Halloween decorations, millions of older Americans were getting waves of unsolicited calls imploring them to change their coverage during the Medicare Advantage annual enrollment period from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. This crescendo of junk calls punctuated by long television ads reached its peak over the past week or so. This is also the deadline period for the 24 million Americans applying for medical coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2026. Dates differ a little from state to state. In Georgia, you have until Dec. 15 to enroll in an ACA plan that begins Jan. 2026. After that, you have until Jan. 15, 2026, the so-called "late" deadline, to enroll in plans beginning Feb. 1, 2026. This year, a more ominous deadline clock is ticking. Unless Congress can come to some…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago (498+ words) Safe Affordable Georgia filed suit Monday in federal court in Atlanta asking a judge to rule that the political action committee chaired by Raffensberger can coordinate with his gubernatorial campaign in the same way that Jones" leadership committee can. "This filing simply asks the court to ensure fairness so that our committee has the same ability to communicate with voters as others already do," Raffensperger said in a statement. "Equal access to speech isn"t political or complicated " it"s a foundational American principle that must be upheld." A spokesperson for Jones declined to comment, saying the campaign hadn"t yet seen the lawsuit. "Burt Jones has rigged the system to benefit himself," said Carr campaign spokesperson Neil Bitting. "That is not just unethical and wrong, it is unconstitutional." It"s the latest round of litigation over Georgia"s 2021 leadership…...