15+ hour, 33+ min ago   (231+ words) By the time the scene was under control, eight people in all — four adults and four children — had been taken to hospitals for smoke inhalation and minor burns, the station reported. Roughly a dozen families were displaced from the complex,…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (157+ words) The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the storms rolled through, according to the same WSB-TV report. Departures were initially delayed an average of about 45 minutes, per the FAA, with delays expected to…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (253+ words) Smoke was pouring from a first-floor unit at a four-story Buckhead apartment building Wednesday afternoon when Atlanta firefighters arrived to find residents trapped and two dogs inside. Crews pulled two people from a third-floor apartment and helped several other residents…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (392+ words) A person died in an overnight crash that shut down Covington Highway near Miller Road and Thicket Way just after midnight, closing the busy DeKalb County corridor for nearly three hours before it reopened around 3 a.m. Officers had not released the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (352+ words) Two people were found dead at a home in the South River Manor subdivision of McDonough on Wednesday, according to law enforcement officials, prompting a heavy police response around Limbaugh Valley Drive. Police responded to the home, and a large…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (332+ words) A woman died after being struck by a car on Atlanta's Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard NW, the corridor's third fatal pedestrian crash since 2024. A woman was struck and killed by a car late Sunday night on Joseph E Lowery Boulevard NW…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (414+ words) Five people died in traffic crashes across Georgia over Labor Day weekend, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety, as troopers logged 209 crashes, nearly 300 DUI arrests, and hundreds of seatbelt and distracted-driving citations statewide. Troopers also made 299 DUI arrests…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (309+ words) A MARTA bus crashed off North Shallowford Road near Peachford Road in Dunwoody on Monday, coming to rest leaning down a slight embankment near a tree. Three people claimed they were injured in the crash, according to MARTA. It remains…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (88+ words) Severe storms slammed Atlanta on Saturday night, knocking out power to tens of thousands of residents and toppling trees across the metro area. High winds and heavy rain flooded roads and created widespread damage that left families without electricity for…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (227+ words) Questions about travel security for school trips remained unresolved. Separately, school police approved citations tied to the district's school-bus stop-arm camera program. And in April, local officials questioned the handling of a $100,000 public safety grant after a $60,000 law enforcement shooting…...