15+ hour, 11+ min ago   (332+ words) Atlanta police are asking the public to help identify a man caught on surveillance video breaking into a Midtown restaurant on Crescent Avenue and walking off with three bottles of alcohol. Officers responded to 1136 Crescent Ave NE after an audible…...

18+ hour, 48+ min ago   (260+ words) The State News reports that the MSU Police Department's Special Victims Unit spearheaded the inquiry immediately following the initial complaint, which allowed officers to identify a second victim who came forward alleging assault by Saxena. Police finalized their investigation file…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (98+ words) Streetball is coming back downtown. The Atlanta Hawks and the College Park Skyhawks are teaming up with Hoop It Up to host a one-day 3x3 basketball tournament at the Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, October 17, 2026, marking the first time Hawks-branded…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (851+ words) Earlier this year, a massive sinkhole developed in Summerhill as pavement and asphalt caved in, leaving an entire road inaccessible. The root cause of the 18-foot-deep hole on Georgia Avenue: an old, damaged pipe. Nonetheless, this summer the Atlanta Track…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (351+ words) A man visiting a woman in Augusta narrowly escaped being shot early Wednesday morning, fleeing his attacker on the 1600 block of Gordon Highway and calling police himself to report the assault. The gunman remains unidentified, and no arrests have been…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (575+ words) The strategic plan sets regional targets to construct 367,000 new homes and preserve 104,000 existing affordable units at risk of redevelopment by 2035. The plan, developed by ARC and advisory firm HR&A, presents an alternative growth scenario designed to shift future residential…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (287+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Atlanta Regional Commission is sharing its long-term housing plan to address the growing regional affordability crisis. Housing Forward 2035 sets goals for all 11 member counties of the Atlanta Regional Commission. The three focus areas are:…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (180+ words) An ARC planning analysis identified 106,000 vacant or underutilized properties across the 11-county region, including 1,530 publicly owned parcels. That inventory led the plan to set a target of building new homes on 10% of those identified vacant or underutilized properties by 2035, the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) September 3, 2026 / 10:36 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta Fulton County leaders have accepted Atlanta's $68 million asking price for the Atlanta City Detention Center, moving the two governments closer to a deal while leaving several key conditions unresolved. "On price, we have a deal,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (144+ words) McKeever was first arrested on September 24, 2020, meaning nearly six years passed between her initial arrest and her conviction, per the same Patch account. That kind of gap is not unusual in metro Atlanta, where court backlogs often stretch the time…...