Regional News

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (332+ words) A 20-year-old Georgia man was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after police say he used artificial intelligence to create fake accounts designed to make phony delivery orders look legitimate. Store managers at a major national retailer noticed something…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (252+ words) Beth Cope, senior advisor to the Bottoms campaign, pushed back hard on the ad itself, not just its message. Cope accused Jackson of hiding the political ties of people featured in the spot, saying the ad used political figures to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (205+ words) ATLANTA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / September 10, 2026 / Georgia-Pacific is committed to ensuring team members go home after their shift the same way they arrived at work. Many safety solutions implemented at our facilities are the result of collaboration among employees using their…...

4+ day, 5+ min ago   (1063+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta “From pop-up, to Bread & Butterfly, to Summerhill,” Chef Demetrius Brown writes upon the opening of his new restaurant Heritage. It’s a moment Brown wants to savor because it’s been a journey to get here – and…...

5+ day, 21+ 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…...

1+ week, 21+ 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…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (161+ words) An Athens man believed he was engaged to a Florida sheriff's deputy named Hailey Morello. Police say “she” never existed — and the man behind the persona, 25-year-old Caleb Jonquay Mills of Taylors, South Carolina, may have been secretly living inside…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (881+ words) A home is more than just four walls and a foundation slab. It’s the memories of holidays gathering around grandma’s oak table, roughhousing with your favorite cousins or burying a beloved childhood dog in the backyard. In Georgia, there are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (264+ words) Baldwin County property owners are staring down a property tax bill that could nearly double, as county leaders scramble to cover a $15 million debt owed to a local bank by the end of the year. Interim County Manager Paul Van…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (381+ words) Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera delivers the 2026 Institute Address from the Walter G. Ehmer Theater inside the John Lewis Student Center. As Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera delivered his final Institute Address from the Walter G. Ehmer Theater inside the…...