Flightradar24 logged a single‑day tracking record of 153,359 commercial flights on July 23, driven by peak summer schedules and wider ADS‑B coverage. The total reflects the platform’s visibility, not a passenger census.

A rear-end crash on Cheshire Bridge Road turned a Waymo robotaxi into a roadside fire Sunday night. Atlanta is already building rules for scenes like this.

A purple Tesla smashed through a Buckhead block early Tuesday, toppling a power pole as the driver fled. Police and utility crews responded while one motorist was taken to hospital.

Parents say a 6‑year‑old with autism was suspended after biting a sandwich into a gun shape, and school records show dozens of prior discipline incidents.

A Marietta woman is jailed after an arrest warrant says she threatened to shoot county staff and warned the courthouse would be bombed during a call last Friday.

Atlanta police arrested a known gang member and two others during a canvass after a shooting; five firearms were recovered, police say.

Eight people who lived in the same home were found dead; some had apparent gunshot wounds, local TV stations report. Officials have not released identities or a motive.

A hedgehog volunteers named Honey died after being found doused in blue-and-yellow paint in a Yeadon garden; rescuers tried to remove the paint and four people were arrested.

A DeKalb County child-molestation suspect was arrested in Toney, Alabama and is being held in Huntsville pending extradition back to Georgia. Authorities say DeKalb deputies and federal partners made the capture without incident.

A federal appeals panel heard argument over whether Jefferson County’s 2021 commission map illegally packed Black voters — a decision that could shift local control. The court’s written ruling, expected in weeks, will determine whether the county must redraw lines before 2026.

A 48-year-old Dalton woman, Edna Michelle McClintock, died after being struck by a train near Willowdale Road early Thursday; Whitfield County deputies are investigating.

A flash flood warning was issued Friday for six north‑metro Atlanta counties after thunderstorms dumped multiple inches of rain. Low‑lying streets and creeks are at risk this afternoon.

GDOT rescheduled a full I-285 shutdown in Cobb County for Aug. 7–10; expect detours and heavy delays on the Perimeter between South Atlanta Road and Paces Ferry Road.