A man arranging to sell a camera was robbed and shot in northwest Atlanta; Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for tips.

A suspected harmful algae bloom in a cove of Lake Lanier near Cumming has prompted warnings for swimmers and pets as officials monitor and test the area.

A skull found on private land has been identified as a man who’d been missing for nearly a year, according to local reporting. Investigators continue to probe the circumstances.

Vida Companies is planning Carrena, a roughly 289-unit apartment community near the Mall of Georgia in Buford; construction financing has closed and first units are expected in fall 2027.

Fulton County officials warned Thursday that scammers posing as “stranded tourists” are targeting World Cup crowds and seniors with counterfeit foreign bills.

Sgt. Anna Lange has settled her long-running lawsuit over Houston County’s refusal to cover gender‑affirming surgery, ending years of appeals and a split 11th Circuit fight.

A Gwinnett County man on the state's sex-offender registry was arrested after a woman says he followed her into a QT restroom and peered over the stall; police booked him June 9.

A Gwinnett County man says teens ambushed him in Riverdale during a Facebook Marketplace meetup, striking him with a rifle and forcing him to hand over passwords.

A decade‑long P‑Fin study found Americans answered just 47% of basic money questions correctly. Atlanta advisers and local programs are urging practical fixes and free help.

Two gunmen were seen on camera firing into a vehicle on Big Cotton Trail in McDonough last Friday. Henry County police are asking residents with video to come forward.

An enclosed skybridge is rising over Martin Luther King Jr. Drive beside the Gold Dome as crews finish a connector between the Capitol’s third floor and a new legislative office building. Parts of MLK Drive remain closed while work continues.

DeKalb police are investigating an apparent shooting outside a Dairy Queen on Flat Shoals Road after a car window was found shot out late Tuesday night.

DeKalb County set traps and dropped long‑lasting larvicide into drains after heavy rains, warning of a possible mosquito boom just before World Cup matches in Atlanta.