Fulton County confirmed West Nile–positive mosquitoes near Grant Park; county teams will treat the area and urge residents to drain standing water and use repellent.

DeKalb County will lay out how revenue from a newly approved ~1% property-tax increase will be spent at a 10 a.m. public meeting after residents raised questions.

Gunfire tore through East Clayton Street early Sunday, damaging several storefronts while no one was hurt. Police arrested a 19-year-old and say the investigation is ongoing.

An officer-involved shooting on the 3300 block of Rammel Way left one man dead; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has taken over the probe. DeKalb police placed the officer on administrative leave.

Opening statements are expected Monday in the Houston County trial of a former Gwinnett County teacher accused in the 2020 death of 2‑year‑old Karter Ambrose.

Warrants say a handgun found on a suspect arrested on rape charges was linked to the shooting death of a man at Belvedere Plaza in Decatur.

A $9.4 million Bezos Earth Fund grant will fund a major expansion of Four Corners Park in Peoplestown, adding courts, a bigger youth center, gardens and wetlands. The money makes the project Park Pride’s largest to date.

Egypt led defending champions Argentina 1-0 at halftime in Atlanta after Yasser Ibrahim’s 15th-minute header and a Lionel Messi penalty was saved.

Wellstar landed a $1.2M federal grant to fund doulas, midwives and breastfeeding support across nine rural Georgia counties to improve maternal outcomes.

An Atlanta man was sentenced to 14 years after jurors found he and accomplices posed as federal agents to bilk older investors; more than $900K was ordered repaid.

A 16-year-old was found dead days after a Fourth of July shooting in southwest Atlanta; homicide detectives have taken over the investigation.

Dunwoody‑based Insight Global plans to hire more than 1,700 workers in 2026 to scale AI services and build an early‑career technical pipeline.

Atlanta police released images and descriptions after three males allegedly robbed juveniles at gunpoint near Ponce City Market. Investigators ask anyone with tips or video to contact Crime Stoppers.