A Fulton County grand jury handed up an 80-count indictment in the 2007 killing of Nicole Alston; prosecutors say the suspect later used the victim’s identity and collected benefits for years.

Police say officers found dozens of bronze vases, plaques and granite slabs allegedly stolen from Crest Lawn; investigators estimate the items total about $130,000. Suspects were arrested and released.

Station 11 will move into Midtown’s restored firehouse at 30 North Ave NW, serving Caribbean-Asian breakfast to dinner with a Gilly Brew Bar coffee program and a planned speakeasy.

Ping-pong to half-dollar-sized hail struck Pickens County Thursday night, briefly closing Highway 136 and denting vehicles. Emergency officials reported no injuries.

Senate Bill 513 passed the Georgia Senate 46-1 and would tie attendance to extracurricular eligibility and driver’s‑license privileges. The bill now heads to the state House.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Thursday in Lula; deputies have blocked the McLeod and Main intersection and investigators are on scene.

An 8-year-old brought a handgun to Myers Elementary in Gainesville; staff and a school resource officer secured the weapon and investigators are probing.

A Decatur mother and her four children were displaced after months of rats, sewage and no heat — a case that exposes a gap in Georgia's tenant protections.

A new American Cancer Society analysis ties state-level HPV vaccination rates to uneven drops in cervical cancer among young women. Gains are strong in some states and stalled in others.

DEA and federal prosecutors say agents found a meth conversion lab under a backyard tent in Brookhaven; three people were arrested and a large amount of liquid meth was seized.

South Fulton police are searching for Robert Lee Harris after an employee recorded him allegedly exposing himself at a Campbellton-Fairburn Road business. Investigators say video and bottles of baby oil suggest the act may have been planned.

A WARN filing says the IPIC dine-in theater at Colony Square will close April 28, affecting 163 employees. The loss trims Midtown's upscale movie options.

Chef Patricia Kapusta is opening Honey & Challah, a kosher dairy café at 6120 Powers Ferry Road with AKC supervision planned for early May.