Lidl will anchor Arbor Square in Douglasville, helping ALTO Real Estate Funds bring the shopping center to full occupancy and reshaping the Hwy 5 retail corridor.

The Cheesecake Factory will open at The Collection at Forsyth on July 21, creating roughly 280 jobs and adding a major dining draw to Cumming.

Atlanta Public Schools is reviewing a draft that would cap instructional screen time by grade band as the board prepares a vote in June. The move follows national pushback on heavy in-class device use.

USDA's proposed rule would permit higher poultry line speeds. Gainesville advocates warn the change risks more injuries in an industry already marked by hazardous work.

A former Alpharetta officer was sentenced to more than seven years after prosecutors say he stored and shared over 2,200 child sexual abuse images; the case exposed a delayed local response.

DeKalb County police say a woman in her 70s was shot and killed in unincorporated Lithonia; a suspect has been taken into custody as detectives investigate.

Two people were arrested after breaking into a Kennesaw Caribou Coffee to bathe in sinks and smoke meth, police say. They now face felony burglary and drug charges.

A Sandy Springs standoff at a Glen Lake apartment ended with an arrest and multiple charges, police say.

A jury convicted Aaron La Var Beckles in the Dec. 4, 2024 driveway killing of Isaac Jackson Jr.; a judge sentenced him to life without parole plus five years.

Tim Fleming and Vernon Jones will face off in a June 16 runoff for Georgia secretary of state. The winner will help shape election rules and 2028 maps.

Forensic teams and cadaver dogs searched woods behind Spivey Junction in Stockbridge as investigators probe whether Dennis Lane may have additional victims.

Toastique will open at 3005 Old Alabama Road this summer under local owners Steve and Randi Rubin, who are staging a mural contest and plan additional area locations.

A DeKalb County school bus carrying five special‑needs students ran into a ditch in Stonecrest; two adults were treated for minor injuries while the children were unhurt.