Police arrested Sharell Reed after linking her to at least eight high‑end vehicle thefts across Atlanta, including cars taken from an airport parking garage. The probe remains active.

Due process hearings and formal complaints are climbing as families say districts fail to deliver required special education services. The trend is pushing more parents into lawsuits and settlements.

Major construction on the SR 400 express lanes is moving into heavy work this spring; expect lane shifts, overnight closures and new dynamic tolling as the 16‑mile project advances toward 2031.

Robert Montwaid’s Vela Park Food Works will open in mid‑April with six chef‑driven concepts, cocktails and a large public greenspace.

A new Georgia bill would ask the U.S. DOT to place the state in Atlantic Standard Time, aiming to stop biannual clock changes — but Congress would still have to sign off.

Pretrial fights, a Georgia Supreme Court ruling and late‑2025 appeals have kept the Alexis Crawford murder case from going to trial more than six years after her death.

The Georgia Court of Appeals split in two Cobb County education fights — sending a student‑expulsion case back to superior court while upholding a teacher’s firing over a classroom book reading. The decisions renew legal tests over off‑campus discipline and curriculum rules.

A child was wounded Thursday night on Superba Avenue NE in Rome; police found shell casings at Superba and Clervue Circle and say the shooter is at large.

A SWAT response closed a stretch of Highway 82 in Barrow County Friday, with deputies urging drivers to avoid the section between Highway 211 and Ross Road.

A Snellville mom says sewage backed up into her HVAC and her heater blew fecal vapors through the house; contractors found Category 3 contamination and a judge ordered repairs.

Atlanta police are investigating an aggravated‑assault shooting in southwest Atlanta on March 21. Detectives are asking anyone with information or video to contact authorities.

A short video shows an Atlanta officer jumping onto the hood of a stranger’s car to close distance on a fleeing suspect. The clip, posted March 20, 2026, raises questions about pursuit tactics.

A precautionary boil‑water advisory covers the Swaybranch Drive area of Roswell after a Friday morning main break. County crews have begun sampling while tests continue.