Webstar Technology Group has defaulted on a $33.7M seller‑financed note for the 10‑acre Forge Atlanta parcel; extension talks and local incentives are now in play.

Federal regulators approved MC Bancshares’ sale to a Daryl Byrd–led investor group, clearing a May close and plans to expand into Baton Rouge and Atlanta.

Police arrested 19-year-old Jontavious Clark in a months‑long probe into a Nov. 25, 2025 Oliver Street shooting that left a man dead.

A Tuesday night fire gutted a commercial chicken house near Lula, killing 22,000 birds and destroying the building; no people were hurt and officials are investigating.

East Point police say a murder arrest turned up a large drug-and-weapons cache — about 17 pounds of marijuana, thousands of grams of promethazine syrup and a Draco pistol.

An abandoned day-care building in Clarkston caught fire after nearby grass fires spread to the property, and nearby apartments were reportedly unharmed.

A Powder Springs man was sentenced to life after jurors convicted him in the killing of a man who had arrived for his first court-approved visit with his son.

A single-vehicle crash in a Johns Creek parking lot at 12000 Findley Road left one person dead; police are investigating and have asked drivers to avoid the area.

A bus at Hartsfield‑Jackson struck an overhead clearance bar, sending a metal pole through the windshield; local officials say no injuries were reported.

A roadblock and heavy police presence were reported Thursday at Covington Highway and Miller Road near Miller Grove Middle School in DeKalb County.

A candlelight vigil at the Southwest Arts Center marked one year since Capt. Helio Garcia was killed in a head‑on crash. Family, officers and neighbors gathered to remember his service.

A woman was found dead along MARTA tracks in Southwest Atlanta; surveillance shows she entered the tracks after midnight and MARTA is investigating.

U.S. Marshals and DeKalb police arrested Leonard Campbell in a raid that recovered guns, 5.6 pounds of suspected marijuana and suspected fentanyl. Officials said the arrest was part of a federal task-force sweep.