A 41-year-old man is being held after deputies say arguments at a Clermont home escalated to a reported shotgun threat and a thrown handgun that struck the victim.

A multi-county operation in North Georgia and Cherokee County, N.C., intercepted meth and fentanyl before the drugs reached local streets and led to two arrests. Authorities say the substances were headed for distribution across both states.

A former Powder Springs Cub Scout leader was sentenced to six years in federal prison after investigators say they found child sexual abuse images on his devices.

Barrow County deputies arrested a person after a bomb threat closed the Winder Walmart; K9 teams swept the store and found no explosives.

Three people were arrested after a chase that linked them to 24 commercial break-ins across DeKalb and Gwinnett; police recovered firearms and a stolen vehicle. Investigators say more charges are likely.

A seven-month probe ended Tuesday with 20 arrests and a 112‑pound meth seizure in Jackson County. Authorities say several suspects face trafficking and RICO counts.

A 35-year-old man was killed after attacking two officers near East Victory Drive and Bull Street. The GBI has taken over the investigation and will forward the case to the DA.

State testing flagged stretches of Tybee, Jekyll and St. Simons beaches for elevated enterococci. Regulators have opened a public‑comment window while they draft cleanup targets.

Louisiana‑based Habaneros is opening a 3,900‑sq‑ft pan‑Mexican restaurant at Spring Quarter in Midtown Atlanta with an Aztec‑inspired dining room and weekend brunch.

Developers filed a state DRI and rezoning to add apartments to Campus 244, converting surface parking near Perimeter Mall into housing and pedestrian connections. The move would shift the office-heavy campus toward a denser, mixed-use node at Perimeter Center.

An elevator outage at a southwest Atlanta senior residence left residents stranded and renewed questions about inspections and emergency planning for older tenants.

A $24.3M plan and a $3M Decide DeKalb award aim to revive Belvedere Plaza and fill the anchor space left by Kroger. Developer Hutton is courting four national tenants, including another grocer.

Councilmembers are weighing a special‑permit requirement for new self‑storage projects after a controversial Public Storage plan near the BeltLine prompted pushback.