Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ advocates are mourning the loss of Larry Pellegrini, who made history as one of the first openly gay lobbyists at the Georgia State Capitol. For four decades, Pellegrini was an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, working with organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center as a leg...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Mary Mac’s Tea Room is making a big change after 80 years in Atlanta.For the first time, the iconic restaurant on Ponce de Leon Avenue is now taking reservations.The goal is to cut down on long waits, especially on weekends and holidays, without losing Mary Mac...
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - Football, family and friendship!The 8th and final season of ‘All American’ is coming up after a cliffhanger - which fans couldn’t stop talking about.Actor Michael Behling joins ATL Live to share what to expect with the series’ final season!The final season airs Monday, J...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - Health officials are warning people to take precautions as a cyclospora outbreak continues to spread in several states.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of July 9, there have been 843 reported cases across 31 states. Michigan and Ne...
In a rift that started six years ago, King Charles III has hosted his youngest son, Prince Harry and his family for the first time.Read more trending newsHarry, Meghan, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet met with both the king and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House on Friday, The Associated Press r...
The week-long preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk concluded Friday with prosecutors presenting evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial. Robinson declined to testify at the hearing.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug and gang-related charges, the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Between August 2024 and September 2025, Gwinnett County police officers arrested Melvis Argenis Corrales, 29, of Law...
Hall County election officials have requested more time from a judge to check unmatched signatures on a petition to recall Sheriff Gerald Couch over his recent DUI arrests and reinstatement.
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - Summer break is here!We know many of families are looking for fun ways to keep kids busy without blowing the budget.Samantha Connell with The Toy Insider joins ATL Live to share the hottest toys this summer: BILIBO MIDITRACTOR SUPPLY BUBBLE BACKPACKBUNCH O BALLOONS TROPI...
Morehouse College will receive more than half a million dollars from Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to ensure campus safety upgrades are put in place.
ADDIS, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A 7-year-old girl died after police say she suffered multiple blunt force injuries during a domestic violence incident inside a Louisiana trailer, and her mother and her mother’s boyfriend now face murder-related charges in the case.The West Baton Rouge Parish Corone...
Dunwoody police officers came to the rescue of a wayward goat after some soccer players saw the animal in distress. Police said they responded to an area near Roberts Drive after one of a herd of goats got stuck in a small sinkhole near a drainage pipe.The herd “had been munching away in the area...
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - Dress for Success Atlanta is stepping into a bigger role.Dress for Success Georgia President and Executive Director Susan Bonds-McCulloch joins ATL Live to share how the organization is rebranding and opening doors to economic opportunity for women, families and communit...
Atlanta police have identified the teenage victim found dead days after a Fourth of July shooting in southwest Atlanta.
Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins is embarking on a career change. Read more trending news Hopkins has flipped the script and has released a single as a composer, CNN reported. It’s called “Bracken Road” and is from “a selection of orchestral works written across more than six decades.” “Bracke...
(Gray News) - Friday is National French Fry Day, and several fast-food chains are offering free or discounted fries to mark the occasion.Here’s how you can score discounted or even free fries at your favorite fast-food restaurants.McDonald’s Rewards members can receive a free order of fries throu...
Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ advocates are mourning the loss of Larry Pellegrini, who made history as one of the first openly gay lobbyists at the Georgia State Capitol. For four decades, Pellegrini was an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, working with organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center as a leg...
A mysterious 911 hang-up call is now at the center of a deadly shooting investigation that left a metro Atlanta man dead and another person injured in south Georgia.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Ronald Hyson, 23, of McDonough, w...
FEMA recently approved an additional $36.6 million in disaster recovery funds for Georgia. This funding will support ongoing recovery efforts across the state.The storm brought catastrophic inland flooding, extreme winds, and numerous tornadoes that devastated portions of the southeastern United ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Plans to turn a former Cobb County Kroger into a fitness center were approved by the Marietta City Council on Wednesday night. Habersham Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate company, proposed turning the more than 48,000-square-foot space at 1122 Powers Ferry...
NASA chief Jared Isaacson has confirmed that the space agency has taken images of objects that remain unknown, which could be classified as UFOs.
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - It’s Foodie Friday!Pastry Chef Timothy Hamrah joins ATL Live to share how to create the perfect flan with a twist!This is all inspiration to the new film The Invite - which is out in theaters now! ATL Live is your home for food, fun and entertainment in Atlanta. As a pro...
Feelin’ super! Friday, July 10 — Katie here! If you haven’t taken a look at my author page here on Rough Draft, you may not know that Tucker is not my only beat. I am also a contributor to Georgia Voice, our LGBTQ+ publication. My work for both beats is mostly separate, but this week those wor...
More than 30 years after Astrid Bridges was found dead in her Gresham, Oregon, home, authorities have reopened the case after the Medical Examiner's Office reclassified her death from an accident to a homicide.
A man in California needed every vial of antivenom a hospital had after he was bitten by a rattlesnake. Luckily, after being transferred to another facility, where he received more than a dozen more, he survived. Read more trending news Chris Howarth, who lives with his family in Idaho, was visit...
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (Gray News) — A man was sentenced Thursday to 120 years in prison for kidnapping a young woman from a Starbucks parking lot and raping her at knifepoint.The assault happened at a Starbucks in Collinsville, Illinois, in November 2022.According to KTVI, prosecutors said Timothy J...
(InvestigateTV) — Summer travel costs can add up fast, and nearly half of Americans are counting on credit card rewards to help cover the bill — but consumer experts say choosing the wrong card can do more harm than good.A WalletHub survey found 44 percent of Americans plan to use credit card rew...
A passenger on board a flight from Greece to Germany was reportedly partially sucked out of a window when it broke mid-flight.
An Atlanta man has been sentenced to years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of participating in a scheme that targeted elderly victims.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Joshua Aaron ...
‘Dirty Dancing’ actress Jennifer Grey announced her mother died at the age of 94 after receiving a cancer diagnosis. Read more trending newsGrey said on Instagram, Jo Wilder died on July 4, “on her own terms, exactly as she lived.”Wilder had been diagnosed with lung cancer a week before her death...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A pattern of afternoon and evening storms is moving into north Georgia, bringing the potential for heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds and isolated street flooding through Monday.Today’s forecast - scattered PM stormsExpect a hot day with temperatures climbing i...
The rain and storm chances will go up over the next few days, starting with a risk for isolated strong to severe storms Friday.Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan is tracking heavy rain that started to move through metro Atlanta during the lunch hours.More storms will develop as we ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Gray DC) - An Iowa farmer says domestic fertilizer companies are price gouging producers already strained by global supply disruptions tied to the war in Iran, and federal regulators are now investigating whether collusion is to blame.Lance Lillibridge operates a 1,300-acre fa...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The winners have been named and that’s a wrap on the 2026 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway! Here are the winners: Dream Home: Carlitonia Boykin of Temple2026 Ford Bronco Sport Big Bend or 2026 Ford Maverick XL: Carol Thomas of Roswell $10,000 golf cart and $3,000 c...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two of the candidates in Georgia’s marquee political races this fall have agreed to debates hosted by Gray Media, the parent company of Atlanta News First.On Thursday, Rick Jackson, the Republican who is seeking to become Georgia’s 84th governor, agreed to a to...
Georgia is seeing an uptick in cyclosporiasis cases this summer as health officials across the country investigate a growing outbreak linked to the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.
A giant tree took out power lines and landed on top of a home, waking up neighbors Friday morning.Channel 2’s Steve Gehlbach first reported from the home on Clarion Avenue during Channel 2 Action News This Morning starting at 4:30 a.m.The tree fell across the street, took out power lines and bare...
NASCAR returns to EchoPark Speedway for the second race weekend in metro Atlanta this year. The speedway is planning a series of tributes for the late Kyle Busch. Busch died in May after he was hospitalized with pneumonia. The 41-year-old loved racing in Atlanta at EchoPark Speedway, where he won...
A Ryanair flight had to perform an emergency landing shortly after takeoff after a window became “dislodged.”Read more trending news Reuters and other media outlets reported that a man was partially sucked out of the aircraft.CBS News reported that a witness told Greek media that other passengers...
Authorities say it is unlikely they will ever recover all of the remains of 4-year-old Javeayah Harris after investigators determined her parents allegedly used corrosive chemicals and other tools to destroy evidence following her death.
Stop trying to make Tilly happen Friday, July 10 — Happy Friday! It feels like it’s always a tough news week, so not to add to your pain, but this next item definitely falls under the “worst thing I’ve heard all week” category. Tilly Norwood, the AI “actor” (I wouldn’t call her that, but it se...
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