Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made history, defeating Republican Rick Jackson to become Georgia’s first female governor and the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state, in a seismic shift of political power as Democrats swept the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Georgia Democratic...
safety
Athens-Clarke County police and fire are working to secure the area around a damaged building Wednesday morning. Police say E. Broad Street is closed between College Ave. and N. Thomas Street for the investigation. A photo shared by Athens-Clarke County Fire shows the side of a b...
safety
“Star Trek” actor Walter Koenig’s cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure as an underlying cause, according to his death certificate. Read more trending news Koenig, 90, who played Russian crewman Pavel Andreievich Chekov during t...
safety
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being shot in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday night. At around 7:35 p.m., officers were called to Murphy Avenue and Osborne Street, where they found the victim and called an ambulance. ...
schools
Georgia Southwestern University created a nursing scholarship to honor Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed in Athens in 2024. Riley’s death at the hands of Jose Ibarra , a Venezuelan man in the U.S. without authorization, led to new legislation at the federa...
government
History Wednesday, Nov. 4 — Sen. Jon Ossoff cruised to reelection , beating Republican challenger Mike Collins by 18 points. Riding a historic “blue wave,” Keisha Lance Bottoms will become the country’s first Black female governor after beating Rick Jackson by more than 360,000 v...
government
As of Monday, the City of Atlanta will ban proposals for new self-storage facilities for an additional 60 days. Toward the end of October, Channel 2 Action News reported that members of the city council were proposing an extension of the storage facility moratorium. The original ...
safety
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — As ballots were tallied across Georgia Tuesday night, voters approved three statewide constitutional amendments aimed at doubling farmland tax breaks, making probate judge elections nonpartisan, and creating a dedicated emergency 911 fund. Full...
government
Democrat Annie Andrews pulled off an unlikely victory in South Carolina on Tuesday, defeating Republican Sen. Darline Graham, who had been appointed to fill her late brother’s seat, The Associated Press reported. Read more trending news Andrews, a pediatrician, won in a deeply co...
safety
( InvestigateTV ) — InvestigateTV+ takes an in-depth look at the growing risk of lithium-ion batteries, why safe disposal is so difficult, and what tools safety advocates say are needed to prevent fires and explosions. Plus, the FBI warns online extremists are targeting children ...
government
Georgia's newly elected attorney general, Democrat Tonya Miller, is promising equal treatment under the law following a historic victory in Tuesday's election that will make her the first woman elected to the position....
schools
In DeKalb County, planning for Stone Mountain Trail crosswalk art isn’t happening in a design studio alone. People who use the trail every day are shaping what’s to come, too. Through the Connecting Communities Stone Mountain Trail Project, Georgia State University students are u...
