Three arrested in $65K East Point apartment rent fraud scheme
Three women face multiple charges after allegedly stealing around $65,000 in rent payments from residents at the Fulton Pointe Apartments in East Point.
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Georgia man pardoned in Jan. 6 case arrested again, accused of threatening violence after midterms
A Georgia man previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for threatening to shoot former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is back in federal custody, accused of making a series of violent threats online, including surrounding Georgia’s midterm elections. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News ...
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LIVE: Election results; Democrats sweep top Georgia executive seats in 2026
FOX 5 Atlanta will have live results and coverage throughout the night. Make sure to bookmark this page and refresh often.
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LIVE UPDATES: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Jon Ossoff win governor, Senate races
Election Day is here and Georgia’s voter polls have closed. It was a big night for Georgia’s Democrats, sweeping the state leaderships roles. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is now the governor-elect and will be joined by a new slate of Democratic state leaders, includi...
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Georgia Election 2026: Here’s how Georgians voted on new amendments
More than four million Georgians went to the polls and made their voices heard on the state’s next governor and other statewide races. Also on the ballot were three new amendments to Georgia’s Constitution. According to the unofficial results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s...
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Blue wave, divided Gold Dome: What’s next after Georgia Democrats’ historic night
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — If anyone doubted whether Georgia remains the epicenter of American politics, Tuesday night officially settled the debate. Powered by more than 4 million ballots cast statewide, Georgia voters delivered a seismic midterm verdict that echoed fro...
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Josh McLaurin wins Georgia’s lieutenant governor’s race
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — On a historic night for Georgia Democrats, Democratic state Sen. Josh McLaurin won the lieutenant governor’s race. McLaurin will become the first Democrat elected Georgia lieutenant governor since Mark Taylor, who held the office for one term u...
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Police officer legally justified in fatal shooting of pet donkey, DA says
Editor’s note: The video above is from previous coverage. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Cedartown police officer was legally justified in fatally shooting a pet donkey during a late-night search for a missing child in August, according to prosecutors. Officer Trenton Garn...
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GBI investigating shooting involving officer in Henry County
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting involving an officer Tuesday evening in Stockbridge. An officer was involved in a shooting around 6:30 p.m. near Daniel Drive and Walter Way, according to police. Authorities said t...
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Jon Ossoff wins reelection to hold Senate seat
Sen. Jon Ossoff has won reelection to the US Senate, fending off a potential seat flip by Georgia U.S. Rep. Mike Collins. Ossoff built his reelection pitch as a fight against broad political corruption, focusing on President Donald Trump and the First Family’s dramatic increase i...
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Keisha Lance Bottoms elected Georgia’s first female governor, first Black female Governor in US
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the next governor of Georgia. Bottoms had been in a neck-and-neck race with Republican candidate Rick Jackson, who spent more than $200 million on the race for governor. Analysts called the race the tightest for governor in 60 yea...
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Democrat Katherine Juhan-Arnold ousts Tyler Harper for Georgia agriculture commissioner
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Democrat Katherine Juhan-Arnold pulled off a major statewide upset Tuesday night, defeating Republican incumbent Tyler Harper to become Georgia’s next agriculture commissioner. The victory unseats Harper, who was first elected to the statewide ...
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Georgia Election 2026: Penny Brown Reynolds becomes first Black woman elected Secretary of State
Judge Penny Brown Reynolds has won the election for Georgia Secretary of State. Reynolds is the first Black woman elected to the role that oversees Georgia’s elections. She served as a Fulton County judge for nearly 10 years and says at the time of her appointment, she was one of...