2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (376+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta A Gwinnett County mother accused of leaving her infant son in a hot car while she worked is out of jail, over prosecutors’ objections that she remains a danger to her two surviving children. Deja…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (525+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Beltline rail advocates are celebrating a small victory after Atlanta City Council member Kelsea Bond introduced a resolution in support of light rail transit along the 22-mile corridor. Matthew Rao, Beltline Rail Now co-chair, said…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (125+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Sandy Springs is celebrating its third annual food-focused Oktoberfest festival on Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, at City Springs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day. “As the name suggests, food will once again be the star of the…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (274+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Georgia marked the second anniversary of the deadly 2024 Apalachee High School shooting as Apalachee Remembrance Day while drawing calls for state leaders to move beyond commemorations and enact measures to prevent another tragedy. “Two years…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (146+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The City of Atlanta and Atlanta Urban Development Corporation (AUD) will host a community celebration on Saturday, Sept.12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Microsoft’s donated parcel at Quarry Yards in Atlanta’s Grove Park neighborhood. The celebration will…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (350+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Fulton County continues negotiations to purchase the Atlanta City Detention Center after Fulton County Commissioner Rob Pitts said Wednesday that the parties have agreed on a price. The City of Atlanta and Fulton County have…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (393+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Destination Augusta, the official convention and visitors bureau of the “Garden City of the South,” stopped by Brookhaven City Centre in late August for a three-hour open house promoting the Savannah River city. Vendors, nonprofits,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) Months after the campaigns of Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms first issued challenges to the other over when, where and how to debate ahead of the November elections, there’s still little agreement on how voters will hear…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) Rough Draft Atlanta is metro Atlanta’s leading hyperlocal media organization. We publish monthly print newspapers and the Rough Draft suite of newsletters. With a combined monthly readership of almost 1 million across print and digital, our products reach metro Atlanta’s most…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1180+ words) In late July, a new website popped online carrying local news stories from Georgia. There was an article about a disgraced former Atlanta City Council member, another about President Donald Trump’s visit to Cobb County, and one about Georgia coach…...