Atlanta News

Staying power: IHG's plans include four Holiday Inn hotels, one each in Lithonia, Buford, near Six Flags, and near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

An Atlanta man was killed this morning when he was ejected from his vehicle in a wreck on Interstate 20 near Wheeler Road, according to the Richmond County coroner's office.

Police investigators Monday were trying to determine if two overnight smash-and-grab burglaries in northwest Atlanta were related.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the graduating class of Morehouse College in Atlanta that a lot is said about the rights of citizens, but not enough about the responsibilities.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, challenged the graduating class at Spelman College in Atlanta to be serious about realizing equality.

A Tampa man, wanted on 305 counts of child pornography, was arrested by U.S. Marshals as he stepped from a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday.

One man is dead and two others are in critical condition following a deadly accident on the downtown connector Sunday morning.

Costs are spiraling in lottery-funded educational programs including the HOPE Scholarship and will top $1 billion this year - up about 20 percent in a year.

A few days ago, a clog in an 8-inch line sent more than 6,000 gallons of untreated sewage into Bull Creek, and hence into the Chattahoochee River.

Atlanta-We are monitoring thunderstorms that are developing over north Georgia. These storms have been producing hail and very heavy rain along with 60mph winds over parts of Fannin County and Rabun County in north Georgia.

Thieves didn't wait for an Atlanta TJ MAXX store to open. Instead police told television station WGN they drove an SUV into the front entrance of the store on Howell Mill Road.

Jackie Williams was fond of quoting the Roman scholar Cicero's adage, "If you have a library and a garden, you have all you need." That certainly applied in her case.

Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told a Cobb Galleria ballroom filled with Republicans on Friday night that Democrats are running the country because the GOP forgot its conservative principles.

A Fulton County teacher and another person are scheduled to appear in court Saturday morning after being arrested Friday night on drug charges.

Advanced technologies to fight prostate cancer were on display today at Georgia Tech Friday.

Atlanta Spirituality & Business Examiner rates this: ColorBar, an Atlanta hair studio in the Buckhead neighborhood, is run by one of Atlanta's finest hair stylists, Jim Crawford.

Former Congressman Nathan Deal told supporters Friday that Georgia is the perfect place for high-tech medical companies and, if he's elected governor, he'll do everything he can to lure them to the Peach State.

Residents had a chance to hear District 3 Cobb County Board of Commissioner candidates' viewpoints on everything from widening residential roads to balancing a dwindling county budget Thursday night at a forum for the three candidates - JoAnn Birrell, Stephen Moon and Earl Stine.

Illegal immigrant KSU student hopes to stay in U.S. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Kennesaw State University student on Friday criticized the national immigration system that brought her to the brink of deportation and remains a looming threat to the future of students like her who are illegally in America.

A strong line of storms moved through the Metro Atlanta area Friday. One Roswell street had to be closed after a tree fell as a result of the heavy winds.