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Furniture retailer I.O. Metro will expand into Georgia with stores at three Atlanta Avenue locations.

Officials at Zoo Atlanta say a female tiger rattlesnake discovered missing from its cage last week has been found dead.

Clayton County police confirmed one dead at the scene, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle broadcast partner WXIA-TV 11Alive .

Zoo Atlanta, a popular destination for families in Atlanta, has been in the news for two reasons: its giraffe calf gets a name and the venomous snake that escaped this weekend is still on the loose .

Former 911 operator Lynn Turner, convicted of poisoning and killing her husband and boyfriend with antifreeze, has died, a state Department of Corrections official confirmed.

A venomous rattlesnake missing from Zoo Atlanta for three days was found dead Monday morning on the front porch of a vacant house bordering Grant Park.

Atlanta Police and Drug Enforcement Agency are investigating the possible discovery of a Meth Lab found inside a home in Northwest Atlanta.

"I can't believe you did this," Mary Shannon scolded her mom. "You don't even know what he did." Enlarge photo Jason Getz, jgetz@ajc.com Carol Raeber's son Mike, a lawyer, took an interest in a Georgia prisoner, James "Country" Parkerson, after his mother had begun exchanging letters with Parkerson.

A man was hospitalized after a stabbing in Underground Atlanta during a festival on Sunday afternoon, officials said.

Fulton County Commissioners are spending $5 million to build an aviation museum that will double as a community center and, critics say, a boondoggle.

Fulton County officers raided an adult entertainment club in southeast Atlanta early Sunday, according to media reports.

A spokeswoman for Zoo Atlanta says a rattlesnake that escaped quarantine over the weekend could be in the same building where it got out.

Something wasn't right at Towns Elementary. On standardized tests in 2009, almost two-thirds of the school's classrooms produced suspiciously improved scores.

One of Gwinnett County's major commercial thoroughfares may get a face-lift as Lilburn area merchants seek anA improved Lawrenceville Highway to provide better access for customers.

Channel 2 Action News has uncovered at least $10,000 in purchase card abuse involving the assistant to the head of Atlanta's MARTA transit system.

Atlanta Police are investigation the shooting of two people during two related incidents in Southeast Atlanta.

Zoe Siegel, 6, can't hide her joy as she eats her ice cream bar during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival which is the first festival of its kind in Atlanta at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug.

The body of a missing worker was located in an Atlanta water treatment plant Saturday.

Zoo Atlanta officials say they are working around the clock to find a rattlesnake that escaped on Friday.

Gov. Sonny Perdue announced late Friday that he has selected Reuben Green for Cobb Superior Court to replace Judge Kenneth Nix, who is retiring as of Oct.