Taylor Croft

The Johnsons visited Sapelo Island to explore the celebration of the island’s Gullah Geechee community and were among the 20 people who fell into the water.

ATLANTA — William Johnson Jr., his wife Zelda and her cousin Queen Welch went to Georgia's Sapelo Island this past weekend for their annual trip together, eager to explore the Gullah Geechee cultural celebration.

Officials rescued a lemur, an alligator and multiple snakes from what they say was an illegal exotic animal trade in a Clayton home.

A pedestrian was killed early Friday morning on the Downtown Connector after apparently being struck by a car in a hit-and-run, Atlanta police said.

A pre-arrest diversion center — designed to divert people from the notoriously overcrowded Fulton County Jail for nonviolent and minor offenses — is now open 24/7 in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — A pre-arrest diversion center — designed to keep people out of the notoriously overcrowded Fulton County Jail for nonviolent and minor offenses — is now open 24 hours, seven days a week in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — A pre-arrest diversion center — designed to keep people out of the notoriously overcrowded Fulton County Jail for nonviolent and minor offenses — is now open 24 hours, seven days a week in Atlanta.

In a recent New York Times opinion piece, Silver said his gut is leaning toward Trump to win. But he emphasized on Politically Georgia Tuesday not to trust anyone’s gut.

Nate Silver, a statistician known for accurately predicting several recent election outcomes through polling, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's

Officials have shut off water services for some neighborhoods in Dunwoody after a water main break on Vermack Road Wednesday.