Friday, advocates, policy makers and community leaders will gather to discuss challenges navigating Georgia’s legal system. Riley Bunch reports the problem is even more acute in rural parts of the state.

Chick-fil-A is getting a new CEO.

And Atlanta is a finalist to host the World Cup in 2026. Why Friday is a pivotal day in the decision-making process.

The state epidemiologist says the number of COVID-19 cases in Georgia remains high, but there's been a slight decrease in the last seven days.

The state epidemiologist says the number of COVID-19 cases in Georgia remains high, but there's been a slight decrease in the last seven days.

The National Transportation Safety Board is out with the results of their two-year investigation into the the Golden Ray shipwreck.

Officials say at least 18 of the 20 gorillas at Atlanta’s zoo have now tested positive for COVID-19. 

A Georgia State University sociology professor says her employer is directly putting her in harm's way by not implementing stricter COVID safety protocols.

Nearly 60 years after Marion T. King, a pregnant Black woman lost her unborn child after being assaulted by white police officers, her children are asking Camilla city officials for justice.

Protests for stronger COVID policies continued on the University of Georgia and Georgia Southern University campuses yesterday.

The family of the late Julian Lewis, a Black man killed by a state trooper in Screven county last year, is calling for a federal investigation.

The Colorado Rockies come to Truist Park tonight to start a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves.

President Biden is accusing Republican governors, like Brian Kemp, of being "cavalier with the health of kids and their communities." 

Since the start of the pandemic, 44 Georgia teachers have died from the coronavirus, according to Education Week.

An explosion endangered the lives of many at an Atlanta area apartment complex on Sunday.

Memorials will take place statewide to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Governor Kemp is calling President Biden's vaccine mandate "blatant and unlawful overreach." 

Georgia Democrats are making some changes to prepare for the 2022 campaign fight.

A rally in Perry for former President Donald Trump is highlighting the stark divide within Georgia’s GOP.

Grady Memorial Hospital is so inundated with COVID patients, that non-essential outpatient surgeries are canceled until further notice.

Today marks the 80th birthday of music legend and Georgia native, Otis Redding, and the state will celebrate the late soul singer.

The rest of the state could experience the violent storms seen in the Atlanta metro last night.

Donald Trump is heading back to Georgia later this month for a "Save America Rally" scheduled in Perry.

Professors across Georgia are planning a week-long protest over the University System of Georgia's Covid-19 policies, which do not require masks in the classroom.

Since the 1960s, Atlanta has added an additional 22 days of the year where the temperature reached as high as 90 degrees. Two researchers from Spelman College are leading a citywide study into which Atlanta neighborhoods get the hottest, which stay cooler and who lives where.

Despite a 15% jump over the past week for the number of Georgians getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the virus is taking dozens of lives each day and overcrowding hospitals statewide.

Georgia's employment rate continues to make a comeback, but it still faces the risk of the coronavirus resurgence. 

A special election is scheduled for a Georgia House Seat once held by the late Edward "Mickey" Stephens, who passed away on August 21st.

Georgia now has a new Covid-19 case record. In other words, more Georgians are being diagnosed with the virus than ever before.

And a north Georgia city is hosting one of the state’s first drive-through infusion clinics to treat patients who were recently diagnosed with coronavirus.

Governor Kemp is sending additional National Guard troops to help hospitals deal with rising numbers of patients with COVID-19.

Ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but the National Weather Service is expanding the storm's threat level for Georgia.

The center of Tropical Storm Ida will stay north of Georgia, but the outer rain bands could drop tornadoes and five inches of rain on our state.

The white man accused of killing 8 people, mostly women of Asian descent in Fulton and Cherokee counties will be arraigned in Atlanta this morning.

In their final pre-season game, the Atlanta Falcons lost to the Cleveland Browns yesterday, 19-10 at the Benz.

 

The U.S. Supreme Court is lifting the nationwide moratorium on evictions, putting thousands of Georgians at risk of being removed from their homes or apartments.

Students in one of Georgia's largest school districts will spend a few extra days in school this year.