The Atlanta Dream have fired coach Tanisha Wright. The franchise announced the move on Wednesday. Wright took over the team in 2021 and helped them reach the playoffs the last two seasons.

Authorities say heavy smoke is causing low visibility along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta from chemicals spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility. Emergency officials warn that smoke from the disaster scene is projected to move toward Atlanta after sunset Wednesday.

On the Wednesday, Oct. 2 episode of Georgia Today: Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta and promised Federal funds for hurricane clean-up; there is a new hotline for persons affected by the chemical fire in Conyers; the Atlanta Braves lost the first wildcard playoff game.

The Georgia Poison Control Center has set up a hotline for anyone with questions about a chemical fire in Conyers, east of Atlanta.

Relief efforts continue in Georgia as power and water outages paralyze Augusta and other areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.

Last night, presidential running mates, Ohio Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz faced off in a televised debate.

As Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is warning that winds could shift and people in much of Atlanta could still see haze and smell chlorine by Thursday morning. The poor air quality effects come from a chemical reaction Sunday at BioLab, a pool supply manufacturing plant in Conyers.

A group of attorneys in Atlanta are filing a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for a fire and subsequent chlorine chemical plume in Conyers.

Georgia's Republican attorney general is appealing a judge's ruling that the state's abortion ban is unconstitutional. Attorney General Chris Carr's office is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law that outlaws most abortions after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers the state's appeal.

What seemed like one of the only inconsequential choices in a consequential election could potentially cost young voters their ballots. 

Columbus officials announced Tuesday the arrests of eight Columbus Animal Care & Control workers on 34 criminal charges.

Alabama's 41-34 victory over Georgia on Saturday night averaged 12 million viewers on ABC and ESPN's streaming platforms, according to Nielsen. It was the most-watched regular season prime-time game since 2017, when Alabama-Florida State on the season's opening weekend averaged 12.3 million.

President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Georgia following Hurricane Helene; a group of Atlanta attorneys is filing a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for a fire and chlorine plume; as JD Vance and Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.

Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old Oct. 1. That makes him the oldest living president in U.S. history. 

President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for 44 hard-hit Georgia counties following Hurricane Helene.

The US Justice Department says Georgia’s prison system is quote "deliberately indifferent" to violence among the people in its care.

A chemical plant fire east of Atlanta is still causing trouble two-days later.  Suburban residents were again told to shelter in place.

Former president and now candidate Donald Trump visited Valdosta on Monday to see the damage done by Hurricane Helene and talk about relief efforts.