Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • Watch

    Featured Specials and Programs

    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Antiques Roadshow
    • PBS News Hour
    • Miss Scarlet & The Duke
    • Finding Your Roots
    • Doc Martin
    All Programs

    GPB Originals

    • Georgia Legends
    • Lawmakers
    • A Fork in the Road
    • View Finders
    • Georgia Outdoors
    • Your Fantastic Mind
    GPB Originals

    Browse by Genre

    • Arts & Music
    • Culture
    • Drama
    • Food
    • History
    • News & Public Affairs
    • TV Schedule
    • GPB Programs
    • PBS Passport
    • TV Highlights this Week
    • PBS KIDS
    • Ways to Watch
    • Newsletters
    • Contact GPB
  • Listen

    Featured Programs

    • The Daily
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Serendipity
    • John Lemley's City Cafe
    • Fresh Air
    • Here and Now
    • Code Switch/Life Kit
    • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    All Programs

    Podcasts

    • GA Today
    • Salvation South
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • Football Fridays in Georgia
    • Narrative Edge
    • Peach Jam Podcast
    • A Fork in the Road
    • Radio Schedule
    • GPB Classical
    • Radio Programs
    • Podcasts
    • GPB News
    • Find Your Station
    • Ways to Listen
    • Contact GPB
    • Newsletters
  • Learn

    Featured

    • Chemistry Matters
    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • GASHA Go! World
    • Georgia Farmcraft®
    • Georgia Classroom
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Econ Express
    • Let’s Go Enviro
    • Let's Learn GA!
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Live Explorations
    • Physics in Motion
    • School Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Writers Contest

    For Kids & Teachers

    • GPB Games
    • PBS KIDS
    • PBS LearningMedia

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Email
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Lawmakers
    • Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome
    • 1A
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • GA Today Podcast
    • Storycorps
    • Narrative Edge

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Health
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Podcasts
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
    • Newsletters
  • Sports

    GHSA Sports

    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • On Demand
    • GPB Sports Blog
    All Sports

    High School Football

    • Scores & Schedule
    • On Demand
    • Teams
    • Rankings
    • Brackets
    • Heads Up Georgia
    Football Home
    • GPB Sports App
    • GPB Sports Blog
    • GPB Sports OnDemand
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Families

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Families Blog
    • Kids & Families Events
    • GPB KIDS - Ways to Watch
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live

GPB Newsletter CTA

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Topics

  • Georgia
  • National
  • Politics
  • Lawmakers
  • Elections

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • Support GPB Today
  • New Podcast: Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story
  • TV Highlights This Week

News Articles: Marietta

Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Ga., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift

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.

October 02, 2024
|
By:
  • Associated Press
Hampton Morris of the United States reacts as he competes during the men's 61kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France.

Tagged as: 

  • Sports

Hampton Morris is 1st US men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since '84

Hampton Morris is the first U.S. man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal in four decades. The 20-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, took home bronze in the men's 61-kilogram division.

August 08, 2024
|
By:
  • Associated Press

Tagged as: 

  • News

Parts of Georgia have a 'Code Orange' air alert. Here's what to know and how to find cooling centers

When dangerously high temperatures and unhealthy ozone levels collide, The National Weather Service issues a Code Orange air quality alert. Staying inside or visiting a cooling center can help.

June 24, 2024
|
By:
  • Ambria Burton
Maggie Nye is the author of 'The Curators'

Tagged as: 

  • Book News & Features

In debut novel, Maggie Nye explores obsession, magic and a dark moment in Georgia history

In 1915, an Atlanta man named Leo Frank was murdered by a mob who believed he was responsible for the murder of a woman named Mary Phagan. Antisemitism was at the root of the mob's fury. A new novel set in Atlanta at the time of the lynching and its aftermath focuses on five adolescent girls who are obsessed with Frank. It's called The Curators.

June 19, 2024
|
By:
  • Peter Biello
Augusta University Medical Center

Tagged as: 

  • News

An Atlanta-area hospital system has completed its takeover of Augusta University's hospitals

An Atlanta-area hospital system has completed its takeover of Augusta University's hospitals. Both the University System of Georgia and Marietta-based Wellstar Health system say the deal will mean greater financial stability, more medical training and better care.

August 30, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press
Emily Sonnett on the USWNT World Cup team in 2023 (left) and as a star player (in white, right) at Fellowship Christian School in Roswell, Ga, in 2012

Tagged as: 

  • Sports

Watch Georgia soccer star Emily Sonnett read good luck note from parents before Women's World Cup

Emily Sonnett is a defender for the U.S. Women's National Team. She first played soccer in metro Atlanta schools.

July 24, 2023
|
By:
  • GPB News Staff
Longtime Atlanta journalist Bill Shipp as editor of the University of Georgia student newspaper in 1953 (l) and at his home office in Ackworth, Georgia in 2016 (r).

Tagged as: 

  • News

Bill Shipp, Atlanta political journalist and author, dies at 89

He covered southern politics and government for more than five decades and was a member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame.

July 10, 2023
|
By:
  • GPB News Staff
Rep. John Carson (to right of podium) gathers with members of the Georgia legislature inside the capitol on February 22, 2023 to support House Bill 30, known as the 'Antisemitism Bill.'

Tagged as: 

  • News

Recent Neo-Nazi protests fuel renewed push for antisemitism law

Neo-Nazi protests in Marietta and Macon have renewed the push to pass an antisemitism bill that stalled in the Georgia legislature this year.   

 

June 30, 2023
|
By:
  • Donna Lowry
Officer Jacob King drives in his unmarked black Ford Explorer to follow up and build rapport with a resident his unit met.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Marietta PD launches mental health unit: Could more pop up statewide?

The Cobb County Police Department started a program in 2019 called the Partnership for Assistance, Treatment & Health. It aims to reduce the mentally ill population in jails, de-escalate dangerous encounters with police and decrease additional mental health crises. It’s become a model, with Marietta launching its own program in recent weeks.

May 04, 2023
|
By:
  • Madgie Robinson
Medical cannabis oil

Tagged as: 

  • News

Medical cannabis dispensaries are open, with more on the way

The first two medical cannabis dispensaries in Georgia opened last week in Macon and Marietta. GPB's Peter Biello looks at how the state's cannabis policy has evolved.

May 02, 2023
|
By:
  • Peter Biello
Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs at Fox Theatre on Sunday, October 6, 2019, in Atlanta. (Photo by Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)

Tagged as: 

  • Arts & Life

Two different Radiohead-themed musical experiences are coming to Atlanta

Georgia musicians will perform classical and jazz treatments of the band's songs in two different Atlanta-area concert settings in the months of April and May.

April 14, 2023
|
By:
  • Sarah Rose
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

Tagged as: 

  • News

Wellstar agrees to takeover of Augusta University hospitals

Georgia officials have approved the takeover of the Augusta University hospitals associated with the state's only public medical school. The state Board of Regents on Friday approved agreements to transfer control of the hospitals to Marietta-based Wellstar Health System.

March 31, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

Tagged as: 

  • News

Atlanta hospital closure inquiry sought by Georgia Democrats

Democratic Georgia lawmakers, local officials and the NAACP are asking federal officials to investigate a health care system that closed hospitals in downtown Atlanta and a southern suburb. They claim Wellstar Health System has illegally discriminated against Black people and violated its tax-exempt status.

March 09, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press

Tagged as: 

  • News

The MLK Day weekend features events across Georgia

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching on Jan. 16, several events celebrating the life and work of MLK will take place throughout Georgia, the home state of the late civil rights activist.

January 13, 2023
|
By:
  • GPB News Staff
Atlanta Medical Center on Boulevard will close Nov. 1. (Wellstar Health System)

Tagged as: 

  • News

Atlanta group could take over Augusta University hospitals

An Atlanta-area hospital system could take over the hospitals affiliated with Georgia's only public medical school under a deal announced Tuesday. Augusta University Health System says it has signed a letter of intent to join Marietta-based nonprofit Wellstar Health System.

December 28, 2022
|
By:
  • Associated Press
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • Watch
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • News
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Families
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request
  • Open Records and Document Retention Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2025, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®