Nearly all gorillas at Atlanta’s zoo test positive for COVID

Just days after Zoo Atlanta announced the first positive tests, at least 18 of the zoo's 20 gorillas are now positive for COVID-19.

'Unlawful overreach': Georgia governor vows to fight Biden vaccine mandate

During President Joe Biden's announcement of a vaccine mandate that will affect as many as 100 million Americans, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp vowed to fight the federal plan.

13-year-old Floyd County student dies from COVID-19, coroner says

A 13-year-old Coosa High School student who had been battling COVID-19 since last week died Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.

5-year-old Georgia girl killed after stone monument falls on her

A 5-year-old girl in Georgia was playing with her sister when the 300-pound stone monument fell on top of her and crushed her. It ultimately took three men to lift the slab off the little girl's body.

Teen severely beaten in 'unprovoked' attack, other kids record brutal assault

Allyssa Brooke-Cox said her son suffered a broken jaw, whiplash, and severe concussion after he was attacked during a basketball game. It happened in July at a rec center in Sugar Hill. She's now petitioning the Department of Education to discipline students for off-campus incidents.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for impeachment after Kabul airport attack

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has renewed her calls to impeach President Joe Biden after the deaths of over a dozen U.S. service members in a deadly suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.

Warrant: Georgia teacher used zip ties to restrain child

Elizabeth Louise Board, a teacher at Godley Station K-8 School in the Savannah-Chatham School District, used the ties Aug. 6 to secure a student to his chair and table, officials alleged.

Delta Air Lines to charge unvaccinated employees monthly fee, CEO says

Delta says it is requiring all unvaccinated employees to get tested weekly for COVID-19 and will charge those on the company's healthcare plan $200 a month starting in November.

Herschel Walker files to run for US senate in 2022

Herschel Walker officially filed to run for a Georgia U.S. Senate seat as a Republican on Tuesday, according to Federal Election Commission documents. 

13-year-old Marietta student begins classes at Georgia Tech

Like any new student, Caleb Anderson has some classes he looks forward to and others he is not as excited about taking.

New Stone Mountain logo excludes giant Confederate carving

Stone Mountain's new logo will exclude the park's giant controversial mountainside carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

Metro Atlanta church to require vaccination proof for in-person services

A metro Atlanta Pastor and his team have made the decision to require worshipers to show proof of full vaccination status before they are allowed to enter for worship service.

14 indicted on charges of using children to solicit donations for fake charity

State authorities said 14 people were arrested after an investigation uncovered a Georgia charity that touted itself as “sowing America’s future” was actually a multistate street gang exploiting children for profit.

Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been suspended from Twitter for a week after she claimed on the social media platform that vaccines are “failing.”

Georgia couple dies of COVID-19 hours of each other

A Georgia couple died from the coronavirus within hours of each other, leaving behind two teenagers. Their loved ones in Hampton now beg anyone who will listen to get the shot.

Woman, dog stabbed to death in Piedmont Park, $10K reward offered

Atlanta police are searching for a killer after discovering a woman stabbed to death in Piedmont Park overnight Wednesday. A veteran Atlanta police officer said the brutal stabbing was unlike anything he had ever seen before.