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• Cold temperatures, clouds, and rain to come this weekend

  28-11-2025 05:30 via cbsnews.com
  Next Weather meteorologist Dagmar Midcap says to watch out for freezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow night, with some rain this weekend.
  
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• Man accused of stealing unreleased Beyoncé music pleads not guilty in Atlanta court

  07-01-2026 17:06 via cbsnews.com
  Kelvin Evans, the man accused of stealing unreleased Beyoncé music during her tour stop in Atlanta, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Fulton County court.Prosecutors confirmed in October that Evans, 40, was indicted by a grand jury, prompting the cancellation of a previously scheduled preliminary hearing. The indictment includes charges of entering an automobile with intent to commit theft and criminal trespass.According to court documents, Evans is accused of breaking into a 20
  
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• Twiggs County Schools mourning 2025 teacher of year's sudden death

  07-01-2026 16:29 via cbsnews.com
  The Twiggs County community is mourning the loss of one of its beloved elementary school teachers.The Twiggs County Board of Education, interim Superintendent Tyrone Bacon, and Jefferson Elementary School Principal Mark Davis announced the sudden passing of Michelle Capece on Tuesday. She was 60 years old.Capece had been named Jefferson's 2025 teacher of the year, selected by her peers for her contributions to the school and to her students."Ms. Capece was at the heart of everything we do—
  
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• Cobb County receives $8.45 million federal grant for road safety improvements

  07-01-2026 15:09 via cbsnews.com
  Cobb County is set to receive $8.45 million in federal funding to make some of its most dangerous roads safer.The money comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program and will support Cobb County's Multi-Corridor Safety Improvements project, approved as part of the Fiscal Year 2025 funding cycle. The award includes $8,448,000 in implementation funds aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries.  The project focuses on three high-
  
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• Man accused of stealing unreleased Beyoncé music set to appear in Atlanta court

  07-01-2026 13:50 via cbsnews.com
  Kelvin Evans, the man accused of stealing unreleased Beyoncé music during her tour stop in Atlanta, is scheduled to appear in a Fulton County court on Wednesday.Prosecutors confirmed in October that Evans, 40, was indicted by a grand jury, prompting the cancellation of a previously scheduled preliminary hearing. The indictment includes charges of entering an automobile with intent to commit theft and criminal trespass.According to court documents, Evans is accused of breaking in
  
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• Hiram councilwoman sworn in days after saving neighbors from burning home

  07-01-2026 05:29 via cbsnews.com
  A Hiram City Council member who rushed into a burning home to save her neighbors was sworn in for a second term Tuesday night — just days after the dramatic rescue.Councilwoman Melissa Bayardelle says she was leaving her neighborhood shortly after midnight on New Year's Day when she noticed flames shooting from the second story of her neighbor's home. Without hesitation, she pulled into the driveway and started banging on the door."There was fire on the second level. I pulled into their dr
  
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• Expert warns Georgia could face repeat election pressure unless voters stay alert: "A blueprint for interference"

  07-01-2026 04:26 via cbsnews.com
  A leading expert on democracy says what happened to Georgia during the 2020 election wasn't just chaos — it was a warning. And she says the same playbook could be used again if people don't stay alert.Wendy Weiser, Vice President for Democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice, spoke with CBS News Atlanta about what she calls a "blueprint for interference" - a pattern of tactics that targeted Georgia, Fulton County, and even individual election workers.She says none of this is ancient hist
  
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• Tires blow out on arriving plane at Hartsfield-Jackson; passengers evacuated on runway

  07-01-2026 03:45 via cbsnews.com
  Federal aviation officials say the tires of a LATAM Airlines Peru flight blew out moments after landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tuesday night, prompting an emergency response and temporary delays on the tarmac.According to the FAA, the aircraft had just arrived from Lima, Peru, when several tires failed after touchdown. Despite the blowout, the plane landed safely and came to a controlled stop.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department confirmed crews responded to the runway
  
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• Tires blow out after plane lands at Hartsfield-Jackson; passengers evacuated onto runway

  07-01-2026 03:45 via cbsnews.com
  Federal aviation officials say the tires of a LATAM Airlines Peru flight blew out moments after it landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tuesday night, prompting an emergency response and temporary delays on the tarmac.According to the FAA, the aircraft had just arrived from Lima, Peru, when several tires failed after touchdown. Despite the blowout, the plane landed safely and came to a controlled stop.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department confirmed crews responded to the runwa
  
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• Tires blow out after plane lands at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson; passengers evacuated onto runway

  07-01-2026 03:45 via cbsnews.com
  Federal aviation officials say the tires of a LATAM Airlines Peru flight blew out moments after it landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tuesday night, prompting an emergency response and temporary delays on the tarmac.According to the FAA, the aircraft had just arrived from Lima, Peru, when several tires failed after touchdown. Despite the blowout, the plane landed safely and came to a controlled stop.The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department confirmed crews responded to the runwa
  
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• No dense fog advisory in effect, warm moist air to come

  07-01-2026 00:26 via cbsnews.com
  Next Weather meteorologist Dagmar Midcap reports that dense fog may still impact your Wednesday morning commute. However, record-breaking warm temperatures are expected for the remainder of the week.
  
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• No cars, no problem? Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park closing road to private vehicles

  07-01-2026 00:18 via cbsnews.com
  Officials at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park are closing the mountain's only road to private vehicles to make the area safer for people on foot.The change to Mountain Road began on Tuesday. Kennesaw Mountain announced the plan to close the 1 1/2-mile road to the summit to make safety improvements.The road is narrow, steep, winding, and has several blind curves. In recent years, officials say they have seen more traffic incidents and medical emergencies.Kennesaw Mountain announced the
  
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• Renovated apartments help Atlantans aging out of foster care transition to adulthood without fear

  07-01-2026 00:16 via cbsnews.com
  Some young adults in Atlanta who are coming out of foster care are starting the new year with a new home.Wellroot Family Services is almost done renovating an apartment building in East Lake that will house 20 people aging out of the foster care system.They'll live there rent-free.Anwar Hogan lives in Wellroot Family Services' young adult transitional housing in Atlanta."I grew up in Atlanta. Born and raised. My father passed away when I was 13, and three months later my brother passed away. It
  
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• Kennesaw Mountain closing road to private vehicles

  07-01-2026 00:14 via cbsnews.com
  Officials at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park are closing the mountain's only road to the summit to private vehicles to make the area safer for people on foot.
  
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• New space helping former foster kids transition to adulthood

  07-01-2026 00:12 via cbsnews.com
  Some young adults in Atlanta who are coming out of foster care are starting the new year with a new home.
  
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• Atlanta's iconic restaurant Eats reopening at Wild Heaven Beer's West End location

  06-01-2026 23:34 via cbsnews.com
  Months after it closed its iconic Ponce De Leon Avenue location, Eats is coming back.Last year, Eats announced that it would be shutting down for good after more than 33 years in business in October. Despite efforts to keep it open, the restaurant's 73-year-old owner said that business had dropped after the COVID-19 pandemic."Our love for this city and for every single one of you is beyond measure. EATS has never just been about the food. It has always been about you," Eats wrote at the tim
  
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• Georgia Gov. Kemp sets March 10 special election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's House seat

  06-01-2026 21:06 via cbsnews.com
  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has set March 10 as the date for a special election to fill the 14th Congressional District seat previously held by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.Kemp issued an executive order Tuesday outlining the election timeline.Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger also issued a corresponding call for the special election, detailing when voters in Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield and portions of Cobb counties can cast their ballots. If a runof
  
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• Judge allows defamation lawsuit against former Atlanta police chief by protester to go forward

  06-01-2026 20:43 via cbsnews.com
  A federal judge has denied the former Atlanta police chief's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that he falsely identified an arrested protester as a violent criminal connected with gangs.Rodney Bryant, who led the city's police force from 2020 to his retirement in the summer of 2022, had asked the U.S. District Judge to rule that he was protected by official immunity and that his statements during a 2020 presser were privileged. Instead, Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that the defamation case could
  
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• Georgia AG indicts 3 after missing girls recovered in sex trafficking cases

  06-01-2026 19:20 via cbsnews.com
  Two teenage girls who were previously reported missing have been found in Georgia as a result of an investigation by the Attorney General's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and other law enforcement agencies. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced indictments Monday against three people in Columbia County accused in separate cases of trafficking the underage girls.Carr said the indictments involve two alleged sellers and one alleged buyer, all charged in cases connected to the comm
  
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• Gainesville High School football coach steps down after championship run, massive brawl

  06-01-2026 17:37 via cbsnews.com
  After leading his team to the Georgia Class 5A state championship game last month, Gainesville High School's head football coach is stepping down. The school announced Tuesday that Josh Niblett has resigned as head football coach to pursue an opportunity at the collegiate level. He leaves after a highly successful four-season run that saw the program reestablish itself as a state contender.Since arriving in the spring of 2021, Niblett guided Gainesville to a 45-9 record, winning two region
  
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• Chick-fil-A celebrating 80 years in business with chance to win free food for a year

  06-01-2026 16:21 via cbsnews.com
  Chick-fil-A is celebrating 80 years in business, and the Georgia-based fast food chain is offering customers a chance to win free food for a year.Beginning Monday, the chicken sandwich chain is kicking off its year-long "Newstalgia"-inspired celebrations nationwide, with new packaging designs and menu additions.Founder S. Truett Cathy began his food empire in 1946 with The Dwarf Grill, named because of its small size. It was there that Cathy created the boneless chicken sandwich that would becom
  
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• What's next for Trae Young? Hawks exploring trade, sources say

  06-01-2026 15:47 via cbsnews.com
  The NBA's trade deadline is a month away, and the Trae Young era in Atlanta appears to be nearing its end.The Hawks and Young's representatives are working to find a trade that would send the four-time All-Star guard out of Atlanta, according to ESPN. Young has spent seven-and-a-half seasons with the franchise and has been one of the faces of the team since arriving as a rookie.Any potential deal comes with complications. Young holds a $49 million player option for next season, meaning any team
  
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• Ethics watchdog: Top aide to Georgia's Mike Collins improperly hired girlfriend as intern

  06-01-2026 13:54 via cbsnews.com
  A congressional ethics watchdog said in a report released Monday that there's substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an office intern and that she "did not perform duties commensurate with her compensation."The former chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, is now working for Collins' Senate campaign.Collins is one of three leading GOP contenders seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia this year. The other top Rep
  
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• Former Georgia lawmaker indicted on federal charges tied to pandemic unemployment benefits

  06-01-2026 13:45 via cbsnews.com
  A former Georgia state lawmaker, who allegedly lied to collect pandemic unemployment benefits she was not entitled to receive, has been indicted in federal court.According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Karen L. Bennett, who represented Georgia House District 94 in parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties, is charged with making false statements to obtain COVID-19 relief unemployment funds.Federal prosecutors say Bennett applied for unemplo
  
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• Foggy start gives way to record-challenging warmth across metro Atlanta this week

  06-01-2026 05:29 via cbsnews.com
  Metro Atlanta saw a foggy start to the day Monday, but once the low clouds burned off, sunshine and mild temperatures delivered what many described as a near-perfect winter afternoon. According to Next Weather meteorologist Dagmar Midcap, that pleasant weather is just a preview of what’s ahead.
  
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• Decatur commissioners appoint Tony Powers as mayor — but voters could soon get a say

  06-01-2026 05:25 via cbsnews.com
  The city of Decatur Commissioners appointed former commissioner Tony Powers as its new mayor.The city has a unique way of selecting a mayor because voters don't elect them, but that could change soon.Decatur Commissioners have been appointing a mayor since the city's inception more than two centuries ago.Since voters don't elect the Mayor, some neighbors say they didn't know who the Mayor was, prior to Powers being sworn in tonight. "Do you know who Decatur's mayor is?" CBS Atlanta's Leondr
  
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• Decatur commissioners appoint Tony Powers as mayor

  06-01-2026 05:15 via cbsnews.com
  The Decatur City Commission named former commissioner Tony Powers as mayor under the city's long-standing appointment system, even as officials move toward a historic change in 2027.
  
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• Man shot during $22,000 gold chain robbery at Supreme store in Miami's Design District; Atlanta suspects arrested

  06-01-2026 05:14 via cbsnews.com
  Three men were arrested Saturday after a robbery inside a Miami clothing store left a man shot and hospitalized, according to Miami police and arrest affidavits.The incident happened Friday afternoon in Miami's popular Design District neighborhood.Police said officers were dispatched around 4:20 p.m. Friday to the area of Miami Avenue and Northeast 41st Street after receiving reports of a man who had been shot. Officers found the victim, who told them he had been robbed and shot while shopping i
  
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• Judge clears way for removal of landmark water oak in Johns Creek after years-long legal fight

  06-01-2026 00:39 via cbsnews.com
  A landmark water oak that has stood for decades in a Johns Creek shopping center parking lot is now set to be removed after a Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled the city cannot prevent its removal.A landmark water oak located in a Johns Creek shopping center parking lot is set to be removed by a judge's order after a years-long legal fight.CBS News Atlanta For Donald Smith, a longtime Johns Creek resident, the tree has been part of his routine for years."It's a beautiful tree in the spring
  
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• Dense fog grounds flights in ATL, but warm, dry weather ahead for metro Atlanta

  06-01-2026 00:22 via cbsnews.com
  Dense morning fog caused a temporary ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday, raising travel concerns across metro Atlanta. CBS News Atlanta Next Weather meteorologist Dagmar Midcap explains what caused the fog, why it formed overnight, and what drivers and travelers should know moving throughout the week.
  
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