Atlanta cleared a large homeless encampment near Grady ahead of the World Cup, part of its “Downtown Rising” push to place people in housing and improve safety.

Gov. Brian Kemp ordered an investigation Friday into a metro Atlanta sheriff accused of driving in his county-issued SUV after drinking Four Lokos.

Sheriff Gerald Jay Couch admitted to drinking Four Loko and his blood alcohol level was 0.212, according to a Georgia State Patrol report. Georgia's legal limit is 0.8.

A jury from neighboring Hall County found the father guilty of second-degree murder, among other charges.

Two men are arrested in the shooting death of 7-year-old Zoey Price in Atlanta. The girl was injured when gunfire struck the house where she and her mother were, on Feb. 24.

The Augusta State Medical Prison inmate, who confessed to his 2000 crime in prison in 2007, died of natural causes at 86, the Georgia Department of Corrections says.

A metro Atlanta sheriff was booked into his own jail Friday after being accused of driving under the influence, officials said.

Janet Williams was acquitted Friday on all counts, including murder, in the 2024 killing of a 90-year-old who lived in the Atlanta Housing Authority building where she worked.

Trial began this week for Janet Williams, who is accused of the fatal stabbing of 90-year-old Chun-ki Kim inside his apartment at a Buckhead senior center.

A 7-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured in a shooting in northwest Atlanta late Tuesday, according to police, who implored the suspect to turn himself in.