5 things to know tonight: Inside the Georgia Dome liquidation, Georgia gets a water wars win, and more

1. So long to the Georgia Dome. Seats, lockers, signs, pieces of artificial turf, furniture from the suites, you name it. The company hired to liquidate the contents of the soon-to-be-demolished Georgia Dome explains what will happen. [Read more]

2. Georgia gets a win in water wars feud. Georgia won a major victory Tuesday in a costly and long-running legal dispute with Florida over control of water resources. [Read more]

3. Deal picks Reed's wife for coveted post. Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's wife, Sarah-Elizabeth Reed, to the Board of Regents, which oversees the state's higher education system. [Read more]

4. Official who called John Lewis a racist pig visits civil rights museum. Gwinnett County Commissioner Tommy Hunter and other government officials went to Atlanta's National Center for Civil and Human Rights on Tuesday, a month after Hunter called civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis a "racist pig" on Facebook. [Read more]

5. Brother arrested in death of Roswell teen. A week after 17-year-old Kobe Williams was found shot to death behind his Roswell apartment, his older brother and another man have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said. [Read more]

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