News - South Fulton

A woman was shot and killed early Thursday at a bar and restaurant in northwest Atlanta. The victim, identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office as 53-year-old Vanessa Thrasher of Lithia Springs, was the owner of O.T.'s Lounge Soul Food Grill on Joseph E.

A crowd of bargain-hunting motorists jammed a northwest Atlanta gas station Thursday, queuing up for a gas giveaway sponsored by a couple of local credit unions.

After coming under criticism, Atlanta Public Schools announced Wednesday night that it is adding bus routes and stops.

Investigators had not yet determined late Wednesday what caused a Cobb County woman to drive the wrong way on Ga.

Georgia Lottery President Margaret DeFrancisco is retiring after battling for more than eight years to cover the cost of the state’s ever-more-expensive HOPE scholarship program.

Atlanta residents almost lost their dog catchers Wednesday because of a dispute over elephant rights and a county commissioner's late arrival at a meeting.

Curtis Thomas-Collier said he taught at a school in Ohio that became embroiled in a cheating scandal and learned his lesson then: Stay as far away as possible.

The nonprofit Action Ministries recently announced it exceeded its target of children receiving meals through its new Smart Lunch, Smart Kid program.

The more aggressive parking enforcement that came to Atlanta when the city outsourced the job three years ago has more than doubled the number of parking citations and similarly spiked the amount of money flowing out of the pockets of drivers.

The Beltline said Wednesday it has repaid the city for a bottle of champagne purchased from a South Pacific resort with taxpayer dollars, along with about $475 in other alcohol charges at restaurants in Seattle, Charlotte and Washington that were previously undisclosed.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell will join Georgia Schools Superintendent John Barge Thursday to discuss the digital divide at a pep rally at Carver High School.

While many Atlantans can pinpoint Grant Park as the home of the zoo and Cyclorama, those may be the only things they associate with the 131.5-acre swath of greenspace.

Two people have died following a predawn wreck on Ga. 400 in Buckhead that police said involved a wrong-way driver.

Northbound Ga. 400 in Buckhead has reopened, more than three hours after a fatal wreck involved a wrong-way driver shut down the busy highway.

All northbound lanes of Ga. 400 were blocked during the early stages of Wednesday following a fatal wreck involving a wrong-way driver.

All northbound lanes of Ga. 400 were blocked during the early stages of Wednesday following a fatal wreck that possibly involved a wrong-way driver.

Atlanta police were investigating a double shooting that left one person critically wounded Tuesday night outside a Family Dollar store on the city's northwest side.

Two women remained jailed Tuesday after being arrested last week in an alleged identity theft scheme that targeted police officers and firefighters.

Fabian Avery III weighed 153 pounds when he was transferred from the Fulton County jail in late February 2011 to alleviate overcrowding.

Sharmen Gowens has been named interim CEO of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta. The move becomes effective August 23.