George Mathis

Georgia students are back to hitting the books, but their parents seem to have spent the summer hitting the bottle.

INTERACTIVE: Victims of the Atlanta Child Murders

DeKalb County voters will soon decide the top officeholders in the county’s 13 cities, including part of Atlanta.

Those wanting to vote before Election Day Tuesday don’t have much time; Friday is the last day for voters to submit early votes. Completed absentee ballots can be dropped off Friday at drop box locations, or as late as Tuesday at county registrar’s offices.

A midnight train from Georgia finally began moving Tuesday afternoon after being stuck in Virginia more than a day and a half after leaving Atlanta. Those passengers were not alone; Amtrak reported delays of several hours for trains along the East Coast.

Here’s a new look at Donald Trump and 18 of his allies accused of an election conspiracy in a Georgia indictment. This interactive shows how each defendant’s mug shot compared to the photos the AJC shared on the night the indictment was announced by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

As the world celebrates 50 years of hip-hop, use our timeline to trace how Atlanta made its central spot and changed the culture forever.

Human imagination is a powerful thing, as evidenced by the conversation of friends and neighbors frothing over the $1.7 billion lottery now waiting to be won by yours truly, or at least someone I know who might not miss a few spare millions.

Columbus, Georgia’s second-largest city, wants to get bigger. And it will pay you to move there.

The National Weather Service predicts Helene will strengthen and hit the Florida panhandle Thursday as a Category 3 hurricane with winds over 110 mph.