Tuesday, October 6, 2026·Focal News
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Former DeKalb County schools superintendent Devon Horton pleaded guilty in Illinois to wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion. The plea came as the DeKalb school board named Norman Sauce III its permanent superintendent.
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Zoo Atlanta’s giant pandas will make their public debut Nov. 6 in the new Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove. The zoo says it will open…
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A worker fell about 20 feet into a manhole on Roxboro Road in Buckhead around 10 a.m. Oct. 6. Atlanta firefighters used a…
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Vienna has declared an emergency and imposed overnight curfews after gunfire at a homecoming block party left two men dead and…
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An unauthorized third party accessed limited account information for about 400,000 Southern Company accounts, including 300,000…
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Atlanta City Council members delayed a vote on selling the city’s detention center to Fulton County, leaving questions about…
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Phelan Thorpe was arrested Monday after police say he took a marked Atlanta patrol car while officers investigated in Midtown…
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ServerFarm and VoltaGrid have obtained permits for a Newton County data center and its supporting generators after beginning…
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An unauthorized party accessed limited information connected to about 300,000 Georgia Power accounts during a broader incident…
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Gunfire early Sunday at a gathering on West Pine Street left two people dead and 35 injured, according to Georgia investigators.…