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A cluster of thunderstorms that stalled off the southeastern U.S. coast on Saturday is expected to make for a sloppy, rainy Memorial Day on beaches and in tourist towns from Florida to South Carolina. More>>
Most of the public pools in the Metro Atlanta area are now open and just in time as school let out for the summer. More>>
Atlanta police tells FOX 5 News arrested a man early Saturday inside the office of Bible Christian Ministry Church. More>>
The Braves' longest losing streak this season and a series of injuries and health problems have caused manager Fredi Gonzalez to reach a long way for a positive spin. More>>
Fire officials are not sure when the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Locust Grove will reopen after a tractor trailer caught fire Saturday afternoon. More>>
This weekend marks 41 years since one of the deadliest days ever for the Atlanta Fire Department. Four firefighters were killed during a restaurant explosion downtown. More>>
Police in Columbus are investigating a car crash that killed a woman and sent five people to the hospital, including two toddlers. More>>
Georgia corrections officials are releasing a growing number of sick and elderly inmates to save millions of dollars in medical spending. More>>
Military servicemen killed in the line of duty will be honored during a ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. More>>
The Atlanta Braves have placed Chipper Jones on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised left leg and recalled catcher J.C. Boscan from AAA Gwinnett. More>>
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the Southeast coast from north Florida to South Carolina as a cluster of thunderstorms was gathering strength early Saturday and expected to become Tropical Storm Beryl over the... More>>
Firefighters battled a 3-alarm apartment fire in the city of Canton on Friday afternoon. More>>
A teenager who beat a very aggressive form of cancer walked across the stage to receive her high school diploma on Friday. More>>
A Hall County Marine badly injured in the war in Afghanistan received a huge homecoming on Friday in Gainesville. More>>
A puppy is recovering after being thrown from the window of a moving car in Clayton County. More>>
Years before he became Georgia's Senate Majority Leader, Chip Rogers was known across the country as Will "The Winner" Rogers. He says he was only an actor playing a role and had nothing to do with the gambling industry. More>>
The investigation into a prominent Atlanta attorney arrested on drug charges began with an ad on Craigslist, FOX 5 has learned. More>>
Big budget troubles in the DeKalb County School District could lead to the closing of Fernbank Science Center. More>>
Crews responded to a three-alarm fire at a vacant apartment complex in Stone Mountain on Friday. More>>
Atlanta police say a Mattie's Call has been issued for a woman who was last seen on Monday. More>>
It was a sad ending to an overnight search for a missing Alzheimer's patient. Richard Wang Lin vanished Thursday from a Gwinnett County neighborhood. More>>
The interim leader of Georgia Perimeter College says the school plans to lay off about 185 employees as part of a broader effort to cut spending. More>>
A Snellville Chick-fil-A will be holding a fundraiser to help a college graduate student battling a flesh-eating disease. More>>
School officials in Cobb County say medical staff have had to treat four people for heat exhaustion at a high school graduation. More>>
Metro Atlanta was issued its first Code Orange Air Quality Alert of the season on Friday. More>>
Atlanta is fast becoming the Hollywood of the South and that means many films and cable shows are filmed here. Meredith and Kindred Howard, whose adopted twins inadvertently became movie stars, have a Hollywood story of their own to tell. More>>
Friday is National "Don't Fry Day" and it's a reminder as you get ready to kick-off summer to pack your sunscreen. This summer, how to pick out a sunscreen is going to get easier. More>>
Police are investigating a string of car break-ins in east Atlanta. It happened early Friday morning along Glenwood Place. More>>
A grandmother and five children escaped a house fire late Thursday night in southwest Atlanta. More>>
Georgia State University researchers have received a $10 million grant to create a research center to help improve reading for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. More>>
A DeKalb County grand jury indicted a Tucker Middle School teacher on 22 counts including child molestation and statutory rape. More>>
Authorities are now looking for a husband suspected of killing his wife and another relative at a home in north Georgia. More>>
She's a council member who lives outside the city limits and pays no city property tax.Lithonia councilwoman Shameka Reynolds agrees that it doesn't look good.
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Residents in a Barrow County neighbor are on the watch for a 6-foot-long alligator. More>>
A Newnan man says he's battled the same flesh-eating bacteria affecting Aimee Copeland two different times. More>>
A car took a dive into a pool in Cobb County on Thursday. It happened at a townhome community off Mayfield Way and Oakdale Bluffs Drive near Smyrna. More>>
Police are investigating a double shooting and fiery crash in south Fulton County on Thursday afternoon. More>>
A police union official is voicing concerns about the safety of some Atlanta buildings, including City Hall, after armed security cuts. More>>
Opposition is growing louder against a proposed sales tax for transportation improvements in metro Atlanta, but supporters say their plan will address the area's major bottlenecks. More>>
Federal agents say an arsonist is on the loose. They say someone set fire at women's clinics in Cobb and Gwinnett counties this week. It is not clear if the two fires are related. More>>
Authorities say one person has been killed in an accident on Interstate 85 in DeKalb County. More>>
Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season. More>>
Police scaled back their search for a boy that was reported missing in southwest Atlanta on Wednesday. More>>
A 6-year-old boy who completed a rare unassisted triple-play was honored at an Atlanta Braves game on Friday.
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