A Fairburn woman recovering from chemotherapy treatment discovered her homeowner’s association had cleared out her bank account after she fell behind on HOA dues due to her cancer diagnosis.
A Cherokee County mother has been cleared by child welfare officials after false positive drug test results nearly separated her from her children.
With the upcoming University of Georgia game sold out, fans are turning to aftermarket platforms and private Facebook groups to secure tickets while avoiding inflated prices and excessive fees.
Austin Lang, founder of The Real Georgia Bulldog, talks with Atlanta News First consumer reporter Harry Samler (of Better Call Harry fame) on what you need to know when securing last-minute tickets to Saturday's game.
Measles cases in Georgia and the U.S. surged to levels in 2025 that haven’t been seen in three decades, fueled by declining childhood vaccinations and misinformation.
Public health officials say the trend mirrors a tragedy that unfolded in 2019 on the island nation of Samoa, when false claims about vaccine safety helped trigger a deadly outbreak that killed 83 people, most of them children.
Atlanta News First Investigates traveled to the south Pacific island nation to learn what happened and how Georgia and the U.S. can learn from it.
Experts warn the U.S. is on a similar path, with vaccine skepticism growing, amplified by social media and mixed messages from the nation’s top health official, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ken White and his wife were watching television, having just gotten a call from their son, Patrick, around 5 p.m.
“I asked him how he was doing,” Ken White recalled, “He said, ‘I’m gonna shoot up the CDC,’ and then he hung up.”
The couple changed their television channel to a local newscast, where Ken White saw the unmistakable image of his car at the scene of the Aug. 8, 2025, deadly shooting near the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control that would claim the life of a DeKalb County police officer.
The family’s horror would only increase as the hours unfolded. Law enforcement has determined Patrick Joseph White, 30, was the shooter in an incident that claimed the life of a DeKalb County police officer. Patrick White himself took his own life in the aftermath.
In an exclusive interview with Atlanta News First Investigative Reporter Andy Pierrotti, Ken White describes his family’s anguish over the death of their son and David Rose, the officer killed in the shooting.
Measles cases in Georgia and the U.S. surged to levels in 2025 that haven’t been seen in three decades, fueled by declining childhood vaccinations and misinformation.
Public health officials say the trend mirrors a tragedy that unfolded in 2019 on the island nation of Samoa, when false claims about vaccine safety helped trigger a deadly outbreak that killed 83 people, most of them children.
Atlanta News First investigative reporter Andy Pierrotti spoke with two leading vaccine experts about the facts and myths regarding the MMR vaccine.
A historic bloom of sargassum seaweed, 38 million metric tons, continues to pile up along coastlines in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. It’s also reaching the shores of south Florida and the Keys. Harry Samler - known as Better Call Harry - talks with Dr. Steven Leatherman, also known as Dr. Beach, about what you need to know before planning that next beach vacation.
The mother of an autistic teenage boy who was at the center of a SWAT standoff in Atlanta is outraged over the lack of consequences her son is facing. "If he comes home, I’m not going to be able to stop him,” she says.
Locking your keys inside your house or car can, at times, put you in a dangerous situation. While locksmiths are often called to solve the problem, how do you know that the locksmith you found online is reputable and trustworthy?
Homeowners in one metro Atlanta neighborhood say stormwater runoff is flooding their yards—and they’re calling on the city to take responsibility. What looks like harmless puddles has turned into a costly problem.
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/07/16/atlanta-homeowners-find-old-stormwater-pipe-flooding-their-yards-city-says-not-our-problem/