The Decatur City Commission, on Jan. 5, selected a new mayor and mayor pro tem for 2026. Tony Powers will serve as mayor and Lesa Fronk was elected mayor pro tem.

On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott talked with Laurie Blank, a clinical professor of law and ...

Former Democratic state Rep. Karen Bennett of Stone Mountain has been indicted for alleged pandemic-era unemployment fraud not long after she resigned from her seat, making her the second Democrat ...

Voters in northwest Georgia will go to the polls to select a successor to U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on March 10.

U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other ...

Georgia standouts CJ Allen and Zachariah Branch became the latest Bulldogs to declare for the NFL draft on Monday.

Data centers promise to enrich Georgia even as the state is giving them nearly half a billion dollars a year in tax breaks, according to a recent state analysis. The […] ...

One of the world's rarest whale species, the North Atlantic right whale, is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the ...

The new year is just getting underway, and it’s already a busy time for politics in Georgia ahead of the annual legislative session. WABE’s politics reporter Rahul Bali returned to “Closer Look” to ...

The addiction epidemic in Georgia is one of the major issues local advocates want state lawmakers to address during the 2026 legislative session. Cammie Wolf Rice, founder of Christopher Wolf Crusade ...

A state legislative committee is recommending expanded loan forgiveness for doctors and increased funding for mobile ...

The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders ...